Hyperloop at Virginia Tech

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

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