William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar
Past Seminars
- 2025 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 16 May 2025 Paula Pienton CN Railway A Day in the Life, Working on the Railroad Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2024 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 30 Aug 2024 Chen-Yu Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Adapting to Future Climate for Railway Systems Click here for a link to the recording.
27 Sept 2024 Michael Iden Tier 5 Locomotives LLC Freight RR Decarbonization & Energy Efficiency, Version 2.0 Click here for a link to the recording.
18 Oct 2024 Mike Cleary Alstom Transport Elements to Consider on the Path to Freight Rail Decarbonization Click here for a link to the recording.
01 Nov 2024 Joseph C. Szabo Historic Pullman Foundation Pullman and the Story of America Click here for a link to the recording.
08 Nov 2024 C. Tyler Dick University of Texas at Austin Modeling the Economics of Modern Options for Mainline Freight Railway Electrification Click here for a link to the recording.
06 Dec 2024 Paul Vilter & Peter Swan Long Freight Trains: Ensuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2022 Fall Semester
| Date | Name | Company | Title |
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| 23 Sept 2022 | Mike Wychocki | EagleRail | Synthesizing the Benefits of Trucking and Short-line Railroad Technology for Shipping Container Movement
Click here for a link to the recording. |
| 14 Oct 2022 | Tom Roadcap | Brightline | Brightline: Bringing Private High-Speed Passenger Rail to the United States
Click here for a link to the recording. |
| 28 Oct 2022 | Mike Mendenhall | Hanson Professional Services | Springfield Rail Improvements Project
Click here for a link to the recording. |
| 11 Nov 2022 | Mark Dingler | HNTB | Use and Misuse of Data, Metrics and Simulation
Click here for a link to the recording. |
- 2022 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 14 April 2022 Carlton L. Ho University of Massachusets Amherst Data-Driven Methods to Predict Track Degradation Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2021 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 17 Sept 2021 Ted Sussman University of Hartford Ballast Thickness Design for Changing Environment(s) Click here for a link to the recording.
08 Oct 2021 Steve Wilk / Dave Davis (retired) TTCI Track Design for Heavy Haul Railroads, a retrospective of North American experience Click here for a link to the recording.
29 Oct 2021 Dick Dawson Dawson Engineering Services Managing the Interchange of Freight Cars among North American Railroads Click here for a link to the recording.
19 Nov 2021 Tom Haley Retired Class 1 Railroad Executive after 35-year Career Network Design and Resource Planning in the North American Heavy Haul Freight Environment Click here for a link to the recording.
03 Dec 2021 Carl Martland (retired) MIT A Half Century of Productivity Improvements in the U.S. Rail Freight Industry 1960-2010 Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2021 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 05 Feb 2021 John Popovics UIUC Assessment of Rail Track Condition Using Novel Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies Click here for a link to the recording.
19 Feb 2021 William Barbour Vanderbilt University Rail dispatch analysis methods using optimization and empirical data Click here for a link to the recording.
19 Mar 2021 Mike Roney Iron Moustache (Canadian Pacific Railway – Retired) Heavy Haul 4.0 – The Future of Heavy Haul Railroad Freight Transportation Click here for a link to the recording.
09 Apr 2021 Gary Wolf Wolf Railway Consulting Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment Click here for a link to the recording.
16 Apr 2021 Sebastian Stichel KTH Royal Institute of Technology Wheel and Rail Maintenance Planning with Support of Digital Twins Click here for a link to the recording.
30 Apr 2021 Sam Alibrahim Federal Railroad Administration Positive Train Location (PTL) – Supporting Next Generation Methods of Train control and Operations Click here for a link to the recording.
28 May 2021 Gary Wolf Wolf Railway Consulting Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment – Part 2 Click here for a link to the recording.
04 June 2021 Mike Iden Tier 5 Locomotive LLC (Union Pacific – Retired) The ‘Dual Challenge’ of Decarbonizing and Improving the Fuel Efficiency of Freight Railroads Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2020 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 28 Aug 2020 Marcus Dersch UIUC Timber Crosstie Spike Failures: Overview, Loading Demands, and Mitigation Considerations Click here for a link to the recording.
