The EPFL Alumni Vaud-Valais Chapter invites you to visit the EPFL Hyperloop test track on Monday June 19, 2023 at the EPFL site in Ecublens.
Hyperloop de l’EPFL
EPFL and its start-up Swisspod have built a test bed on the Ecublens campus to test the ultra-fast vacuum transport technology.
Presented as a fifth mode of transport, cleaner than planes and faster than trains, the Hyperloop system could revolutionize long-distance mobility. From the Nevada desert to the port of Hamburg, via Toulouse, the Middle East and China, projects are springing up all over the world. At EPFL, scientists are not to be outdone, and have built a circular test bed on the Ecublens campus, the first operational one in Europe. Carried out in collaboration with the start-up Swisspod, this project will validate the hypotheses necessary for the realization of an ultra-fast vacuum transport system, both in terms of infrastructure and the transport capsule.
Program :
- 6:00 pm - Welcome of participants (BS 260, 2nd floor, logistical details to follow)
- 6:30 pm - Presentation of the "Hyperloop" project by Prof. Mario Paolone, Professor at EPFL's Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory (DESL), and Dr. Denis Tudor, Post-Doc at DESL, CEO of start-up Swisspod.
- 7.15pm - Visit to the test bench
- 8:00 pm - Light aperitif and networking
- 9:00 pm - End of the event
Adress of the event: EPFL Ecublens, salle BS 260 (2ème étage) [Stop métro UNIL-Sorge]
Registration information:
The event is free of charge.
Register for the tour until June 19, 2023. The number of participants is limited to 50.
If you can no longer register because the event is full, click on "interested", which will serve as a waiting list in case of withdrawal. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your participation as soon as possible on the EPFL Alumni platform to make room for others.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Pour le Committee of the VD-VS Chapter:
Jürg Furrer, President
Pauline Emery, Vice-President
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