tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30089959100172862822024-03-14T18:55:44.468-07:00Solar Skyways™ NetworkBringing makers together from around the world to create solar transportation networksRon Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-67357808293872001742024-03-09T17:36:00.000-08:002024-03-14T18:50:47.431-07:00Solar Skyways™ Stations Create ResiliencyWe have begun building Safe, Scalable, Sustainable Solar Skyways™based on Swenson Solar™canopies which have been very well received since the first installation we completed in 2011. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnScUngPQqquIJLbktxz-fbLhPIy1P63F_x8EGtkd_T_wnk_LEyNkdVRxvDtGLdOdnTWW-h1TDd-f51aqrdyAeYYgfNXMPjeeDjZI62IBNmvhKMr8TLyER5TtQWLTv8ItaezZUDsEwMBehmegjS1Tp05O1kCdIEX0_gT-zvYvUxTh6oY6Z5g7QHmxQInO/s800/%202011%20SWENSONSOLAR%20PLT%20375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="800" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnScUngPQqquIJLbktxz-fbLhPIy1P63F_x8EGtkd_T_wnk_LEyNkdVRxvDtGLdOdnTWW-h1TDd-f51aqrdyAeYYgfNXMPjeeDjZI62IBNmvhKMr8TLyER5TtQWLTv8ItaezZUDsEwMBehmegjS1Tp05O1kCdIEX0_gT-zvYvUxTh6oY6Z5g7QHmxQInO/w320-h170/%202011%20SWENSONSOLAR%20PLT%20375.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>We place solar canopies continuously above podcar guideways running along urban streets and larger arterials, providing reliable energy for mobility. Each passenger station is designed to serve as an <b><i>energy center</i></b>, storing energy for cloudy periods and night time, delivering surplus energy to our neighbors, with sufficient storage assets (batteries and a variety of economical, safe stationary storage technologies) to deliver resiliency – managing daily operations and emergency conditions alike.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DkBgCxnD4FD11TE40eA2nEj1N8MmmUlUTMF4SKtQxKAnxWMnHIMs205EC-8H-D75_6MbWIfrG9R9VKaSgmA1_zGPDyGFzenpO4hkmjKF_hlQWm_SwotM1GBXLU46JVBbUVGxDoBdzMTve1O2xbEjDWkWMBb8YYG6W4r6CN2vtdE23xyCOexxf3y0jKvc/s2866/MICROGRID%20SSW%202023-11-28%20VRP%20RBS%20JMRC%20Solar%20System%20and%20Station%20copy.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="2866" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DkBgCxnD4FD11TE40eA2nEj1N8MmmUlUTMF4SKtQxKAnxWMnHIMs205EC-8H-D75_6MbWIfrG9R9VKaSgmA1_zGPDyGFzenpO4hkmjKF_hlQWm_SwotM1GBXLU46JVBbUVGxDoBdzMTve1O2xbEjDWkWMBb8YYG6W4r6CN2vtdE23xyCOexxf3y0jKvc/w400-h144/MICROGRID%20SSW%202023-11-28%20VRP%20RBS%20JMRC%20Solar%20System%20and%20Station%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a>In this illustration, the solar canopies (from the left and right as well as above the station) capture solar electricity and deliver it along the blue lines to the storage block, from which the electricity is delivered along the green lines to the cabins for rapid charging while they are briefly in the stations dropping off and boarding passengers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In addition to managing station requirements – lighting and elevators, for example – the surplus may be used to charge (green) micro-mobility bikes and scooters, backup lighting, cell phones, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Surplus electricity can be delivered to the grid and any deficiencies may be recharged with power from the grid along the gray lines. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If any particular station loses power in a large network, the other stations will have sufficient capacity to maintain an adequate state of charge for the entire fleet of vehicles. Unlike a grid-supported network vulnerable to any of several possible single points of failure – central power plants, transmission lines, brown-outs or black-outs – the Solar Skyways™ MicroGrid is always on, resilient to even extreme conditions such as flooding or fuel shortages. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqruz08ewdEVhdraU-GY_UKRbooPXLMoSHrrDXU7Rrp909hqxCMt3PoLjTUODevCdSynhJSE9d3OIaWYeR7dbjEXNx-ZZIXoansItxLuG9nFubIi855sih4IWnEKx0WlZD82brSOdclgCYs6v9VYZSHMWf2g0fEtZt0V-q574GHvCTWNH7jMwyAWpVdsTA/s800/SSW%20Vulnerable%20areas%20800%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="800" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqruz08ewdEVhdraU-GY_UKRbooPXLMoSHrrDXU7Rrp909hqxCMt3PoLjTUODevCdSynhJSE9d3OIaWYeR7dbjEXNx-ZZIXoansItxLuG9nFubIi855sih4IWnEKx0WlZD82brSOdclgCYs6v9VYZSHMWf2g0fEtZt0V-q574GHvCTWNH7jMwyAWpVdsTA/s320/SSW%20Vulnerable%20areas%20800%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-35861962979973300922022-11-21T15:00:00.005-08:002022-11-21T15:05:06.491-08:00Solar Powered Mining and Logistics by Futran Milotek Swenson Solar <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">100% Solar Powered Mining and Logistics is market-ready through Futran, Milotek, and Swenson Solar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuv5mqvBt70-3syxST0zHgRncG2y3ZlO9qx3Vw89M-NNId6WJy-XWcnrTeQsQMWvB0AZVGN0BivFjbfrW11ADjhEtX8x5QpV79SBFbJetgnI-GP4zF6XK3TinW94yeevVzn3FVOXa6JBndlWEm3miOkIeycFOJq-HJrT8tjkFKG3a0GSfPY4KKMWnrg/s1464/FUTRAN%20BEESTEKRAAL%20TEST%20TRACK%201464%20panorama.