We are an ambitious group of students working alongside our studies to create the transportation system of the future.
Through use of advanced composite materials, sophisticated software and electronics integration and innovative new propulsion systems, HYPED lead the field in creating truly scalable Hyperloop prototypes.
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Directors and Managers
Daniel Carbonell
Technical Director
Neil Buchanan
Technical Manager
Static
Responsible for the structural integrity and bodywork of HYPED’s prototype pods. The Static Team design, model, build and test primarily with carbon fibre composite materials at the University of Edinburgh.
Maisie Edwards-Mowforth
Head of Static
Alexander White
Chassis Engineer
Elly Silverstein
Manufacturing Engineer
Piotr Toka
Manufacturing Project Manager
Cheryl Wong
Manufacturing Engineer
Callum Hay
Manufacturing Engineer
Minjie Li
Chassis Engineer
Rachel Ho
Manufacturing Engineer
Alex Vagionas
Manufacturing Engineer
Greg Cunning
Chassis Project Manager
Despina Demetriadou
Manufacturing Engineer
Juliette Franqueville
Chassis Engineer
Oliver Reynolds
Manufacturing Engineer
Andrejs Mezaraups
Manufacturing Engineer
Dynamic
The Dynamic Team designs, tests and manufactures the purely mechanical systems for The Flying Podsman such as the stability, suspension and braking modules.
Abdul Hakim Norazman
Head of Dynamic
Albert Barany
Stability Project Manager
Frankie Leung
Emergency Braking Engineer
Jacques Faba Martinez
Suspension Engineer
Grisha Karagulakov
Stability Engineer
Elvis Lepardinas
Emergency Braking Project Manager
Linda Di Felice
Emergency Braking Engineer
Albin Grip
Emergency Braking Engineer
Kayleigh Fowler
Stability Engineer
Tom Shallcross
Suspension Project Manager
Buddhison Suboonson
Emergency Braking Engineer
Topo Regoeng
Emergency Braking Engineer
Ata Tuna
Stability Engineer
Adrian Fernandez
Emergency Braking Engineer
Thomas Rodger
Suspension Engineer
Alp Bolluk
Emergency Braking Engineer
Funmi Moriyele
Stability Engineer
Vikentios Fisentzou
Suspension Engineer
Power
The Power Team researches and develops the novel Arc Synchronous Motor propulsion system and a complementary high-power battery system for The Flying Podsman. The Team also researches active electrodynamic levitation for the pods to come.
Ani Vasudevan
Head of Power
Hugh Rees-Beaumont
Levitation Project Manager
Kevin Siby
Propulsion Engineer
Daniel Mutia
Batteries Engineer
Gonzalo Gil
Propulsion Project Manager
Luisa Schrempf
Propulsion Engineer
Carlos Alonso
Propulsion Engineer
Cornelius Wong
Batteries Engineer
Emma Corlett
Propulsion Engineer
Konstantinos Vlamis
Propulsion Engineer
Edward Eriksson
Propulsion Engineer
Katelin Donaldson
Levitation Engineer
Andres Rochia Tapia
Batteries Engineer
Software
Software Team is responsible for building the brains of the pod.
Kofi Kufuor
Head of Software
Sean Mullan
Lead Software Engineer
Calum McMeekin
State Machine Engineer
Justus Rudolph
Navigation Engineer
Iain Macpherson
Sensors Engineer
Jack Horsburgh
Lead Software Engineer
Neil Weidinger
Telemetry Engineer
Sneha Sinha
State Machine Engineer
Neil McBlane
Navigation Engineer
Brano Pilnan
Lead Software Engineer
Gregory Dayao
Sensors Engineer
Kornelija Sukyte
State Machine Engineer
Lukas Schäfer
Navigation Engineer
George Karabassis
Propulsion Software Engineer
Martin Kristien
Lead Software Engineer
Michaela Brezinova
Telemetry Engineer
Electronics
Controls, wiring, PCB design. You name it, we do it.
Cheng Hao Lim
Head of Electronics
Oscar van Egeren
Electronics Engineer
Callum Paterson
Electronics Engineer
Tommy Serrano Price
Electronics Engineer
Maximilien Gomart
Electronics Engineer
Simulations
The Simulations team is responsible for components parametrisation and design verification using FEA simulations. Also, from time to time they do topology optimisations which are then never used.
Arturas Jocas
Head of Simulations
Simona Prokopovic
Simulations Engineer
Rafael Anderka
Simulations Engineer
Luciano Niedermann
Simulations Engineer
Simon Scott
Simulations Engineer
Petros Zantis
Simulations Engineer
Richard Zheng
Simulations Engineer
Kyriacos Xanthos
Simulations Engineer
Gabrielle Du Toit
Simulations Engineer