Sheffield University Nova Rocket Innovative Design Engineering
The first student-led
Rocket Design Team to represent the UK in the world's largest international university rocket competition
19 - 23 June, 2018
SunrIde (Sheffield University Nova Rocket Innovation Design Engineering) is a team of 26 people from 1st year undergraduates
to PhD students, from five Engineering departments and the Maths Department of the University of Sheffield.
The team was formed in 2017 and began with the objective of bringing together engineering skills and innovation
for rocketry design.
We are a passionate team of students striving for excellence through engineering
innovation with the intention of acquiring hands-on rocketry and space technologies experience and developing
our engineering acumen. This team was founded by rocketry enthusiasts at the University of Sheffield fascinated
by the art of rocketry, keeping our work ethic and team spirit intact.
Team SunrIde takes pride in being the first officially recognized UK team in history to participate in the world's largest international university rocket engineering competition, Spaceport America Cup. One of our team's goals is to have a team in the University of Sheffield participate every year in the annual Spaceport America Cup
SunrIde brings a unique opportunity to expand the knowledge of students about rocket engineering, as they will have to design, build and test a rocket and all control systems related to the rocket stabilisation and ground station. This is a substantial engineering challenge and success will depend on creating and innovating, as well as overcoming any unexpected difficulties.
Team SunrIde is a dedicated team from first year undergraduates to PhD students who believe that space technology is the key to the future.
Project Lead
Project Lead
Team Lead
Team Lead
Team Lead
Core Member
Core Member
Core Member
Core Member
Core Member
Faculty Advisor
Faculty Advisor
The SunrIde project is originally inspired from the successful SunbYte project, University of Sheffield’s balloon telescope project. As the University of Sheffield did not have a focused group and much experience on rocket engineering, and through the support and willingness of the Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) department at the University of Sheffield, we strive to become a pathbreaking rocket engineering team at the university and in the UK.
This is a non-profit research team run and formed by students. Our goal is to improve the knowledge about space engineering in The University of Sheffield and to develop relationships with industrial partners interested in work with us. We are currently looking for sponsorship as well as equipment and funding to develop our first rocket in order to participate in SAC (Spaceport America Cup), the world’s largest university rocket competition. We are the first UK university in history participating in this renowned competition. By sponsoring our team, you will be investing in the future of space science research and education, and additionally, your name will be promoted on our rocket, Amy (the name of our rocket series, in memory of Amy Johnson, an alumni of The University of Sheffield who broke ground by being the first female pilot to fly alone from UK to Australia). If you want participate in this amazing challenge, please contact us.