Undergraduate students from mechanical and aerospace engineering and electrical and computer engineering who are part of UF's Gatorloop team participated in European Hyperloop week in Delft and Hilversum, Netherlands.
The European Hyperloop Week is an annual international event dedicated to the ‘transport of the future, the Hyperloop. This event enables university students, guest speakers, companies and hyperloop enthusiasts to discuss the technology, feasibility and scalability of the Hyperloop.
During this week, university hyperloop teams present their prototype components and full pods to a technical jury and compete in several categories (ex. electrical, mechanical, propulsion). In addition, guest speakers and companies from the most advanced hyperloop companies share information about the technology, their implementation strategy and their technological progress so far.
EHW seeks to encourage innovation and technological development so that Hyperloop becomes the fifth means of transport.
Figure Caption: "Gatorloop president and aerospace engineering senior Alexander Glotov presents aspects of Gatorloop's design to a jury of engineers from industry"