Queen's University at Kingston
2024 Cycle 2_Funding Category B_Queens University_Q-AISES Indigenous Rocket Team — The Q-AISES Rocket Team competes annually in the NASA First Nations Launch (FNL) high powered rocketry competition, hosted by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC). The team is comprised of Indigenous student members of the Queen's University’s chapter of AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society), which is a broader international organization that encourages and supports Indigenous engagement with study and careers in STEM fields. This team offers an opportunity for Indigenous engineering and science students at Queen's to become involved with a hands-on experiential learning project each year with tangible outcomes. Students come from a collection of programs such as Engineering, Physics, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Health Science, Biology and Concurrent Education. This year, the team will be competing in the Mars challenge in which they will be designing, testing, and fabricating a rocket to reach an altitude of 3200 to 4000 feet above ground level (AGL) and i