11 Sept 2020 Richard Fox-Ivey Railmetrics Innovations in Track Inspection – The Use of 3D Laser Sensing and AI to Detect Changes in Track Condition Click here for a link to the recording.
06 Nov 2020 Maryam Allahyar Federal Railroad Administration FRA Research, Development, and Technology Overview Click here for a link to the recording.
20 Nov 2020 Bill Spencer UIUC Autonomous wireless monitoring and assessment of railroad bridges Click here for a link to the recording.
Click here for a link to the papers referenced during the seminar.
04 Dec 2020 David Thurston Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific and the Challenges of Crossing the Canadian Rockies Click here for a link to the recording.
- 2020 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 07 Feb 2020 Ronald Batory Federal Railroad Administration Update from the Honorable Ronald L. Batory
This seminar was available to on-campus participants only.
14 Feb 2020 Zhen Yang Delft University of Technology Wheel-rail dynamic interactions and related problems This seminar was available to on-campus participants only.
21 Feb 2020 Dimitris Rizos University of South Carolina Remote Sensing Techniques for Railway Infrastructure Monitoring To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
28 Feb 2020 Chuck Coyle, Bill Kleftis and Rich Matusiak New York Air Brake (NYAB) Development of Autonomous Heavy-Haul Freight Trains To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
- 2019 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 15 Nov 2019 Avery Grimes Patriot Rail and Ports, LLC Remote Control Trains, Moving Block and Their Effects on the Future Economics of Railroading To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
- 2019 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 13 Mar 2019 Dr. Allan Zarembski University of Delaware Big Data in Railway Infrastructure and Rolling Stock
(On Campus Participation Only)
- 2018 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 28 Sep 2018 Tila-Riikka Loponen and Riku Varis Tampere University of Technology, Finland Railway Track Superstructure Research at Tampere University of Technology, Finland To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
- 2018 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 2 Feb 2018 Brennan Caughron BNSF BNSF Railway Logistics Park Chicago Wide-Span Crane Expansion Project To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
16 Feb 2018 TC Kao UIUC The Future of High Speed Rail Systems
To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.2 Mar 2018 Jeremiah Dirnberger and Ravi Palakodeti GE Transportation Leading the Digital Transformation of the Rail Industry To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link
16 Mar 2018 Juna Snow Innovated Consulting, LLC Factoring in the Human Element when Designing for Change in the Railroad Industry On campus participation only.
20 Mar 2018 Bruce Marcheschi Metra Introduction to Metra’s Engineering Department and Overview of the , 2018 Capital Program To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link
27 Apr 2018 Mike Franke Amtrak
(retired)Career Experiences of a U of I Railroad Engineering Graduate On campus participation only.
- 2017 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 8 Dec 2017 Andreas Hoffrichter Michigan State University An Overview of Alternative Motive Power and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Propulsion for Rail Vehicles To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
- 2017 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 27 Jan 2017 Dimitris Rizos University of South Carolina High Strength Reduced Modulus Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Railroad Ties To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
17 Feb 2017 Nick Chodorow, Chris Murphy and
Aneet ShourieBelt Railway Company of Chicago Implementation of Positive Train Control at the Belt Railway of Chicago and other non-Class I Railroads: Challenges and Solutions To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
21 Apr 2017 Allan Zarembski University of Delaware Fundamentals and Selected Technical Issues for High Speed and Heavy Axle Railroad Engineering To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
28 Apr 2017 Eric Gehringer Union Pacific Railroad 7 Disciplines of Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link.
- 2016 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 2 Dec 2016 Zhong Chen uGRIDD uGRIDD for Rail & Transit Infrastructure Big Data Management To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
11 Nov 2016 Daniel Work UIUC Data Driven Methods to Improve Arrival Time Estimates on Rail Networks
Please note: Because this seminar contained proprietary data it was available for on-campus attendees only. We will not be posting the presentation or a historical recording.
