The 2011 Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC)

The 6th annual Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) was held in Green River, UT. Nine different colleges competed this year, three of which were from other countries making this the first international IREC.

California State University - Long Beach
--Commercial solid motor
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
--Student built hybrid motor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
--Cesaroni Solid Motor
Institute Tecnologico Aeronautica, Brazil
--Student made sugar motor
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
--Commercial solid motor
--Motor malfunctioned and burned twice as long as designed during competition flight
University of Waterloo, Canada
--Student Built Hybrid Motor
--Launched the day after the competition due to delays

Advanced Category (25,000 ft AGL): (No Successful Flights)

Arizona State University
--Student built solid motor
University of California - Los Angeles
--Student built hybrid motor
University of Washington
--Test fired their student built hybrid motor

For more information on the competition and how to sign up the 7th annual Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition please visit
http://soundingrocket.org/default.aspx

Background Video
"The Known Universe"
Developed by the American Museum of Natural History
(http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/universe/)

Music
"Mind Heist"
By Zack Hemsey
music.zackhemsey.com/album/mind-heist

"'10 Tron: The Legacy"
By Peter Satera (PeterSatera)
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/

"Harder Better Faster Stronger (2009 remix)"
By Clayface
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/