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1464" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuv5mqvBt70-3syxST0zHgRncG2y3ZlO9qx3Vw89M-NNId6WJy-XWcnrTeQsQMWvB0AZVGN0BivFjbfrW11ADjhEtX8x5QpV79SBFbJetgnI-GP4zF6XK3TinW94yeevVzn3FVOXa6JBndlWEm3miOkIeycFOJq-HJrT8tjkFKG3a0GSfPY4KKMWnrg/w400-h171/FUTRAN%20BEESTEKRAAL%20TEST%20TRACK%201464%20panorama.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The 1 km oval test track has proven the mechanics and control system for mining and logistics.</p>
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"In fact, one of the most significant failings of the current U.S. transportation system is that the automobile was never thought of as being part of a system until recently. It was developed and introduced during a period that saw the automobile as a standalone technology largely replacing the horse and carriage. So long as it outperformed the previous equine technology, it was considered a success.<b><i> This success is not nearly so apparent if the automobile is examined from a systems thinking perspective. In that guise, it has managed to fail miserably across a host of dimensions. </i></b>Many of these can be observed in any major US city today: oversized cars and trucks negotiating tight roads and streets, bridges and tunnels incapable of handling daily traffic density, insufficient parking, poor air quality induced in areas where regional air circulation geography restricts free flow of wind, a distribution of the working population to suburban locations necessitating automobile transportation, and so on. Had the automobile been developed as a multilateral system interconnected with urban (and rural) transportation networks and environmental systems, U.S. cities would be in a much different situation than they find themselves in today.</blockquote>What is important here is not that the automobile could have been developed differently, but that in choosing to design, develop and deploy the automobile as a stand alone technology, a host of complementary transportation solutions to replace the horse and buggy were not considered.</blockquote>
Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-27604201007921614652019-09-30T17:00:00.075-07:002020-12-26T20:38:57.556-08:00Envisioning Solar Skyways in Silicon Valley
<p>At the request of the City of San José's Department of Transportation, the <a href="http://www.transportation2030.org/" target="_blank">General Transportation Fund</a>, <a href="https://www.rodzmas.com/" target="_blank">Rodzmas</a>, <a href="https://www.inist.org/" target="_blank">INIST</a>, <a href="http://www.superway.us/" target="_blank">Spartan Superway</a>, <a href="https://architecture.siu.edu/undergraduate/arc-studies/program-description.php" target="_blank">Southern Illinois University</a>, and <a href="http://www.SwensonSolar.com" target="_blank">Swenson Solar</a> have collaborated to present a vision for Solar Skyways in Silicon Valley. <br /></p>
<p>We envision an unobtrusive guideway above the streets with small podcars for you and your family, friends, or colleagues. We offer to liberate the landscape at street level for people, pets, flowers, and sidewalk cafes.<br /></p>
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<p>With many stations, small and large, we can get you there quickly, right where you want to go.<br /></p>
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<p>Authorized riders will be able to take a podcar right to their office or high rise apartment building. With offline stations, folks en route to other destinations will go right past the building without stopping.<br /></p>
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<p>Where freeways have cut through neighborhoods, separating former neighbors, podcars can restore connectivity without the expense of high overpasses.<br /></p>
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<p>This map shows how the podcar network navigates the streets to quickly get you to your destination.<br /></p>
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<p>Though it's not the first choice, where at-grade barriers are too daunting, it is after all possible to build the guideway over freeways.<br /></p>
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<p>Automated cars invading our cities, creating even more congestion, noise, and danger at every turn? Or a <b><i>smart</i></b> city restored for <i>people</i> -- the technology for our transportation system to rise above the streets is now at hand -- and the choice is ours again.<br /></p>
<p>Our formal presentations to the City of San José Department of Transportation can be seen here:<br /></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.inist.org/library/2019-09-30.GTF.SanJose_DOT_RFI_response.pdf" target="_blank">General Transportation Fund</a></li><li><a href="https://www.inist.org/library/2019-09-30.SpartanSuperway.SanJose_DOT_RFI_response.pdf" target="_blank">Spartan Superway</a></li><li><a href="https://www.inist.org/library/2019-09-30.SIU.SanJose_DOT_RFI_response.pdf" target="_blank">Southern Illinois University</a> <br /></li></ul>
<p> Stay tuned for more!<br /></p>
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Even though big cities have rideshare programs, buses, and trains, we all know it can still be hard to get to your destination. Enter the Spartan Superway from the engineer students at San Jose University! Daily Planet airs weeknights at 7E/4P only on <a href="https://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Daily-Planet/video?vid=1247505" target="_blank">Discovery Canada</a>! <br />
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Even where natural spaces are envisioned for the street at grade, designers still feel the necessity to create intersections between people and cars. (Note the street at the center.)<br />
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-18692707876831311582017-10-22T21:38:00.002-07:002017-10-22T23:01:09.958-07:00Reclaiming streetsI transcribed part of a video I saw today, to bring to light one of the most fascinating benefits offered by podcars for urban living. <br />
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<h4>Background</h4><br />
When this Southeast Asian fishing village and trading post became independent in 1965, the founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew committed to transforming Singapore from "mud flats to metropolis" in 10 years. It came to pass, not the least by "reclaim[ing] land in a useful way." With a density of 8,000 people per square kilometer on a small island, land management is indeed crucial.<br />
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<h4>Rethinking Urban Infrastructure: Global Perspective (<a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/video/604799/rethinking-urban-infrastructure-global-perspective/" target="_blank">Video</a>)</h4><br />
Fast forward to the present day and let's find out what's in store for Singapore.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">Now mobility we touched on very briefly, but we have the same demographic as other countries. We have a limited amount of road surface and a limited amount of housing area so we have to prioritize housing because that's the way things are. <br />
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<i><b>And so we'd like to build fewer roads going forward</b></i>, and in fact have started to build almost no new roads and in fact all of the money is going into public infrastructure – more underground tunnels and so on.<br />
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<i><b>But what we need to do is rethink the whole movement of people – not simply building more buses on the road – because that just keeps the congestion high.</b></i><br />
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Now this is a picture which we haven't shown publicly very often which is the Land Transport Authority in Singapore, the government agency with whom we partner, is thinking through a multilevel platform in Singapore that would allow several things to occur. <br />
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So if you can kind of read it from the bottom up, the underground system or mass rapid transit which is in place today and continues to expand. Then there is a level which would be primarily for goods delivery and freight and trying to keep that out of people's way. And so some of that would be autonomous, ideally more and more autonomous.<br />
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You go up a level and you have some of the last mile autonomous pods that would allow people to go from a central point to their final destination (love for more of that to be electric) and then on top <b><i>what is currently a paved road surface would be reclaimed and thought of as parkland and areas in which there would be a quality of life</i></b> because nobody wants to live in an increasingly dense environment in which you simply survive until you get home and so from this perspective <i><b> we want to reclaim land</b></i>.<br />