14 Oct 2016 Semih Kalay TTCI An Overview of AAR Railway Research and Technology Innovation
- 2016 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 4 Mar 2016 David Lange UIUC Freeze-Thaw Durability of Concrete Crossties To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
18 Mar 2016 Dave Davis TTCI Advanced Designs to Improve the Performance of Special Trackwork To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
1 Apr 2016 Marco Eibenschutz Italcertifer ERTMS/ETCS L2 – Issues and challenges in the certification process
To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.15 Apr 2016 Ken Sito Union Pacific Engineering Strategy and Technology Overview To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
29 Apr 2016 Guoqing Jing Beijing Jiaotong University High-Speed Rail Ballast Flight and Measures To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
- 2015 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 13 Nov 2015 Mark A. Martin HDR Engineering Design and Construction of the BNSF/UP Tower 55 Project in Fort Worth, Texas To listen to a recording of this previously given seminar, use this web link.
20 Nov 2015 David Ferryman CN CN’s Steelton Hill Double Track Project Due to technical difficulties, a recording of this presentation is not available. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
4 Dec 2015 TC Kao UIUC The Current Status of Taiwan High Speed Rail Privatization
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- 2015 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 30 Jan 2015 Tim Stark UIUC Measuring and Modeling Differential Movement at Railroad Track Transitions
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27 Feb 2015 John Popovics UIUC Non-destructive in-place condition assessment technologies for deterioration in railroad ties To listen to the seminar, use this web link.
13 Mar 2015 Dan Peltier BNSF BNSF Expansion in the Upper Midwest (The presentation is not available to download at this time.)To listen to the seminar, use this web link
3 Apr 2015 Hamed Pouryousef Chen-Yu Lin
Michigan Technological University and UIUC Introducing Hybrid Optimization of Train Schedule (HOTS) Model as Timetable Management Technique Hazards Associated with Shared-Use Rail Corridor Operations
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10 Apr 2015 Sean Robitaille CN Canadian Rail Traffic Control Fundamentals To listen to the seminar, use web link.
17 Apr 2015 Sam Levy Ahmadreza Talebian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago Shared-use Passenger Corridors in California: HSR and the Peninsula Corridor Capacity Allocation in Vertically Integrated Railway Systems: A Sequential Bargaining Game Approach
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1 May 2015 Michael Martino Association of American Railroads Rail Safety: Lessons Learned, Improvements and Opportunities To listen to the seminar, use web link.
29 May 2015 Lei Nie School of Traffic and Transportation in Beijing Jiaotong University The Development of High Speed Rail in China and its Economic and Social Benefits
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- 2014 Fall Semester
- 2014 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 14 Mar 2014 Stephen E. Schlickman University of Illinois Chicago An Overview of the Funding and Finance of Transportation Projects Following is the link to the recording of Steve Schlickman’s Hay Seminar presentation
11 Apr 2014 Andrew Kish Kandrew Inc. Consulting Services Fundamentals of Track Lateral Stability Following is the link to the recording of Andrew Kish’s Hay Seminar presentation
18 Apr 2014 Gary Carr Federal Railroad Administration Embracing Technology for Railroad Track Inspection Following is the link to the recording of Gary Carr’s Hay Seminar presentation
- 2013 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 27 Sep 2013 Gordon English TranSys Research, Ltd. Transportation Energy Analysis and Modal Comparisons Following is the link to the recording of Gordon English’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
25 Oct 2013 David Staplin Amtrak Moving Towards High Speed Rail Following is the link to the recording of David Staplin’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
1 Nov 2013 John Gray, II Association of American Railroads Measuring Performance of the National Rail Network Following is the link to the recording of John Gray’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
6 Dec 2013 Anthony Perl Simon Fraser University Global lessons in High-Speed Rail and their relevance for North America Following is the link to the recording of Anthony Perl’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
