HYPED
Farhan Akhtar currently serves as President and Head of Dynamics at HYPED, where leadership of a 15-member team focuses on enhancing suspension and braking systems for a 300kg dual-mode pod. Responsibilities include compliance with EHW regulations, conducting safety factor analyses, and utilizing Solidworks for design and engineering documentation. Farhan is also engaged in a Pneumatics Project Management role at the College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, while previously holding internship and distributor positions at GetComedy and Out of Hand Ltd., respectively, and contributing as a Retail Assistant at Poundstretcher Ltd. Educationally, Farhan is pursuing a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Edinburgh, following the completion of Advanced Highers at Glenwood High School.
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HYPED
Hyperloop is Elon Musk’s (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX) concept for the future of mass transport. It offers a new means of transporting people and goods quickly, safely, efficiently and with minimised environmental impact. Hyperloop uses electric propulsion to accelerate a passenger or cargo pod through a low-pressure tube. The autonomous pod levitates slightly using magnets to eliminate friction. It will be faster than an airline and will allow you to travel from London to Edinburgh in 40 minutes. Carbon emissions, noise, delays, weather concerns and pilot error are ultimately eliminated. HYPED is a University of Edinburgh student society dedicated to accelerating development of Hyperloop technology and implementing Hyperloop in the UK. We have over 50 members in the team working on various aspects of the project including technical design of the prototype, manufacturing, economic feasibility, stakeholder engagement and publicity. After a successful year, HYPED has advanced to the final stages of SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod competition, held in California in Summer 2017. We are one of 24 finalists selected to compete, after showing our technical excellence and ambition both in the previous competition and in SpaceX and university presentations. The competition challenges students to design and build a pod to race along a mile-long Hyperloop tube. HYPED has also been named a winner in the Hyperloop One Global Challenge. Our proposed route linking Edinburgh to London has been selected as a possible location for the very first commercial Hyperloop. In summer 2017, we presented our case at a global conference in Amsterdam, discussing the feasibility of making Hyperloop in the UK a reality. How can I join or sponsor HYPED? We’re glad to have you on board, so feel free to contact us at: Email: team@hyp-ed.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hypedinburgh/