Levitated Systems / Richard F. Post Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / SAIC / Thompson Consulting / Controls Western Pennsylvania Maglev Development Corp. / R. F. Post D. D. / ABAM Engineers Inc. / Studies PJ Dick Guideway Construction Sargent Electric Co. / University Magnetics Hall Industries Vehicles Mackin Engineering Co. / Raposa Enterprises / /
Country
Switzerland / United States / / /
Facility
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Dynamic Test Facility / University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / / /
IndustryTerm
vehicle chassis systems / magnetic levitation technology / lower manufacturing costs / low speed transportation / technology choices / greater energy efficiency / urban applications / technology development risks / guidance systems / computational tools / scale car mass / selected urban site / urban mass transportation / low cost manufacturing / base technology development / maglev systems / transportation system / /
Organization
Federal Transit Administration’s office of Technology / University of California / U. S. Department of Energy / Federal Transit Administration / office of Research / Demonstration / and Innovation / Carnegie Mellon University / U. S. Department of Transportation / DOT-Volpe Center / Pennsylvania Department of Transportation / /
Person
Robert Kratz / Jim LaRusch / Atomics Team / Roger Hoopengardner / Resistance / Atomics Responsibility / John Harding / Dilip Bhadra / Robert D. Blevins / Frank Raposa / Allen Hamilton / Sam Gurol / Jim Guarre / Gopal Samavedam / Venkat Pindiprolu / George Anagnostopoulos / Quon Kwan / David Keever / Marc Thompson / Bob Baldi / / /
Position
much higher conductor / General / small battery-powered data logger / Team Member / CONCLUSIONS The General / /
General Atomics Low-Speed Urban Maglev Technology Development Program