by Dakota McDowell-Wahpekeche, Student Reporter
Northwestern’s Rocketry Team is selling 3D printed key fobs to raise money to compete in the Argonia Cup in Argonia, Kansas.
Members of the Northwestern Science Department announced in a tweet on Oct. 24 that they were selling the key fobs. The proceeds will go toward the Society of Physics Students. The rocketry team will use the money to fund the construction of a rocket for the Argonia competition. Noah Rodriguez, a petroleum engineering major from Tyrone, Oklahoma, came up with the idea.
“We were coming up with cool little ideas to sell for [the] rocket club,” Rodriguez said. “A keychain would be nice and simple. All I did was make something nice and simple to where we could customize our own little words onto it.”
It only took a couple hours to come up with the idea, he said. Rodriguez has his own 3D printer that he uses to make objects such as phone stands and toys, including a star destroyer from the Star Wars movies.
Pre-made key fobs with the words “NWOSU RANGERS” AND “NWOSU RRR” engraved upon them cost $2 each. For $3, customers can have a customized key fob made.
Dr. Steve Maier, the sponsor of the Northwestern Rocketry Team, said students can order a key fob by sending a direct message on Twitter to @NWOSUscience. Students may also email Maier at sjmaier@nwosu.edu.
