Design Leads and Officers
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Our Team
Cal Poly Hyperloop has 80 active members working on pod design, manufacturing, marketing, and more. No applications are required and all majors are welcome to join our team, additionally our team is entirely composed of undergraduate students!
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Design Leads
Chassis
Lead: Logan Smith
5th-year Mechanical Engineering Grad student |
"Chassis works on bringing all the subsystems together in a cohesive system. We work on providing a strong and stable foundation that holds all the components. We also make safety our highest priority and that the pod won't come apart while traveling through the tube." |
Sub Lead: Jason Foster
2nd-year Aerospace Engineering |
"The aero-shell is the face of our pod, which must be not only structurally sound but also aesthetically pleasing. We are using advance carbon fiber manufacturing processes to ensure the best competition ready shell." |
Transportation
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"We make sure the pod doesn't crash into the wall. Our team is designing mechanical mechanisms to keep the pod going straight and stable at 310 mph all the while contending with the challenges of a near vacuum environment." |
Ryan Schackel
2nd-year Mechanical Engineering |
Braking
Joshua Pratt
3rd-year Mechanical Engineering |
"This year we are working on a magnetic braking system. Our system will contain upwards of 200 incredibly strong magnets and will ideally achieve a deceleration of almost 2.5 g's! We will also design the brakes to actuate over the track to create a variable braking force to maximize our stopping distance!" |
Power Delivery
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"The main goal we have for this year is being able to supply the required power for all the subsystems especially propulsion with the Linear Induction Motor. A couple of other key aspects of electronics include proper sensor calibration and wire management." |
Tushar Sharma
3rd-year Electrical Engineering |
Controls
Monty Choy
3rd-year Electrical Engineering |
“We work on all the software to make sure the pod behaves smoothly and safely, including the low-level embedded system, networking, and the control panel GUI!” |
Propulsion
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"Propulsion is designing and manufacturing a Linear Induction Motor. This type of motor uses three oscillating magnetic fields to induce another magnetic field in the track which we then roll along. We should be able to reach top speeds of up to 310 mph!" |
Broghan Martin
2nd-year Mechanical Engineering |
R&D
Nolan Elauria
4th-year Physics Major |
“The Research & Development team tests and researches new technology to integrate into the pod. We decide whether something will be feasible to use on the pod, and test it to figure out how it will work with the other subsystems.” |
Manufacturing
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"Manufacturing is in charge of fabricating parts for the pod using provided drawings from different subsystems, along with reviewing the drawings. Fabricating parts is a team effort as we work closely with all subsystems to review part drawings and train members on machine etiquette to make in-tolerance parts, so anyone in any subsystem can participate in part fabrication during manufacturing season." |
Julia Rios
2nd-year Mechanical Engineering |
Instrumentation
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"Instrumentation deals with anything between the batteries and the software. We specifically work on sensors, component enclosures, speed controllers, and wiring of the pod. We work closely with both power delivery and controls to ensure the electrical functionality of the pod. " |
Jeremy Sim
3rd-year Electrical Engineering |
Officers
Connor Bush President
5th-year Mechanical Engineering |
Matthew Frost Vice President
3rd-year Mechanical Engineering |
Brad Albright
Head Of Operations 4th-year Mechanical Engineering |
Scott Brown
Secretary 2nd-year Mechanical Engineering |
Julia Rios
Treasurer 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering |