Teaching Situation and Future Viewing of Introduction to Vacuum Tube Transportation

-Vacuum Tube Transportation is a new coming hyper-speed transportation mode. The relating research and development is being progressed and its construction would be started in the near future. As a promising important industry, relating student education, subject building, specialty branch and course system would certainly come forth. The course Introduction to Vacuum Tube Transportation had been opened as the first time all over the world since spring term of 2005 and has been taught in 4 school terms. More than 500 students have studied the course. A set of course system, teaching outline and education plan has been constructed. Being ready to publish textbooks, finished making PPT teaching plan, and opened the internet course. With the coming construction and operation, as well as confirmation of relating specialty, the course Introduction to Vacuum Tube Transportation would be taught in more and more universities all over the world. It is a multi-subject course, so as to be convenient for students to study and understand the current science and technology frontier, comprehensive knowledge. Especially, it is right for being as a public course in some relating universities. Besides teaching knowledge and educating students, the course also could boost Vacuum Tube Transportation to come to reality as soon as possible and future development. Keywords--vacuum tube transportation; introduction; teaching situation; course; multi-subject; high-speed