About Us
The Student Team for Alberta Rocketry Research (STARR) is a team of like-minded students from an array of disciplines and faculties who have come together with the common goal of expanding Alberta’s space industry through the development, testing, and launching of high altitude sounding rockets.
Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is to provide experience for students in developing launch vehicles and scientific payloads, educate the public through outreach activities, and promote STEM to students across Alberta.
Our vision is to provide to our members the necessary experience and skills to pursue a career in the aerospace industry and strengthen Alberta's position as a leader in the Canadian aerospace community.
Our Team
Meet our 2026/2027 executives and team leads. We are students from various disciplines and faculties, coming together in the name of student rocketry research! 🚀 If you want to join any of our teams, click the join now button!
Sawyer Zurek
Co-President
Jaimin Nelson
Co-President
Juliana Beltran
VP Finance
Kayleigh Bonner
VP External
Abigail Karbonik
VP Internal / Aerostructure Co-Lead
Alex Komar
CTO Solids
Chaz Peddlesden
Co-CTO Liquids
Carson Mellow
Co-CTO Liquids
George Rosinki
COO
Declan Mercer
Safety Officer / Engine Co-Lead
Jasmine Belisle
Fluids Co-lead
Christopher Hirak
Fluids Co-Lead
Gabi Layton
Payload Co-Lead
Miro Straszynski
Payload Co-Lead / CDAQ Co-Lead
Isaac Ho
Aerostructure Co-Lead
Marcus Nicolas
Avionics Co-Lead
Selby Labuschagne
Avionics Co-Lead
Avi Jeyarajasingham
CDAQ Co-Lead
Jeremy Day
Engine Co-Lead
Jenna Mills
LLOps Lead
Michael Mah
Marketing Co-Lead
Alec Bilan
Receovery Lead
Brian Lin
Software Co-Lead
Sovereign Shahid
Software Co-Lead