William W. Hay Seminars are free to the public to attend. PDHs are available to seminar participants for $25 per seminar. Please note that registration is required for all participants.
If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this seminar, please contact Emma Ehrenhart at hayseminar@illinois.edu or 217-300-1340. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.
Spring 2021
| Date | Name | Company | Title | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Feb @ 12:30 pm (Central) | John Popovics | University of Illinois | Assessment of Rail Track Condition Using Novel Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies
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Virtual |
| 19 Feb @ 12:30 pm (Central) | William Barbour | Vanderbilt University | Rail dispatch analysis methods using optimization and empirical data
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Virtual |
| 19 Mar @ 12:30 pm (Central) | Mike Roney | Iron Moustache (Canadian Pacific Railway – Retired) | Heavy Haul 4.0 – The Future of Heavy Haul Railroad Freight Transportation
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Virtual |
| 09 Apr @ 12:30 pm (Central) | Gary Wolf | Wolf Railway Consulting | Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment
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Virtual |
| 16 Apr @ 12:30 pm (Central) | Sebastian Stichel | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Wheel and Rail Maintenance Planning with Support of Digital Twins
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Virtual |
| 30 Apr @ NOON (Central) | Sam Alibrahim | Federal Railroad Administration | Positive Train Location (PTL) – Supporting Next Generation Methods of Train control and Operations
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Virtual |
| 28 May @ 12:30 pm (Central) | Gary Wolf | Wolf Railway Consulting | Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment – Part 2
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Virtual |
| 04 June @ 12:30 pm (Central) | Mike Iden | Tier 5 Locomotive LLC (Union Pacific – Retired) | The ‘Dual Challenge’ of Decarbonizing and Improving the Fuel Efficiency of Freight Railroads
* Please note that registration is required for all participants. * Click here for a link to the recording. |
Virtual |
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