Aircraft design, as with any other complex system, involves a wide array of engineering, science, and project management skills, making the project inherently multidisciplinary in nature. To cope with these technical requirements, RUM-Air is composed of 35 college students from Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, and Accounting/Industrial Management majors. In total there are around 45 students per semester including volunteers that are not taking course but are pasionate about the project.

Within the project there are students with different skill sets and knowledge levels. From masters at manufacturing and aircraft performance to freshmen students who have never been part of a project before and with limited skillset. We teach what we have learned to others in order to keep the project going and with success as the goal. One of the important aspects of Rum-Air is that it is one of the few project where the women are almost on par with the men and more are joining the team every year. The leaders of the two different classes right now are both women capable of leading the team to victory once again. If you are willing and you are able, we welcome you to the team.

RUM-Air provides to its members cutting-edge technical experience in diverse engineering fields while boosting teamwork and leadership skills to fully prepare them as tomorrow’s leading professionals. This graph shows the number of team members proficient in select technical skills when they enter the team (gray bars) and after one year in the team (green bars).