This week we presented our preliminary design report (PDR) to three other IPPD groups, coaches, and staff. This was a great opportunity for our team to display our hard work and receive constructive feedback. Constructive questions from the audience are… Read More

The team faced a significant problem that they had to address this week. We contacted the supplier of the high temperature thermoelectric generator (TEG) we were interested in acquiring and found out it is no longer being produced. Fortunately, we… Read More

This week the team met to discuss different ways we could address our scope of work. At the team meeting, each member presented one (or more) ideas that could be used as solutions to the problem of waste heat. Through… Read More

This week, FLARE met on 9/15/2025 to work on our Product Design Specifications (PDS). This is an important document that transforms customer wants and needs into requirements and specifications. We made sure to draft specifications that can be measured by… Read More

We’d like to introduce our team’s name and logo, FLARE: flight level aerothermal recovery of energy. This acronym is a reference to the pyrotechnic device of the same name and symbolizes the energetic qualities of our project. The color scheme… Read More

Hello everyone, welcome to our IPPD blog! We are Team 09, sponsored by GE Aerospace and coached by Dr. Bruce Carroll. Our mission is to develop a waste heat recovery system for hypersonic propulsion.  This week we introduced ourselves, met… Read More