About HyperXite

UC Irvine HyperXite is a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate students with a shared goal to revolutionize the transportation industry. Established in 2015, our team’s mission is to bring a new kind of sustainable high-speed bullet train to life.

HyperXite team members hard at work showcasing Pod 11 at our Annual Demonstration Day!
 

Each year, the design of our internationally top-ranked Hyperloop pod evolves to include more innovative technologies; what started as a small air-based levitation system project has become a team of 38 dedicated students researching and developing our own thermal cooling mechanisms, linear induction motors and magnetic levitation systems, to name a few.

HyperXite’s 1st Place Awards for Best Guidance System, Levitation System and Presentation at the 2025 Hyperloop Global Competition!
 

From designing complex printed circuit boards (PCBs) to assembling our pod’s chassis, HyperXite gives UC Irvine students a unique opportunity to develop their technical and interpersonal skills through a project not found anywhere else on campus. Our members gain hands-on experience and apply their classroom knowledge to real-world problems through the comprehensive design, testing and construction of our pod. Over 12 years, we have a proven history of excelling in competitions with other collegiate teams, graduate students and industry professionals. This includes international competitions such as European Hyperloop Week, the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition where we placed in the Top 5, and Hyperloop Global where we won 1st-place prizes for Best Research, Best Presentation and Best Guidance System. These achievements, along with being a celebrated project at UC Irvine – winning the Dean's Choice Award amongst 200+ other senior design projects multiple times in recent years – showcase our team's capabilities and dedication.

HyperXite General Meetings, fostering cross-functional collaboration and interdisciplinary communication!
 

Looking Forward

This year, we seek to optimize our linear induction motor (LIM) system for higher thrusts. Pursuing this has led to the necessary redesign of subsystems like Thermal Cooling and Propulsion Systems. Additionally, we are pushing forward with the development of our Levitation R&D team to study the physics behind magnetic levitation and to scale up our current prototype, proving its future implementation on the pod. 

To showcase our latest technical advancements, we will host our annual Demonstration Day to showcase our pod in the Spring of 2027 to the UC Irvine community and our sponsors.

By continuously improving our pod and participating in global competitions, we aim to empower students to grow as engineers in order to help bring the Hyperloop concept to life.

HyperXite team at our 2026 Demonstration Day at UC Irvine 
Engineering Tower!
 

Our Objectives for Pod 12

1. To source our pod components (including our upscaled magnetic levitation system, thermal liquid cooling system and custom variable frequency drive)
2. To develop electromechanical test rigs for experimental subsystem validation
3. To successfully present our pod at Demonstration Day in Spring 2027

How You Can Help

With your support, our team can continue championing our cause and improve our numerous pod iterations. As a student-led project, we rely on charitable donations to help fund components for our system and travel abroad for competitions. We’re so grateful for the donations and sponsorships we’ve received in the past! Your contribution is critical to our project, and any amount donated, no matter the size, is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for being part of our journey!

HyperXite booth at the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering’s Annual Design Review!

Join Our Journey

Please stay connected with us on our website, follow our progress on Instagram and LinkedIn or reach out to us directly by emailing our Project Manager at tracyln2@uci.edu.