Prof. Dr. Walter Neu has been the faculty advisor for the student team “HyperPodX” in all three competitions advising on physics-related questions. Accompanying the team he has created a network for future Hyperloop research by connecting to supporters in politics and industry. He is now focussing on bringing European partners together to initiate research and collaborative projects while developing new technical innovations for Hyperloop technology.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schüning started Hyperloop as the faculty advisor for the team “HyperPodX” supporting the team with technical insights in all three competitions. Whilst advising on the team’s prototyping he connected to partners in industry and academy covering necessary Hyperloop technologies. By bringing European initiatives together he is now focussed on advancing the technical realization of the Hyperloop and works on additional technologies for future transportation.

Lukas Eschment helped initiate and is now coordinating projects at the Institute of Hyperloop Technology where he is also a PhD candidate. After starting with the Hyperloop Pod Competitions and reaching out to industry partners, he is now focusing his work on an European Hyperloop Large Scale Technological Research Infrastructure. He is involved in standardization at national and European level, EU projects and Hyperloop Programs like ePIcenter, the Hyperloop Development Program and the EU HyTeC project. Today he is focussing on Hyperloop efforts on a European level forming partnerships and consortia including industry and academia with the goal of developing future transportation.

James Napier joined the ePIcenter project in 2021. His task is to design and setup a Low-Pressure Tube Transport Test facility at the Campus Emden of the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. This test track is dedicated to investigate and evaluate a large variety of logistic Hyperloop applications and scenarios. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Engineering Physics from Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg and University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (UASEL), specializing in Laser and Optics.

Marcel Stamm has been part of the team since 2022. He is responsible for the design and construction of a vehicle prototype. It will be constructed for the test track at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer and provide information about the behaviour of components under application-dependent conditions. He completed his studies at the University of Applied Sciences in mechanical engineering with a specialisation in design and development.