I Am the President of the University

"Vacuum Hyperloop?"

Chen Hao was stunned. This thing was no stranger to him.

The official name of the Vacuum Hyperloop is the vacuum tube maglev train. It is a means of transportation with "vacuum steel tube transportation" as its theoretical core. It has the characteristics of ultra-high speed, high safety, low energy consumption, low noise, and low pollution.

As early as 1904, American rocket pioneer Robert Goddard proposed the conjecture of the "Hyperloop". Since ancient times, heroes come from young, and this guy was a freshman at the university.

He proposed the conjecture that the train is levitated by electromagnetic repulsion and runs at high speed in a vacuum tube.

The concept of "Hyperloop" in the modern sense was proposed by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s. It envisioned a high-speed vehicle running in an underground vacuum tunnel. When the vacuum level is At 0.01 atmosphere pressure, the theoretical maximum speed is calculated to reach 22,500 kilometers per hour.

Later, the famous American mechanical engineer Daryl Oster optimized the design and obtained the invention patent for the vacuum pipeline transportation (ETT) system in 1999.

Later, countries around the world started research on hyperloop, but the progress was not very smooth.

Although it is just a high-speed rail, it involves the integration and application of pipeline transportation technology, vacuum technology, and magnetic levitation technology.

The integration of the first two is still a global problem, but it is the last maglev technology, and our country is at the forefront of the world.

After more than 40 years of development, magnetic levitation technology has formed three independent technologies: electromagnetic levitation, electric levitation and high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation.

The representative countries of these three technologies are Germany, Japan and China.

As mentioned earlier, the "Hyperloop" was proposed by Robert Goddard in 1904, but it was German maglev train technology pioneer Hermann Kemper who made pioneering contributions to maglev train technology. The first scientist in the world to take maglev trains seriously as a serious science is also known as the "Father of Maglev Trains".

Hermann began researching maglev train technology in 1922. After 10 years of hard work, he applied for a maglev train patent to the Berlin Patent Office and was approved.

Germany's maglev train was developed based on Hermann's invention.

As for the [low-temperature superconducting electric levitation technology] developed by Japan, it was borrowed from the United States. As a result, it surpassed the United States in research in this field.

Our country is leading in the field of [high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation technology]. The representative breakthrough was in 2000. The world's first high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation experimental vehicle "Century" was successfully developed by Southwest Jiaotong University, bringing my country's magnetic levitation technology into the forefront of the world. status.

Unfortunately, a serious maglev train crash occurred at the 2006 German Train Show, which caused the construction of maglev lines to be suspended or delayed around the world.

After the car crash, only countries that had a good life continued to study the high-speed maglev test.

Then in 2016, with the attention of the world media, Japan's JR Company L0 train reached 603 kilometers per hour (374 miles per hour) on the Yamanashi experimental track, setting a decisive new world record and becoming the fastest maglev in the world. train.

Also due to Japan's breakthrough in high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation technology, countries around the world have begun to increase investment in scientific research in this area.

Maglev trains are still like this, let alone the more advanced vacuum tube maglev trains. According to the current understanding of the scientific community, this is something that will happen ten or twenty years later. Even if some countries are conducting related research, they are just doing it in advance. Just technical reserves.

Hyperloop Chen Hao read relevant information when he was in the MIT library, but he didn't dare to come up with this technology!

After all, this is a hyperloop that claims to be able to reach 4,000 kilometers per hour...

"It can't be true, right?" Chen Hao muttered.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at the screen several times to make sure he saw it correctly.

Chen Hao frowned and asked in confusion: "But why is it B-level technology? This thing is at least 20 years beyond the current technological level."

Logically speaking, it should be an A-level technology like photon screen technology. This is considered a B-level technology, so wouldn't it mean that only controllable nuclear fusion is an S-level technology?

In any case, Chen Hao plans to receive the vacuum hyperloop technology first.

"System, start transmission."

[Vacuum hyperloop technology begins transmission...]

A huge flow of information poured into Chen Hao's mind, and even with a highly developed brain, it was still a bit difficult for him.

Big beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, and his mental power was running at high speed.

After a while, heavy breathing sounded in the room.

"Huh——"

The sweat on his face couldn't hide Chen Hao's joy.

"The vacuum hyperloop is ready!"

…

The next day, the office of the president of Guanghua University.