- 2013 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 15 Feb 2013 Michael Iden Union Pacific Railroad Freight Railroad Energy: Alternatives and Challenges Following is the link to the recording of Michael Iden’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
1 Mar 2013 J. Riley Edwards RailTEC Concrete Crossties and Fastening Systems: Previous Experiences, Current Research, and Future Advances Following is the link to the recording of J. Riley Edwards’ presentation at the Hay Seminar
5 Apr 2013 Dwight Clark & Stephen Ashmore Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific’s Next Generation Track Technologies Following is the link to the recording of Dwight Clark’s and Stephen Ashmore’s presentation at the Hay Seminar
26 Apr 2013 Sebastian Stichel KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Simulation Modeling of Vehicle-Track Interaction in Swedish HeavyAxle Load Iron Ore Wagons 18 Jun 2013 Gilles Saussine SNCF Paris, France
Ballast Flying and Projection Phenomena: Issues and Challenges - 2012 Fall Semester
- 2012 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 17 Feb 2012 Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh UIUC Optimal Fueling Strategies for Locomotive Fleets in Railroad Networks 16 Mar 2012 Samuel Sogin UIUC Simulating the impact of Higher Speed Rail on North American Freight Railroads To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link
13 Apr 2012 Xiang Liu UIUC Railroad Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Management Framework To listen to a recording of this previous seminar, use this web link
- 2011 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 26 Aug 2011 Robert Leilich Independent Consultant Catching the Dragon China’s Goal to be the World’s High Speed Rail Leader: What Can We Learn From Them? Click here to view the presentation slides.
9 Sep 2011 Ian Savage Northwestern University Geographical Analysis of Railroad Pedestrian Fatalities in Metropolitan Chicago 2004-10 Click here to view the presentation slides.
23 Sep 2011 Michael Franke Amtrak Opportunities for High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Development Click here to view the presentation slides.
21 Oct 2011 Gerhard Thelen Norfolk Southern Energy Savings, a Key to Successful Railroading (No presentation information is available.)
4 Nov 2011 Joseph Lorenzini Metra Commuter Railroad Engineering and the State of Good Repair Click here to view the presentation slides.
18 Nov 2011 Thomas Hoback The Indiana Rail Road Engineering the Transformation of a Regional Railroad: Taking Indiana Rail Road from Light Density to Heavy Haul Click here to view the presentation slides.
2 Dec 2011 Thomas D. Simpson Railway Supply Institute The North American Railway Supply Industry Click here to view the presentation slides.
- 2011 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 28 Jan 2011 Tsung-Chung (TC) Kao UIUC and Railway Technology Research Center
National Taiwan UniversityHigh-Speed Rail Experience in Asia: A Comparative Assessment Click here to view the presentation slides.
11 Feb 2011 Fan Peng UIUC Optimal Scheduling of Railroad Track Inspection Activities and Production Teams Click here to view the presentation slides.
25 Feb 2011 Erol Tutumluer UIUC Field Validated Model for Predicting Railroad Ballast Behavior Click here to view the presentation slides.
1 Apr 2011 Mark Yachmetz Federal Railroad Administration The Public Sector Takes A New Look At Railroads Click here to view the presentation slides.
15 Apr 2011 Avery Grimes Independent Consultant Metrolink: Commuter Railroad in Transition (No presentation information is available.)
29 Apr 2011 John Friedmann Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern’s Joint Ventures: Speedy, Snowy or Stymied (No presentation information is available.)
- 2010 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 27 Aug 2010 Bryan Schlake UIUC Impact of Automated Condition Monitoring Technologies on Railroad Safety and Efficiency Click here to view the presentation slides.
10 Sep 2010 Kim Bowling CSX Relating Railcar Truck Optical Geometry Detector Data to Teardown Inspection Results Click here to view the presentation slides.
24 Sep 2010 Esther Resendiz UIUC Machine Vision for Railroad Track Inspection Click here to view the presentation slides.
8 Oct 2010 Ahmed Shabana University of Illinois at Chicago Finite Element/Multibody System Algorithms for Railroad Vehicle System Dynamics Click here to view the presentation slides.
