SpaceX Design Weekend at Texas A&M University

January 15-16, 2016 | Memorial Student Center | Texas A&M Campus

Some of the best and brightest engineering minds from around the country and globe will be coming to Texas A&M University for the Design Weekend on Jan. 15-16, part of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. Their pod designs will be evaluated for the final competition weekend scheduled for June 2016 in Hawthorne, California.

Design Weekend will be held at the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University. For maps and other travel information, visit our Travel page.

Travel Information

Want to create a Texas A&M team? Want to join an existing team? Get more information and competition updates.

Texas A&M Teams

• Important Dates

• June 15, 2015

  Summary document issued (competition announced)

• August 20, 2015

  Detailed rules released by SpaceX

• September 2015

  Detailed tube and technical specification released by SpaceX

• September 15, 2015, 5 p.m. PDT

  Deadline for entrants to submit their Intent to Compete

• October 22, 2015

  Deadline for entrants to submit Preliminary Design Briefing

• December 15, 2015

  Entrants submit Final Design Package

• January 15-16, 2016

  Design Weekend

  In-person Design Weekend with all invited entrants.
  
  Location: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

• June 2016

  Competition Weekend

  Selected pods compete at the SpaceX Hyperloop Test Track.
  
  Exact date and location TBA.