Leadership

Tyler Boim

Team Captain

Matt Rhode
Faculty Advisor

Matt Rhode is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. He joined Smead Aerospace in 2001 as a staff member and was promoted to faculty this year.
A CU Boulder alumnus, Matt graduated in 1996 with a degree in mathematics. After three years of teaching in the Denver metro area, he returned to CU Boulder to assist in revamping the senior projects curriculum and managing the machine shop.
Over the years, Matt has played a pivotal role in developing educational programs and overseeing the construction of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building on East Campus. Since 2019, he has focused on teaching, including freshman projects, Gateway to Space, and his own course, Introduction to Rocket Engineering, while also advising Senior Projects.

James Nabity, Ph.D
Faculty Advisor

Dr. Nabity is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences working for Bioserve Space Technologies. He has been a professor at CU since 2013, and prior to that he was a Principal Engineer at TDA Research, Inc. and a Mechanical Engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. He received his Pd.D. in Mechanical Engineering from CU, and was deemed a NASA highly qualified candidate for the Astronaut Class of 2009, among myriad other achievements.
For the past several years, Dr. Nabity has been the official faculty advisor for SRL, providing exceptional technical and administrative advice for all of our operations. Today, Dr. Nabity is the primary advisor for all of SRL’s rocketry projects.