22 Oct 2010 David Burns RR Industrial Eng. Consultant Is there a Future to the Passenger Train? Click here to view the presentation slides.
19 Nov 2010 Robert Boileau BNSF Railway Capital Expansion Program for the BNSF Railway Click here to view the presentation slides.
3 Dec 2010 Steve Cox Pandrol Effect of Rail-Tie Fastening Systems on High-speed Railway Noise and Vibration Click here to view the presentation slides.
- 2010 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 29 Jan 2010 TC Kao Visiting Scholar UIUC and National Taiwan University Privatization of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Project Click here to view the presentation slides.
12 Feb 2010 Brent M. Wilson Amsted Rail Managing the Increasing Stress-State of the Railroad by Improving the Metallurgical Quality of Tapered Roller Bearings Click here to view the presentation slides.
26 Feb 2010 Clive Roberts University of Birmingham Railway Energy Efficiency through Monitoring, Optimisation and Innovation: A UK Perspective Click here to view the presentation slides.
12 Mar 2010 Hamid Sharif University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Speed Wireless Data Networks in Mobile Railroad Environments
video 1,video 2,video 3Click here to view the presentation slides.2 Apr 2010 Steven Potter CSX CSX Network Planning: The View in 2010 Click here to view the presentation slides.
16 Apr 2010 John Zeman UIUC Hydraulic Mechanisms of Concrete Tie Rail Seat Deterioration Click here to view the presentation slides.
14 May 2010 Michael N. Armstrong BNSF Flange-bearing frog technology: Experience and future plans on the BNSF Railway Click here to view the presentation slides.
- 2009 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 11 Sep 2009 M. Rapik Saat UIUC Optimizing Railroad Tank Car Safety Design Click here to view the presentation slides.
25 Sep 2009 Tim Drake and Jim Carter Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Heartland Corridor Capacity Project Click here to view the presentation slides.
9 Oct 2009 Mark Walbrun TranSystems Bringing State-of-the-Art High Speed Rail to Illinois
VideoClick here to view the presentation slides.23 Oct 2009 Athaphon Kawprasert UIUC Effects of Train Speed and Infrastructure Improvement on Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Click here to view the presentation slides.
6 Nov 2009 Gordon Trafton CN Integration of the EJ&E Railroad into the CN System (No presentation information is available.)
4 Dec 2009 Todd Wimmer Union Pacific Replacement of the Kate Shelley Bridge Across the Des Moines River Valley Click here to view the presentation slides and to see additional photos.
18 Dec 2009 John Sharkey & David Lowe Illinois Central’s Single Track Project – Working as a Team to Achieve Results Click here to view the presentation slides.
- 2009 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 20 Jan 2009 Bryan Schlake UIUC A Feasibility Study of Machine-vision Inspection of Railcar Structural Components Click here to view the presentation slides.
13 Feb 2009 Jim Giblin Transportation Consultant Trains versus Trucks: Who Shot the Freight Train? Click here to view the presentation slides.
27 Feb 2009 Michael Steidl Vossloh Fastening Systems America Corporation Design of Slab Track and Fastening Systems for High Speed Trains Click here to view the presentation slides.
13 Mar 20o9 Yanfeng Ouyang UIUC Optimizing Installation Locations for Railroad Wayside Defect Detection Facilities Click here to view the presentation slides.
3 Apr 2009 David Thurston Parsons Stochastically Optimizing Safe Braking Distance Click here to view the presentation slides.
17 Apr 2009 John Harms Hanson Professional Services, Inc. Relocation of the Paducah & Louisville Railroad at Kentucky Dam Click here to view the presentation slides.
1 May 2009 Ian Savage Northwestern University Why Has Safety Improved at Rail-Highway Grade Crossings Click here to view the presentation slides.
15 May 2009 Steven Sawadisavi UIUC Development of Machine-vision Technology for Inspection of Railroad Track
Video 1, Video 2, Video 3Click here to view the presentation slides. - 2008 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 29 Aug 2008 Dan Peltier UIUC / BNSF Railway Measuring and Evaluating Progressive Epoxy Debonding in Bonded Insulated Rail Joints Click here to view the presentation slides.
