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This January, the 35-member UW Hyperloop team competed against other Hyperloop teams from across the country and the world in Hawthorne, California. Last January, at the first of a series of competitions, the UW team was identified as one of twenty-six teams to advance to the building phase of the competition. In this competition each team’s “pod” was tested on safety, design, and scalability (ease with which the design could be constructed at full size). The UW team placed 4th in the nation and 6th in the world under these criteria.

For the next competition, which will be held this summer, the focus will be on speed. “In the coming months, the UW team will likely focus on it’s use of composite materials in the pod’s construction,” said Malachi Williams, one of the directors of UW Hyperloop Team. More on this great achievement can be found in The Seattle Times, The UW Daily, Geekwise, and Geekwire.