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Invited Talk 8:
Hyperloop, the new mode of transportation
The global human population is growing, world is getting more urbanized and traffic and crowded streets have already become a sad reality of our day to day life. No new mode of transportation has been developed in last couple of decades to address this problem and it is the time for a radical change. This prestation will talk about the mission of the Virgin Hyperloop and its approach to tackle this problem. The overall system and pod architecture will be discussed briefly. Finally, the history of linear propulsion systems developed to move Virgin Hyperloop pods will be presented.
Dr. Arbi G. Siraki is a seasoned leader with over 15 years of work experience in Academia and industry. He is currently director of Pod Hardware Engineering department at Virgin Hyperloop where he oversees multiple hardware engineering teams developing the Hyperloop Pod. Prior to joining Virgin Hyperloop, Arbi worked at TM4 Inc as an electric motor research engineer for new EV propulsion system projects.
He is a licensed Professional Engineer from province of Ontario, Canada. He holds a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in electric machines, from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He is the author of multiple journal and conference papers and recipient of the 2012 best thesis award in engineering and computer science at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.