12 Sep 2008 Mark Dingler UIUC Using the RTC Simulation Model to Evaluate Effects of Operating Heterogeneity on Railway Capacity Click here to view the presentation slides.
26 Sep 2008 Christopher Berry and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita University of Chicago CN’s Acquisition of the EJ&E: A Political Economy Analysis Click here to view the presentation slides.
10 Oct 2008 Erol Tutumluer UIUC Effect of Coal Dust on Railroad Ballast Strength and Stability Click here to view the presentation slides.
24 Oct 2008 Mark Stehly BNSF Railway Reducing Railroad Locomotive Emissions: Technology and Efficiency Improvements Click here to view the presentation slides.
7 Nov 2008 Chris Baker University of Birmingham The Effect of Climate Change on Railways Click here to view the presentation slides.
5 Dec 2008 Jon Jeambey TTX Corp. TTX Research & Development: Truck Performance Basics Click here to view the presentation slides.
- 2008 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 1 Feb 2008Tyler DickHDR Experiences of a Recent Graduate in the Route Selection and Design of a Coal Shuttle Railroad
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12 Feb 2008Henry WardDow Chemical Company The Next Generation Rail Tank Car Project
(No presentation information is available.)
29 Feb 2008Ravindra AhujaUniversity of Florida Next Generation Decision Support Systems in Railroad Scheduling
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14 Mar 2008David FerrymanCN Engineering Challenges at CN
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28 Feb 2008David ConnellUnion Pacific Railroad Union Pacific’s
Sunset Corridor Capacity Expansion ProjectClick here to view the presentation slides.
11 Apr 2008James McClellanWoodside Consulting Railroads: A New Golden Age??
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25 Apr 2008Yung-Cheng LaiUIUC A Quantitative Decision Support Framework for Optimal Railway Capacity Planning
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9 May 2008Darwin SchaferUIUC Factors Related to Railway Broken Rail Service Failures and Derailments
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- 2007 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 24 Aug 2007David BilowPortland Cement Association Experiences of a Recent Graduate in the Route Selection and Design of a Coal Shuttle Railroad
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7 Sep 2007Gordon TraftonCN The Next Generation Rail Tank Car Project
(No presentation information is available.)
21 Sep 2007Hai HuangUIUC Next Generation Decision Support Systems in Railroad Scheduling
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19 Oct 2007Chuck AllenNorfolk Southern Engineering Challenges at CN
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1 Nov 2007Jerry RoseUniversity of Kentucky Union Pacific’s Sunset Corridor Capacity Expansion Project
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2 Nov 2007Jim MartyURS Corporation URS Corporation Update
(No presentation information is available.)9 Nov 2007William GarfieldBechtel SAIC Company A Quantitative Decision Support Framework for Optimal Railway Capacity Planning
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30 Nov 2007Dharma AcharyaCSX Transportation Factors Related to Railway Broken Rail Service Failures and Derailments
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- 2007 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 26 Jan 2007M. Rapik SaatUIUC Optimizing Tank Car Safety Design to Reduce Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk
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9 Feb 2007Wei XieUIUC Scattering Analysis of Railroad Ballast Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
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23 Feb 2007Gary Potts and
Riley EdwardsHanson Professional Services Inc. and Hanson Wilson Inc. Design and Construction of Intermodal Terminals
(No presentation information is available.)
9 Mar 2007Larry MilhonBNSF ETMS and Safety
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30 Mar 2007Bill ShustObjective Engineers, Inc. Shock and Vibration in Rail and other Transport Modes
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13 Apr 2007Roger Baugher
BNSF
Improving Railroad Network Routing
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27 Apr 2007Larry EthertonNS The Road to the Austell: Lessons Learned Constructing a New Intermodal Terminal
(No presentation information is available.)