"Principal Chen, is something wrong?" Zheng Qiang looked confused. The college entrance examination enrollment has gone smoothly recently. Could something happen again?

"Come, drink tea." Chen Hao smiled broadly and poured a cup of tea for Zheng Qiang.

"Old Zheng, I checked, our school has a traffic engineering major, right?"

Zheng Qiang nodded, "Yes, in the School of Engineering and Technology, but after the department adjustment next month, it will be included in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the School of Engineering."

Guanghua University originally had six or seven secondary colleges. The law school had the strongest faculty, while the engineering and technology college was the most miscellaneous, with a bunch of engineering majors thrown into it.

Picking up the tea cup, Zheng Qiang, who had just introduced it, almost spit out Chen Hao's words.

"Transportation engineering will be transferred from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to the newly prepared Transportation College (secondary college), which will consist of the Department of Transportation and four majors: transportation, transportation engineering, logistics engineering, and port, waterway and coastal engineering."

Zheng Qiang quickly asked: "No, wait, when will another transportation college be prepared?"

Chen Hao blinked, "Now."

Zheng Qiang: "..."

"Why did we suddenly set up a transportation college?" Zheng Qiang persuaded him earnestly, "Our school has no advantages in transportation. There is really no need to set up a separate college."

Chen Hao smiled and said: "There is no advantage now, but there will be in the future."

Zheng Qiang was stunned and said, "How do you say that?"

"Old Zheng, do you know about the vacuum hyperloop?"

“Vacuum Hyperloop???”

Zheng Qiang was confused. He knew about the high-speed rail, but what was the vacuum hyperloop?

Chen Hao didn't take it seriously and waved his hand, "You can search on Baidu first."

"good."

Zheng Qiang opened the mobile browser and searched on Baidu.

Looking at the page that popped up, Zheng Qiang fell into silence.

"Hyperloop is produced in a small town in southern Spain" and "The China-US submarine vacuum hyperloop will be opened in 2019!" China's high-speed rail is about to shock the world! ", "China's Hyperloop is coming! The top speed is 4000 kilometers per hour, shocking the world! ", "China's first "Hyper High Speed ​​Rail" has been launched, with a speed of 1,100 kilometers per hour, and the United States has become a partner", "Investment exceeds 1 trillion, China and Russia have reached a hyper high speed rail project, and it only takes 30 hours from Beijing to Moscow"...

It's inexplicably embarrassing. Some news was published several years ago, and it seems to be conclusive. It was opened in 2019, opened in 2020, and now it is 2021!

There is no trace of the Hyperloop!

Also, Badie, which was popular in the past few years and was endorsed by the local government, was also exposed in 2017 for defrauding hundreds of people with financial products, involving a total amount of up to 4 billion.

Zheng Qiang put his phone on the table and pushed it forward, "Principal, isn't this what you want to build the Hyperloop?"

Seeing Zheng Qiang's weird look, Chen Hao felt a little baffled. When he picked up his phone and looked at it, he suddenly felt embarrassed.

I can almost dig out three bedrooms and one living room.

Chen Hao scratched his hair and patiently explained: "These are all written by unscrupulous media to attract attention. I am really sure!"

"Are you sure?" Zheng Qiang hesitated, then raised his head and asked uncertainly, "Can such an exaggerated technology really be created?"

Chen Hao nodded seriously, "Yes!"

"When I was studying for a Ph.D. at MIT, I was quite interested in this area. Recently, I have some research prospects, and I can start related research immediately. It is just a good opportunity to use research to drive the development of the discipline."

Zheng Qiang sighed and had no choice but to say: "This... okay, I will organize a meeting for the relevant teachers and leaders of the school in the next two days to discuss the preparations for the Transportation College."

What else can I say? The principal has said so, so I have no choice but to obey.

He is positioned as the school housekeeper, responsible for the coordination and management of school administration, operations and many other aspects.

After sending Zheng Qiang away, Chen Hao was thinking about another question.

"Should we also ventilate from above?"

After thinking about it, I realized that this hyperloop project involves too much. Just laying the magnetic levitation track is a project worth hundreds of billions, and it is completely impossible with Guanghua's cash flow.

It is still necessary to rely on the power of the state to complete such a large-scale infrastructure project.

at the same time.

In Beijing, the cell phone of an unknown leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology rang.

ps: There is one more chapter, around 23 o'clock.

(Vietnam can’t even play, and the Chinese New Year is really annoying!)