
Halya
Pioneering next-gen liquid bi-propellant rockets with innovative engineering.
About Halya
Halya (“Hesh-lah”) is a supersonic-sounding rocket designed to break height, speed, and acceleration records in collegiate liquid rocketry. The rocket will compete in the FAR MARS launch challenge, where it will fly to 45,000 ft and recover with a parachute. During its 5-minute flight, it will experience a maximum of 17 G’s of acceleration and reach a top speed of twice the speed of sound in under 5 seconds. The Halya team is using advanced manufacturing techniques such as composite layups and metal 3D printing to make Halya as structurally strong and light as possible in order to achieve these performance goals.
Technical Specifications
Diameter6.5 in
Length18 ft
Weight120 lb
Target Altitude45 000 ft
CompetitionFAR-Mars Rocketry Competition
PropellantsLOX/LNG

meet the team
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Priscilla Nguyen
Project Manager
Structures Team
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Juan Carlos Garcia
Lead Structures Engineer
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Dave Laygo
Principal Structures Engineer
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Ethan Quan
Principal Structures Engineer, Airframe
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Madeline Phelps
Principal Structures Engineer, Recovery
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Edward Yu
Principal Structures Engineer, Analysis
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Trevor Krumrey
Structures Engineer
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Dorien Geske-Wilson
Structures Engineer
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Metztli Soriano
Structures Engineer
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Sascha Stevens
Structures Engineer
Fluid Systems team
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Preston Brinker
Lead Fluid Systems Engineer
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Thomas Bowers
Principal Fluid Systems Engineer
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Swetha Chidambara Ganesh
Principal Fluid Systems Engineer
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Spandan Das
Fluid Systems Engineer
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Judy Jeong
Fluid Systems Engineer
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Matthew Charry
Fluid Systems Engineer
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Brian Higgins
Fluid Systems Engineer
Electrical Systems Team
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Eduard Shkulipa
Lead Electrical Systems Engineer
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Darell Chua
Principal Electronics Engineer
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Matthew Chen
Electronics Engineer
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Hou Dren Yuen
Electronics Engineer
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Anthony Pertsel
Electronics Engineer
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Anchit Kumar
Electronics Engineer
Alumni
Devin Ho
Noah Dilworth
Hans Chen
Ethan Foss
Bradney Pham
James Nguyen