IN THE SUMMER OF 2015 Elon Musk of SpaceX introduced the Hyperloop Design Competition to further expedite the progress on the Hyperloop project. Graeme Klim, a Masters Student at Ryerson University heard about the competition and was immediately interested based on his prior experience working with aircraft landing systems. Graeme quickly connected with a number of his peers and formed Ryerson’s International Hyperloop Team (RIHT). Graeme noted, “The competition called for submissions of a full pod, or a subsystem. Due to our team’s size and prior expertise, we wanted to make a significant contribution so determined we would focus on a low speed and emergency subsystem that is similar to an aircraft’s landing gear. We call it the Hyperloop Deployable Wheel System.” By September of

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