So I formed a team.
Iyabo, Bri, Ken, Jaime, and Sergio. We met and worked all summer, developing potential design solutions for the vague first edition of competition rules.
We lost Bri and Jaime in the fall to study abroad programs. Sergio quit. And because Ken signed up to take the Hyperloop class for his capstone engineering class, he was unable to still be on our team. Things were looking down, except for the fact that Dr. Culp had agreed to be our faculty adviser.
The EIC hosted a "Hyperloop Kick-Off Meeting"
There, Iyabo and I met another team, HyperWhoop. We decided to merge, as well as pick up a handful of students who were interested in the competition, but did not have teams.
HyperWhoop, composed of less than twenty students, has met every week, three times a week, with hopes of making it to design weekend, and actually building a pod to test. We have a propulsion team that meets on Mondays, a structures team that meets on Wenesdays, and an overall team meeting on Thursday when we get an hour of Dr. Culp's time before he rushes off for date night.
After several delayed release dates, and deadlines, on Wednesday, November 25th, at approximately 4:35, I found out we have made it to design weekend. Dancing memes and ecstatic comments blew up the hyperloop crew's group me. We could not have done this without the dedication of the entire team, the organization and leadership of Katie, and the direction of Dr. Culp.
For the part, we will be given a mentor, sponsors, and a prestigious pitch coach. Two of our members will be training with him up until design weekend in January.
Unfortunately, I leave for Spain at the beginning of the year, and the design weekend, that is hosted at Texas A&M, isn't for another two weeks after I leave. I have requested that I still train with the coach, because it's free and I love learning. My team has agreed to skype me in during the event.
This is the side section I worked on for the competition.
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