A group of San Jose State students is one of two teams creating a magnetic levitation system for a transport pod competition hosted by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Spartan Hyperloop will participate in the 2018 Hyperloop Pod Competition on July 22, 2018.
SpaceX is a company lead by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. SpaceX is responsible for launching Falcon 9, a rocket system with the ability to reuse rocket boosters. The company is now working to build a Hyperloop transportation system that could take travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 30 minutes.
Spartan Hyperloop beat over 100 teams with its design. The team successfully created its design in a computer simulation, which impressed the competition judges. “We ended up getting an amazing team of engineers and business people together to create what we have today,” said Irvin Guerra. “It’s been nothing short of amazing. It was a senior project and it blossomed into what it is now.” Check out the
video of their scale model. Read more about the SJSU team
here.
Valin donated Bosch aluminum framing and connectors to the students at San Jose State University. The material will be used to create a pod to house the magnetic levitation system.
Follow their progress here:
https://twitter.com/SpartanHL
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