PERTS (Personal Electric Rapid Transit Systems) is one of the two divisions under Virtual Corporation at Virginia Tech. PERTS is a students managed corporate enterprise lead by Dr. Krishnan Ramu (Professor at Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering). Our aim is to provide students an opportunity to gain hand-on experience by working in a corporate-like learning environment. In PERTS, students work in small design teams that focus on specific areas in the project. Students are given deadlines for their tasks and give presentations about their designs that are similar to Real-world Corporation. Nevertheless, students enrolled in PERTS are eligible to receive credits toward their academic program and are given with class syllabus.

Students from the Vehicle to Track communications Team work on new wireless communications designs.  Click the image to learn more.	Matt Learn, COO of PERTS gives a demonstration of the Linear Switch Reluctance Motor for perspective clients.  Click the image to learn more about LSRM technology.