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So Singapore already has a high rate of trees, and planting and gardens but we want to make it more, and it's also a green aspect, which is of course the more we can do, the more we can contribute positively to the climate issue.<br />
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So we think of this as: <b>We have to</b> ... and so we will.<br />
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Steve Leonard, Executive Deputy Chairman<br />
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore</blockquote><br />
<h4>Podcars</h4><br />
Well, Steve, your heart's in the right place. We do want "a quality of life," and I appreciate that you pointed out the obvious – that current city streets can't possibly deliver "a quality of life," period. <b></b><br />
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With a couple of simple steps, you can have this now in Singapore at perhaps 5% or 10% of the cost and 1% of the aggravation that your Land Transport Authority is contemplating:<br />
<ul><li>Establish a podcar network above the streets</li>
<li>Keep the sidewalks intact </li>
<li>Jackhammer the pavement – except for a bike path meandering through the middle.</li>
<li>Add soil, then plant trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawns where cars used to transgress</li>
</ul>What will you have now?<br />
<ul><li>Instead of dark tunnel walls, podcar passengers will have a view of the natural landscape. </li>
<li>Instead of spending their days in unhealthy bleak tunnels, commercial personnel will load their wares on freight carrying pods that will enter seamlessly into and out of buildings.</li>
<li>Likewise, recycling will be handled in recycling pods equally accessible. </li>
<li>Construction machinery and objects to be carried that are too large for pods will utilize the bike paths, transiting through the landscape at sub-lethal speeds (5-10 km/hr).</li>
<li>And then... </li>
</ul>Join the <a href="http://www.solarevolution.com/" target="_blank">solarevolution</a> and celebrate "<b><i>a quality of life!</i></b>"<br />
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-33430268896886529002017-10-11T05:12:00.001-07:002017-10-22T21:36:42.582-07:00Spartan Superway Academic Program Basic Class ObjectivesThis slideshow explains the basic objectives of the Spartan Superway Academic Program. <br />
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-57161847745456147892017-09-04T21:17:00.001-07:002017-09-10T05:07:30.821-07:00UJ Futran visits Futran test trackOn September 4, 80+ senior Civil Engineering students from the University of Johannesburg visited the Futran Systems <a href="https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/25%C2%B029'22.7%22S+27%C2%B041'02.4%22E/@-25.4896356,27.6833771,209m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d-25.4896366!4d27.684005?hl=en" target="_blank">test track north of Brits</a> in South Africa.<br />
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<br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-49270112149399629652017-08-30T14:09:00.000-07:002017-09-10T05:55:56.072-07:00University of Johannesburg designs Futran System<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9x0Rh99qSk/WZMf5-OMPCI/AAAAAAAACD8/wC6vhQbCfXAuaGLd24huP8Qkhv8cRoSSwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/logo%2BUJ%2Btrim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="484" height="183" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9x0Rh99qSk/WZMf5-OMPCI/AAAAAAAACD8/wC6vhQbCfXAuaGLd24huP8Qkhv8cRoSSwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/logo%2BUJ%2Btrim.jpg" width="200" /></a>The University of Johannesburg Civil Engineering senior capstone project for 2017 is to design a solar-powered, suspended podcar network for Johannesburg under the sponsorship of Futran Systems. The 8 student teams are designing routes, structures, and stations, with attention to structural engineering, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_engineering" target="_blank">geotech</a>, water systems (such as toilet facilities for passengers), and more.<br />
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As a pioneering academic institution in this emerging field, UJ is also developing a curriculum for advanced studies in sustainable public transit. <br />
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The students are beginning to create their individual and group blogs as a tool to exchange information with others who are working in parallel with them. These blogs can be seen on their project blog: <br />
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<li><a href="http://ujfutran.blogspot.co.za/" target="_blank">UJ Futran Podcars</a></li>
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The project teams have been informed about the SPARTAN Superway, another pioneering parallel initiative at San José State University in Silicon Valley.<br />
