The Mechanical Team of the Fourth Student Rocket Program Project (a.k.a. SRP-4) utilized the services of the Machine Shop to help with the fabrication of mission critical payload and coupling parts. The SRP-4, put a student designed and built payload, nosecone, and parachute recovery system a top an "Orion" class solid fuel rocket motor.

Machine Shop personnel fabricated the skin of the payload, in addition to the deck plates, and longerons. Fabrication included the precision drilling scores of holes, enabling these components to lock together. The assembly needed to handle the stresses associated with supersonic flight to an altitude of 80-90 km. The rocket successfully launched on March 18, 2002, from the Poker Flat Research (Rocket) Range operated by the Geophysical Institute.