SEDS UCSD is one of the largest engineering organization at UC San Diego. My tenure oversaw significant technical progress, increased collaboration, growth in team size and project scope, and breakthroughs in project-based research. 

In Academic Year 2024-25, we recruited 40 new members, attended AIAA SciTech for the first time, won numerous chapter awards, and expanded our collaborations on and off campus.  

SEDS UCSD prides itself in its educational mission and aims to prepare its members for industry and beyond. 

A new initiative for our organization is a professional development program, including a series of technical workshops and lectures, to teach our members about topics not covered by the university curriculum (such as bolted joints, GD&T, machining, etc.). 

This has aided the personal growth of our members, aid in knowledge transfer, and support their search for competitive internship and full time positions.

As an student organization with no research grants nor funding from the university, conducting research and presenting at conferences is a daunting task. In our industry-level projects, we encounter many challenges and develop novel solutions worthy of sharing. 

We leverage our unique position as student-engineers between academia and industry to bring a fresh perspective and show case some of the cool projects we are working on. We shared 5 papers at AIAA SciTech Forum 2025, one of the largest aerospace conferences, marking a significant achievement for our organization and bringing us back into project-based research.

We hope to make it a habit. Read our research below!

• "Modeling and Testing of LOX/Methane Coaxial Swirl Injector Elements for Liquid Rocket Engine Throttling Applications"
• "On The Scalability of Cryogenic Common Bulkhead Propellant Tanks for Collegiate-Level Rocketry"
• "Reusable Launch Vehicles: Designing Legs for Propulsive Rocket Landing"
• "Vertically-Integrated Modular Distributed Data Acquisition System for Cryogenic Liquid Bi-Propellant Rocket and Component Testing Based on SAMDAS Architecture"
• "Unified Longeron-Stringer Design for Cost-Effective and Efficient Structural Airframes for Collegiate Liquid Sounding Rockets"