Back in 2016, I was one of the founding team members of Badgerloop; a team created to participate in the inaugural SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. I had never been very interested in other engineering competition teams because I felt that the technology would never make it any further than the competition, but Hyperloop presented a different case. This is a technology and mode of transportation that currently only existed in Elon Musk’s white paper. This had the potential to make a real impact on the way people move around and live their lives.
I served as the team coordinator, managing outreach events and team communication. I also spearheaded the fabrication of the carbon fiber shell. Planning and organizing our transportation and time at the Design Weekend Competition at Texas A&M also fell under my jurisdiction. All of the hard work was worth it when we took 3rd place behind MIT and TU Delft, receiving the Outstanding Innovation Award.
Check out the entire project here: Badgerloop
Leave a Reply