About Us

The Student Team for Alberta Rocketry Research (STARR) is a team of like-minded students from an array of disciplines and faculties who have come together with the common goal of expanding Alberta’s space industry through the development, testing, and launching of high altitude sounding rockets.

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Our Mission and Vision

Our mission is to provide experience for students in developing launch vehicles and scientific payloads, educate the public through outreach activities, and promote STEM to students across Alberta.

Our vision is to provide to our members the necessary experience and skills to pursue a career in the aerospace industry and strengthen Alberta's position as a leader in the Canadian aerospace community.

Our Team

Meet our 2024/2025 executives and team leads. We are students from various disciplines and faculties, coming together in the name of student rocketry research! 🚀 If you want to join any of our teams, click the join now button!

 Christiaan Venter

Christiaan Venter

President

Ethan Jogola

Ethan Jogola

Chief Technical Director

 Joseph Hoven

Joseph Hoven

VP Finance

Dan Liang

Dan Liang

Safety Officer

Daniel Zhang

Daniel Zhang

Mechanical Team Lead

 Jade Belisle

Jade Belisle

Payload Team Lead

Matthew Thomson

Matthew Thomson

Avionics Team Lead

Jakob Zimmerman

Jakob Zimmerman

Testing Team Lead

Brian Lin

Brian Lin

Software Team Lead

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Check out our photo albums to see our team and its experiences, events, and work throughout the years!

Student Team for Alberta
Rocketry Research

Donadeo Innovation Centre
for Engineering
9211-116 St. NW
Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9

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