Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP)
Xavier Beech serves as the Avionics Lead Engineer at the Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion, responsible for the management of all electrical systems related to rocket operations since September 2021. Previous experience includes roles as a Launch Operations Engineer and Assembly Technician at Aerojet Rocketdyne. Prior to these positions, Xavier worked as a Technical Consultant at Home Technical Consulting, addressing various tech issues for clients, and led the Programming Team for FIRST Robotics FRC Team 3070, where curriculum development and robot programming were key responsibilities. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in progress at the University of Washington and a High School Diploma from Shorewood High School.
Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP)
The Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP) is a group of student engineers at the University of Washington committed to designing, building, and launching an advanced hybrid sounding rocket every year. We compete in the annual Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico, in which over 100 student teams from around the world compete with their rockets. We compete in the most technically challenging category: student researched and developed hybrid motor with an altitude goal of 30,000 feet above ground level. Our team consists of over 100 undergraduate students from many different majors, including aeronautics & astronautics, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and computer engineering as well as other non-engineering majors.