The Hyperloop is a revolutionary mode of transportation originally proposed by Elon Musk of SpaceX in 2013. This futuristic transportation system envisions a train capable of achieving incredibly high speeds in a low-friction vacuum tube, able to shuttle passengers from LA to SF in just 30 minutes. SpaceX holds an annual competition at their Hawthorne location every summer, in which university teams from around the world compete head-to-head with their own Hyperloop pod designs. This year’s UCSB Hyperloop Team has entered the Levitation Competition in order to showcase our magnetic levitation technology. The goal of this competition is to propel forward and backward on the track while maintaining levitation the entire time; the fastest pod wins! Hyperloop is UCSB Capstone’s largest multidisciplinary project, with a team comprised of Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer engineers collaborating to bring our own unique vision of the Hyperloop pod to life. The team is split into smaller subteams to focus on all subsystems of the pod: magnetic levitation, structures, stability and braking, battery and power systems, and sensors and controls. Together, these subsystems comprise our full pod design. The Hyperloop project unites talented young engineers of different disciplines, working together toward our goal of a brighter, faster future.

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