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Vick inducted to NC State MAE HoF
Associate Professor Brian Vick was inducted into the
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department's
Hall of Fame at North Carolina State University Nov. 3.
Vick, who received his BS, MS, and Ph.D.s in mechan-
ical engineering from NC State in 1976, 1978 and 1981
respectively, was presented the award by MAE depart-
ment head, Srinath Ekkad.
The honor was established in 2012 to inspire stu-
dents and celebrate the accomplishments of graduates
who have excelled in their profession, career, service,
entrepreneurship, and contributions to the profession.
North Carolina State Department of
Vick joined Virginia Tech in 1982. His main research
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
includes heat transfer, applied mathematics, numerical
head Srinath Ekkad, left, presents Vick with analysis, tribology, wave mechanics, non-linear dynam-
a plaque honoring his induction into the
ics, and parameter estimation.
department's Hall of Fame.
Hyperloop team goes
electric with new pod
The Virginia Tech Hyperloop team is preparing
for the next competition to be held in Summer
2018 by constructing an entirely new pod
centered on a new drive system.
The latest pod features a redesigned pod and
removal of the cold-gas propulsion system in
favor of an all-electric drivetrain.
Previous competitions have involved the use of a
pusher mechanism in the Hyperloop tube at the
Space-X facility in Hawthorne, California.
The team placed fourth overall and seventh
overall in competitions one and two respectively.
The Mechanical Engineering department
recently provided the team with $10,000 to help
them develop and test their new all-electric pod.
You can follow the team on Facebook and
Twitter.
The interdisciplinary team
is made up of students from
the College of Engineering, the
Myers-Lawson School of Construc-
tion, and the Pamplin College of
Business.
According to team lead Andrey
Gubanov, the 2018 competition
will focus on maximum speed
with successful deceleration,
and having a self-propelled pod.
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