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More details about the San José State program can be seen here:<br />
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<li><a href="http://inist.org/library/2017-03-14.FurmanSwensonHagstrom.SpartanSuperwayWhitePaper.SpartanSuperway.pdf" target="_blank">2017 Spartan Superway White Paper</a> [pdf]</li>
<li><a href="http://inist.org/library/2017-04-26.Swenson.Spartan%20Solar.SJSU%20GreenTalk.pdf" target="_blank">2017 Green Talk by Ron Swenson</a> [pdf] </li>
<li><a href="http://www.superway.us/" target="_blank">Spartan Superway</a> [website]</li>
<li><a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Spartan Superway</a> [blogs] </li>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/h82i506snj2tig1/2017-06-02.Aquino%20etal.Spartan%20Superway%202016-2017%20Final%20Report.SJSU%20ME195AB.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">2017 Spartan Superway Final Report</a> [pdf, temporary link] </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLApsjhp-bWwriQAolHuYqNI8oBhZjStOr" target="_blank">2017-2018 Spartan Superway Teams' First Lightning Talks</a> [San Jose State ME 195]</li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Hagstrom - Spartan Superway General Manager: </span><a href="mailto:Eric.Hagstrom@sjsu.edu" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric.Hagstrom@sjsu.edu</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prof. Burford Furman - Spartan Superway Co-Director: </span><a href="mailto:Burford.Furman@sjsu.edu" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Burford.Furman@sjsu.edu</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ron Swenson - Spartan Superway Co-Director: </span><a href="mailto:ecosystems@econet.org" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Ecoystems@econet.org </span></a></div>
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-28359158527926461432016-11-04T21:14:00.004-07:002016-11-05T14:49:31.834-07:00Announcing 2017 Spartan Superway Summer WorkshopThe Solar Skyways Network is now reaching out to students from universities around the world to join us for the summer months of June and July (2017) as interns at the Spartan Superway Design Center in Silicon Valley. There you will collaborate with your peers from several countries to continue the multidisciplinary development of elevated solar powered public transit under the guidance of professors, mentors from industry, and guest experts. You will work in a well-equipped shop and will have support to obtain software and materials from a wide range of well-stocked suppliers and proficient specialty fabricators in Silicon Valley.<br />
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To date the Spartan Superway has hosted <a href="http://www.solarskyways.net/p/universities_30.html" target="_blank">interns from universities</a> in Brazil, France, South Korea, Sweden, and the USA — in 2014, 2015 and 2016.<br />
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Reports of the interns' accomplishments to date can be found in the extensive <a href="http://www.inist.org/library/" target="_blank">INIST online library</a> as well as in their blogs. (See links on the <a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Spartan Superway blog</a>).<br />
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You are welcome to use the comment feature here to communicate with Solar Skyways. Please indicate "PRIVATE" if you want your comments and questions to be private. Otherwise, we will moderate and publish your comments and questions as appropriate.Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-80892565836957368832016-08-19T21:55:00.002-07:002016-10-11T09:12:05.166-07:00Three GaragesTwo garages have had a great impact on Silicon Valley.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hewlett-Packard Garage 1939<br />
Birthplace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></td></tr>
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Thanks to the folks at <a href="http://www.exhibitiondistrict.com/" target="_blank">Exhibition District</a>, <i>creating amazing opportunities that make San José attractive to new investment and strong talent</i>, the Spartan Superway Design Center (a.k.a. Garage) has a fresh new look.<br />
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The Spartan Superway team at San José State is conducting advanced R&D to develop the first Sustainable Mobility System for Silicon Valley. <br />
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<br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-29289849010239159062016-06-18T19:32:00.002-07:002016-10-06T16:22:34.142-07:00The Summer 2016 Team is hard at work designing and prototyping the Spartan SuperwayIntroducing the summer 2016 team of interns from the USA, Brazil, France and South Korea. <br />
