KTH Hyperloop

Hyperloop, known as the fifth mode of transportation, is the concept of a pod-like vehicle travelling inside a sealed tube in near-vacuum conditions. The lowered friction and air-resistance would allow the pod to reach speeds of more than 1200 kilometres per hour while being very efficient. The technology is aimed to become the future of sustainable transport.

KTH Hyperloop is a student Hyperloop team based in the Integrated Transport Research Laboratory (ITRL) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically, it is part of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management, under the department of Machine Design. Being the first student team in the entire Nordic region, KTH Hyperloop consists of approximately 30 students from various disciplines of engineering and technology as well as marketing and business who are studying at KTH. The team was formed in May 2018 by Vivek Anand, a Master’s student at KTH, under the supervision of faculty advisor Professor Mikael Nybacka. The head supervisor is to this day still Mikael Nybacka.

The main aim of the team has always been to push the hyperloop concept by making use of the knowledge gained at KTH. Since 2018, two design iterations of a complete pod prototype have been completed, and the third iteration is planned to be manufactured in its entirety. Apart from the devotion to hyperloop development, the team also participates in events. In the Summer of 2021, KTH Hyperloop was one of about 20 teams from all over the world being part of the first European Hyperloop Week. Before this, the team placed top 50 of over 1000 teams in the latest hyperloop competition hosted by SpaceX in 2019.