Upcoming Events
Spring 2015 Hay Seminar Series
The next William W. Hay Seminar Series presentation will be Friday, February 27, 2015. The speaker will be John Popovics, Civil and Environment Engineering associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The title of his presentation is “Non-destructive in-place condition assessment technologies for deterioration in railroad ties”. Please join us at 12:20 to listen in. Login information is available on our Hay Seminar page.
RailTEC Short Course Summer 2015
RailTEC invites you this summer to attend three short courses on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. These one week courses are being held on the following subjects: Railway Operations; Railway Engineering; High-Speed Rail Engineering. Click here for more information.
RREC - Call for Abstracts Open!
Abstracts are being submitted through March 15, 2015 for the 17th Railroad Environmental Conference. Click here for more details. RREC will be held on October 27 – 28, 2015 on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Mark your calendars now!
Engineering Open House – 2015
Engineering Open House (EOH) is an annual student-led event featuring two days of exhibits and competitions that showcase the engineering students at the University of Illinois. The event is open to the public at no cost. Families, students, and community members are invited on March 13 – March 14 for the 95th EOH.
In the News
Conference Presentations
March 2015: The University of Illinois will have seven representatives presenting papers at the Joint Rail Conference in San Jose, CA on March 23 – 26, 2015. In addition, on those same days there will be seven Illinois speakers at RailTokyo in Narashino, Japan. RailTokyo 2015 is the 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis.
Major Research Funding Award
February 2015: The US DOT Federal Transit Administration recently announced that RailTEC has been awarded a major, two-year research project investigating improvements in rail transit infrastructure quality, reliability and safety. RailTEC faculty and students will quantify the loading demands on current systems, develop finite element models, and design prototype concrete crossties and fastening systems for light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail infrastructure. This project includes the overall objective of keeping public transportation safe and in a state of good repair, especially during natural disasters and other externally caused extreme events. Click here for a complete listing of the media coverage of this newly awarded FTA project.
Illinois Receives AREMA Scholarships
February 20, 2015: This morning the AREMA Educational Foundation announced its 2015 Scholarship Winners and eleven Illinois students are recipients. The winners are: Ivan Atanassov, Samantha Chadwick, Giovanni DiDomenico, Matthew Greve, Phanuwat Kaewpanya, Alexander Lovett, Daniel Rivi, Thomas Roadcap, Scott Schmidt, Paul Shih, and Kaijun Zhu. For a complete list of names and their awarded scholarships, click here. Congratulations to all!
RailTEC Faculty Quoted
February 2015: Two RailTEC faculty were interviewed in the aftermath of the February 3 Metro-North collision with an SUV. Click here to read the article.
RailTEC presence at TRB
Over 45 University of Illinois RailTEC students, faculty and alumni attended the 94th TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on January 11 – 15, 2015. These students, faculty and alumni were referenced over 70 times in the session schedule. Click here for a guide to RailTEC presentations or session chairs.
About Us
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Who we are:University Of Illinois Rail Transportation and Engineering Center
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For over a century the University of Illinois has been a leader in railway engineering research and education. Beginning with Talbot's fundamental work on railroad track design, and Schmidt & Tuthill's work on train energy and power requirements, through Hay's textbook on railroad engineering, The U of I has a distinguished record of accomplishment and remains highly respected by today's railroad engineering community.
What we do:
EducationInspire and sustain students and faculty interest in rail engineering and transport. Teach courses and offer a curriculum in rail engineering and transportation. Place Graduates in rewarding positions in rail engineering, transportation planning, and operations. Understand the critical educational issues in rail transportation, and develop practical, effective solutions.
ResearchUnderstand the critical research issues in rail transportation, and develop practical, effective solutions. Conduct practical and theoretical research in critically important current topics in rail engineering and transportation. Communicate the results of this research to the rail transportation community.
ServiceProvide knowledge and expertise to university, industry, government, and public on rail transportation and engineering topics.