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and 4 San Jose State interns in June, before the others arrived</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interns from France arrived just in time for Intersolar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interns from South Korea also arrived in early July <br />
and they joined us at Intersolar in San Francisco</td></tr>
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</div>See more details on the <a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Spartan Superway blog</a>. (Team blogs are on the left, individual blogs are on the right.)<br />
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-44870303574842042172016-01-06T17:13:00.001-08:002016-01-06T17:18:27.479-08:00Solar Skyways / Spartan Superway Summer Program 2016We are now accepting applications for the <a href="http://www.inist.org/projects/solarskywayschallenge/" target="_blank">Solar Skyways</a> / <a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/">Spartan Superway</a> summer internship program at the Spartan Superway Design Center in San José, California.<br />
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You can send your resumé to [ ecosystems at econet.org ] with subject line beginning [Solar Skyways] ... and please be sure to reply to the automatic response which clears your email for delivery.<br />
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We are interested especially in student teams who have already begun working together on some aspect of S.A.N.E. transportation (S=Solar, A=Automated, N=Nonstop Network, origin to destination, E=Elevated). <br />
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More details will be available here soon.<br />
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<br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-37500887848030877432015-09-08T22:43:00.003-07:002015-09-11T10:13:24.328-07:00Solar Skyways / Spartan Superway Communications HubThis blog is established as the communications hub for all who have contributed to the Solar Skyways Initiative and/or Spartan Superway, including students from these universities who have participated since 2012:<br />
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<li>Brazil</li>
<li>France</li>
<li>Netherlands</li>
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<li>Delft University </li>
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<li>South Korea</li>
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<li>Pusan University </li>
</ul>
<li>Sweden</li>
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<li>Uppsala University</li>
<li>Linköping University</li>
</ul>
<li>USA</li>
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<li>San José State University</li>
<li>Presidio Graduate School of Business</li>
<li>Southern Illinois University </li>
</ul>
</ul>
In order to participate, please create a blog, then create a post to introduce yourself and tell us about your experiences with Solar Skyways / Spartan Superway. Then please send along your blog URL (website address) and we will include you in the blog list here. <br />
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Here are instructions for how to create a blog: <a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en">https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en</a> <br />
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Thank you! Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995910017286282.post-81903493073459475922015-07-20T12:00:00.001-07:002022-11-21T12:18:25.720-08:00Spartan Superway Summer 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrpwuH3Q39DYvO9-DhfzzmNGDWOyrBIXBbLPBMBZxnIdglFMz1TneB3rbmQivJQYrG2oQVHOkYwrlObw0NMVNyKD4wmVwhKMg4UqhGMoAgbiBi_pxNYsZhgu9NdhT2mRHX3rcZBLd_2Zpl00-POHFnfnplN3X_JaW_5tmiSlpGJQluY-Hf7kjtNVHew/s765/U%20SSW%203s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Spartan Superway Summer Team US • South Korea • France • Brazil • Sweden July 2015" border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="765" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrpwuH3Q39DYvO9-DhfzzmNGDWOyrBIXBbLPBMBZxnIdglFMz1TneB3rbmQivJQYrG2oQVHOkYwrlObw0NMVNyKD4wmVwhKMg4UqhGMoAgbiBi_pxNYsZhgu9NdhT2mRHX3rcZBLd_2Zpl00-POHFnfnplN3X_JaW_5tmiSlpGJQluY-Hf7kjtNVHew/w640-h318/U%20SSW%203s.JPG" title="Spartan Superway Summer Team US • South Korea • France • Brazil • Sweden July 2015" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spartan Superway Summer Team <br />US • South Korea • France • Brazil • Sweden<br />July 2015</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0