Hyperloop at Virginia Tech was founded in September 2015, after the announcement of the Hyperloop pod competition hosted by SpaceX. The team consists of 30 undergraduate students ranging in studies from mechanical engineering to business. Hyperloop at Virginia Tech placed 4th for Build and Design during the SpaceX Design Weekend hosted at Texas A&M. The team is invited to the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA to test a fully functional pod on the SpaceX mile long test track for the first phase of the Hyperloop pod competition. Team The team consists of 30 undergraduate students with three faculty advisors. Mechanical: Adi Maini Alex Pixler Bobby Smyth Cameron Buss Emir Sahmanovic Jay Pennington Max Propp Quang Vo Shayan Malik Rachel Iwicki Jason Parker Colin Jones Nicholas Brady Electrical/Software: Brian Elliot Keith Kreiner Matthew Ritzinger Jack Beach Andrey Gubanov Ilya Pozdneez Michael Severance Anissa Dadkhah Aerospace: Eric Pelvy Kaustaubh Rane Keith Bahm Matthew Barnes Joshua Fang William Curtis Business/ISE: Christopher Raible Nick Tang Faculty Advisors: Dr. Robert Parker Dr. David Goldsmith Dr. Dewey Spangler Dr. Pat Artis