1. Morning Keynote: “The Space Force and the Nation Need You” - Colonel Luke Sauter, Permanent Professor of Astronautics and Engineering – US Air Force Academy.  (Presentation link)

2. Liquid Rocket Safety – Mark Holthaus, FAR Officer (Presentation Link)

3. HalfCat Rocketry – Austin Sennott and Charles Sharp (Presentation Link)

4. History of Experimental Liquid Development – John Garvey (Presentation Link)

5. California Pyro Op Responsibilities - Caleb Phillips – Deputy State Fire Marshal CalFire (Presentation Link)

6. LOX Cleaning w/Astro Pak - Chad Clements – Chemical Engineer, Astro Pak (Presentation Link)

7. 3D Printed Engines – Charlie Garcia – Reflect Orbital (Link coming soon)

8. DESR 6055.09 Overview - Mark Ventura – Ventura Energy Systems (Presentation Link)

9. Afternoon Keynote: “To the Moon with the Apollo Engineers” (Presentation Link)

10. Liquid Rockets 101 with the KegRocket – Ryan Callahan (Presentation Link)

11. The 12 Steps of Recovery – Mike & Preston Brinker (Presentation Link)

12. Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine Design and Function – Gary Moir, Retired Apollo Engineer (Presentation Link)

13. Igniters – Mark Holthaus, FAR Officer (Presentation Link)

14. Polytropic Process - Mark Ventura – Ventura Energy Systems (Presentation Link)

15. Closing Keynote: “How to Land a Rocket” with Joe Barnard (video coming soon from BPS.space)

This is also our first-year publishing “The State of Collegiate Liquid Rocketry 2025” – a collection of twenty university and amateur liquid rocket projects that were on display at the Symposium.

A copy of the original symposium program is here.

33 Liquid rocket teams attended in 2025: Arizona State University, Boston University, Cal Poly - SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State University Long Beach, Caltech, Cornell University, Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Norco College, Orange Coast College, Pacific Academy, Purdue University, San Diego State University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, United States Air Force Academy, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Arizona, University of Central Florida, University of North Dakota, University of Southern California, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Virginia Tech, and three international schools: Autonomous University of Baja Cal, Unimontes, & University of Puerto Rico.