EPFLoop III
Target: Development of a reduced scale model for an autonomous energy efficient pod

EPFLoop iII
The EPFLoop initiative aims at addressing the systemic complexity of the hyperloop solution while educating future engineers on the real-world challenges. Therefore, it brings together bachelor and master students from various departments of the EPFL to build and test a pod that serves a specific purpose. Compared to a standard semester project, the students should cope with challenges related to missing or incomplete data, addressing multiple uncertainties simultaneously and efficiently interacting with colleagues for achieving a common target while they take responsibility for their own tasks.
While the previous version of the EPFLoop project ( Version 1 and Version 2 ) the focus was on the maximum acceleration aligned with the aim of the SPACEX competition, now the aim is more research and innovation focused. The aim of the current EPFLoop project (Version 3) is to build an energy efficient autonomous hyperloop capsule. Those activities will confirm the scaling process from the full-scale simulations results to the test facility scale enabling of further testing of various elements of the hyperloop solution.
Academic responsibles

Prof. Dr. Mario Paolone
BESS, Navigation and Sensors advisor

Dr. Andre Hodder
PE and LIM advisor

Denis Tudor
BESS support

Cyril Dénéréaz
Infrastructure advisor

Georgios Sarantakos
Project manager
Aero/CFD

Tony Govoni
1st Year MA – ME

Malicia Leipold
1st Year MA – ME

Anas Hadni
1st Year MA – ME
Mech

Bassem Alsakhawy
3rd Year BA – ME

Anis Hassan
3rd Year BA – ME

Rodrigo Ruz Cuen
4th Year BA – PH
LIM

Lucien Pierrejean
1st Year MA – EE

Yency Mélissa Allegro
2rd Year MA – MT
PE

Augustin Mohr
1st Year MA – MT

Deniz Jan ERNI
3rd Year BA – EE
LV systems & sensors

Rafael Riber
2nd Year BA – EE
BESS

Florian Carlier
2nd Year MA – ME

Axel Sutter
1st Year MA – EE

Iléane Lefevre
3rd Year BA – Materials

Olivier José Chavanne
1st Year MA – Energie
System Sim

Aurélien Kinet
2nd Year MA – EE
ICT

Selim Jerad
1st Year BA – ICT