11 May 2007Bob LeilichTrainmaster, Inc. Case Studies of Building Two New Western US Railroads – Works in Progress
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- 2006 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 8 Sep 2006Yung Cheng LaiUIUC Optimizing the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Intermodal Freight Trains
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22 Sep 2006Linda MorganCovington & Burling The Policy and Politics of Transportation
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28 Sep 2006William W. Hay Library Dedication Ceremony 6 Oct 2006Robert GallamoreRetired Northwestern University; Private Consultant Enduring Enterprise : A Survey Economic History of the North American Railway Industry in the 20th Century
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20 Oct 2006Earl CurrieHuman Factor Issues on Today’s Railroads
(No presentation information is available.)
3 Nov 2006Rainer DronzekTranSystems Railroad Simulation Modeling
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17 Nov 2006Shane FarritorUniversity of Nebraska Real Time Measurement of Vertical Track Modulus from a Moving Railcar
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1 Dec 2006Chuck GullaksonCSX Transportation Programmed Rail Grinding on CSX
(No presentation information is available.)
15 Nov 2006Dennis Buda
Detroit Edison Energy Wayside Detection of Railcars: The Detroit Edison Experience
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- 2006 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 27 Jan 2006Mike FrankeAmtrak The Challenges of Managing Railway Capacity10 Feb 2006Jeffrey McCracken and Chuck JohnsonNorfolk Southern Corporation Restoring Norfolk Southern Rail Service to New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina24 Feb 2006Ted GlickmanGeorge Washington University Optimal Vendor Selection in a Multiproduct Supply Chain with Truckload Discounts
(No presentation information is available.)
10 Mar 2006Bill ThompsonAAR CREATE Update
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10-11 Mar 2006EOHEOH Engineering Open House31 Mar 2006Narendra AhujaUIUC Railcar Inspections using Computer Vision
(No presentation information is available.)
14 Apr 2006Stephen DickHanson Professional Services Steel Railway Bridge Fatigue and the Evolution of Railway Car Loadings
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28 Apr 2006Bob KollmarHDR The Balancing Act – The Fine Art of Using Unbalance to Maximize the Efficiency of Railroad Infrastructure
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12 May 2006Jeremiah DirnbergerUIUC Improving Railroad Classification Terminal Performance Using Concepts of “Lean Railroading”
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- 2005 Fall Semester
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Date Name Company Title 26 Aug 2005 Mike Koob UIUC Vibration Technique for Estimation of Neutral Temperature in Continuously Welded Rail 2 Sep 2005 Pooja Anand UIUC Environmental Risk Analysis of Chemicals Transported in Railroad Tank Cars 16 Sep 2005 Darrell Socie UIUC Smart Sensors 30 Sep 2005 Dave Davis TTCI Title Unknown 4 Nov 2005 Robert Moore HNTB Lidar Arial Mapping 2 Dec 2005 Chris Barkan UIUC Title Unknown 16 Dec 2005 Mike Garcia IDOT You Want to Do What!!!
(Rehabilitation of an existing freight railroad line to a 110 mph HSR line in Illinois – Lessons learned.) - 2005 Spring Semester
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Date Name Company Title 28 Jan 2005 J. Lee Hutchins ENSR Railroad Freight Transportation: Local Community and Environment 3 Feb 2005 David Ferryman CN Current CN Railroad Engineering Projects 10 Feb 2005 David Gunn Amtrak 1st Annual George Krambles Seminar Amtrak: Managing Intercity Rail Passenger Service
25 Feb 2005 Mark Walburn Transystems Railroad Engineering and its Key Role in Passenger and Freight Multi-Modal Facilities 4 Mar 2005 Carl Hanson HMMH Wheel/Rail Noise and Vibration 11 Mar 2005 EOH CEE Dept., CN,
Norfolk SouthernEngineering Open House 1 Apr 2005 Mike Gorman University of Dayton Optimizing Rail Maintenance Gang Scheduling on the BNSF 15 Apr 2005 David Burns RR Industrial Eng. Consultant Railroad Profitability: Short-term and Long-term Issues 29 Apr 2005 Robert Anderson UIUC Quantitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Railroad Accident Probability and Severity