Penn Hyperloop

University of Pennsylvania’s premier Tunneling team. Competing in annual @boringcompany Not-a-boring Competition with custom designed and built TBMs.

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A massive thank you to AutomationDirect for donating the critical electrical components that powered our TBM. Your reliable hardware helped Penn Hyperloop maintain flawless operations and secure 2nd place overall at the 2026 Not-A-Boring Competition.

#AutomationDirect #UPenn

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A massive thank you to Siemens for donating the critical electrical components, including their SIMATIC systems, that powered our TBM. Your reliable technology helped Penn Hyperloop maintain flawless control and secure 2nd place overall at the 2026 Not-A-Boring Competition.

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A massive thank you to Badger Infrastructure Solutions for providing critical hydrovac truck services. Your support helped Penn Hyperloop conquer the flooded site conditions and secure 2nd place overall at the 2026 Not-A-Boring Competition.

#BadgerInfrastructureSolutions #UPenn

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A massive thank you to Cadence for their critical financial and component support this season. Your partnership was key to helping Penn Hyperloop navigate extreme weather and secure 2nd place overall at the 2026 Not-A-Boring Competition.

#PennHyperloop #Cadence #UPenn

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Penn Hyperloop is proud to announce we placed 2nd overall at the 2026 Not-A-Boring Competition! Despite severe flooding and extreme site conditions, our team successfully excavated more than twice the distance of the 3rd place competitor.

#upenn #engineering #tunneling #wharton

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Is this the machine that finally beats The Boring Company?

READINESS ACHIEVED: The TBM is approved and locked in the launch pit! Our team finalized the complete electrical, mechanical, and mechanical integration.

We are sitting ready in the hole to dig.

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The secret to a faster tunnel? High-grade steel.

A massive thank you to @JDFieldsinc for providing the steel pipes for our TBM. Their support has been a game changer for our build as we take on the "Not-A-Boring Competition" this week.

#PennHyperloop #JDFields #UPenn

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Is this the machine that finally beats The Boring Company?
Huge thanks to the @MackInstitute for Innovation Management at @Wharton for sponsoring Penn Hyperloop. Their support was key in securing critical parts for our TBM as we compete in @boringcompany's competition this week.

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We are thrilled to spotlight our partner, North Shore Safety (NSS), for their critical support as we head into the competition!

Safety and reliability are the backbone of our TBM, and the PGFI-5545N unit from NSS is a key component of our high-voltage power distribution system.

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OUR SPRING 2026 NEWSLETTER REVEALS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.

Penn Hyperloop is currently on-site at The Boring Company for the 2026 Not-a-Boring Competition. Our machine is undergoing final technical validation in preparation for Dig Day.

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FIELD IMPRESSIONS: APRIL 2 OPERATIONS

The Penn Hyperloop team reached a significant operational milestone today at The Boring Company headquarters. These images capture the final stages of systems integration as we transition from assembly to active field testing.

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LIVE FROM BASTROP, TEXAS

The Penn Hyperloop team is pleased to announce our progress at The Boring Company's 2026 Not-a-Boring Competition.
Our 2026 micro-tunnel boring machine is fully assembled and prepared for deployment.

We extend our sincere gratitude to our partners.

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Thank you to @LoganClay for sponsoring their NO-DIG vitrified clay pipes that we use for pipe jacking our TBM!

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Thank you to @BadgerInfra for sponsoring the Hydrovac trucks that power our muck removal and conditioner insertion systems!

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Thank you to @JDFieldsinc for sponsoring the steel pipes that serves as the outer structure of our TBM.

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Thank you to ALSPI (Alabama Laser Specialty Products Inc) for sponsoring various CNC machined plates that make up our TBM (including our cutterhead frame!).

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Excited to announce @Cadence as a financial sponsor for our completed 24-25 season!

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Excited to announce @JoyceDaytonCorp as a financial sponsor for our completed 24-25 season!

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Congratulations to Penn Hyperloop for winning the 2025 Not-a-Boring (@boringcompany) Competition Global Rookie Award by building a functioning tunnel-boring machine (TBM) without any safety issues.

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“If we were to build a machine for the competition, this is how we would first approach it”

^quote from The Boring Company’s engineering team on our simple yet effective tunneling solution that won us the Rookie Award.

Or as we like to say it, KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid).

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Congratulations to the award winners:
@DiggeridoosVT Innovation Award
@Penn_Hyperloop Rookie Award

Thanks to all of the finalists:
@CU_Hyperloop from CU Boulder
@uwtunneling from U of Washington
@boredtunnelers from Bangladesh
WatDig from U of Waterloo