Conference Program

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Conference video lectures

Conference Keynote #1

• Marcel Jufer (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Swissmetro)

From Swissmetro to Hyperloop

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Session 1: Magnetic Levitation

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• Denis Tudor (EPFL): High-power, High-speed Hyperloop Pod

• Vimal Viswanathan (SJSU): Spartan Hyperloop: A Halbach Array-Based Levitating Pod

• Somruedee Uathawikul (Keio U): Dynamic Stabilization of Hyperloop Pod Constrained Against 6 DOF Directions by Magnetic Forces

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Invited Keynote

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• Sam Gurol (General Atomics, Director of Maglev Systems)

Electrodynamic Levitation Systems Development - from Urban to Rocket Maglev

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Session 2: Organizational Design, Innovation, and Feasibility

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• Tom Lambot (rLoop): Rpod - An Active Levitation Hyperloop Prototype Designed and Built by The Crowd

• Al Florence (independent): Proven Management & Technical Processes and Procedures are Paramount for Project Success

• Perry Jia (presented by Nathan Wu) (UCSB): Comparing key performance indicators of past, present, and future forms of transportation, will the Hyperloop cover the main needs of consumers?

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Invited Innovation Keynote

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• Pete Rahn (Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation):

The Role of State Government in Innovative Transportation Infrastructure

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Invited Keynote

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• Yoshiaki Ohkami (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Keio University):

Beyond the Shinkansen System – A Challenge of Japan to Realize Innovative Transportation Infrastructure

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Session 3: Pod/Capsule Technology

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• Ralph Blumberg (rLoop): Design of Permanent Magnets Based Passive Levitation Skis

• Kai Ohashi (Keio U): Position and Velocity Control of Keio Alpha Pod for Hyperloop Competition

• Amir Khan (rLoop): Aerodynamic Study of Multiple Pods in a Tube Using Automated Workflows

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Plenary discussion

• Future Priorities & Activities (Facilitator: Dane Egli, President HARP)

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Invited Keynote

• Jesse Powell (Founder and President of Maglev Strategies, LLC)

Hyperloop Does Not Exist in a Vacuum: The Challenges and Opportunities of Putting Maglev in a Tube

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Session 4: Safety

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• Thomas Heaton (Cal Tech): Inertial Forces from Earthquakes on a Hyperloop Pod

• Mostafa Mobasher (Thornton Tomasetti): Infrastructure Security Challenges to Hyperloop: A Multi-Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis

• Ian Sutton (Sutton Tech Books): Hyperloop Safety Study

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Session 5: Architecture and Economic

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• Brad Swartzwelter (Amtrak): Understanding the “Over or Under” Question for Hyperloop Right-of-Ways

• Iman Ansari (UNLV): HYPER.STRUCTURE: Envisioning Hyperloop as an Urban Infrastructure

• Marta Nowak (UCLA): Hyperloop: Rethinking Long Distance Travel Through Architecture, Urban Design and Human Experience

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Invited Keynote

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• Rick Geddes (Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy; Professor, Cornell University)

Finance and Funding Models for Hyperloop

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