AZLoop - Arizona’s SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Team

Faculty Mentor Name

Michael Fabian, Sam Siewert

Format Preference

Poster Presentation and Demonstration

Abstract

AZLoop is a collaboration between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Arizona State University, consisting of both graduate and undergraduate students. The objective of AZLoop is to design, test, and build a small-scale prototype of a high-speed vacuum tube pod with the intent of competing at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition IV. In July 2018, AZLoop competed against hundreds of international teams for a spot at Competition III and performed against the top 19 teams. AZLoop has recently been accepted for a position at Competition IV and is moving into the testing and manufacturing phase. The goal for Competition IV is to achieve maximum velocity and safely stop within the 1.25 km long, vacuum-pressure test track developed and built by SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The team intends to accomplish this through a combination of powerful electric propulsion, a continually variable transmission system, and high-speed short-distance braking. The team has demonstrated its ability to work across long distances, under extreme pressure, and within strict constraints. The AZLoop team hopes that the Hyperloop project will use cutting-edge technology to usher in a new era of high-speed land travel.

  • POSTER PRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION
  • EAGLE PRIZE AWARD

Location

ERAU - Prescott, AZ; AC1-Atrium, 11 am - 3 pm | Eagle Gym, 7 - 9 pm

Start Date

3-29-2019 11:00 AM

End Date

3-29-2019 9:00 PM

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Mar 29th, 11:00 AM Mar 29th, 9:00 PM

AZLoop - Arizona’s SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Team

ERAU - Prescott, AZ; AC1-Atrium, 11 am - 3 pm | Eagle Gym, 7 - 9 pm

AZLoop is a collaboration between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Arizona State University, consisting of both graduate and undergraduate students. The objective of AZLoop is to design, test, and build a small-scale prototype of a high-speed vacuum tube pod with the intent of competing at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition IV. In July 2018, AZLoop competed against hundreds of international teams for a spot at Competition III and performed against the top 19 teams. AZLoop has recently been accepted for a position at Competition IV and is moving into the testing and manufacturing phase. The goal for Competition IV is to achieve maximum velocity and safely stop within the 1.25 km long, vacuum-pressure test track developed and built by SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The team intends to accomplish this through a combination of powerful electric propulsion, a continually variable transmission system, and high-speed short-distance braking. The team has demonstrated its ability to work across long distances, under extreme pressure, and within strict constraints. The AZLoop team hopes that the Hyperloop project will use cutting-edge technology to usher in a new era of high-speed land travel.

  • POSTER PRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION
  • EAGLE PRIZE AWARD