Past Seminars

William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar

Past Seminars

2024 Fall Semester

Date Name Company Title
30 Aug 2024 Chen-Yu Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Adapting to Future Climate for Railway Systems

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27 Sept 2024 Michael Iden Tier 5 Locomotives LLC Freight RR Decarbonization & Energy Efficiency, Version 2.0

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18 Oct 2024 Mike Cleary Alstom Transport Elements to Consider on the Path to Freight Rail Decarbonization

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01 Nov 2024 Joseph C. Szabo Historic Pullman Foundation Pullman and the Story of America

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08 Nov 2024 C. Tyler Dick University of Texas at Austin Modeling the Economics of Modern Options for Mainline Freight Railway Electrification

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06 Dec 2024 Paul Vilter & Peter Swan Long Freight Trains: Ensuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts

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2022 Fall Semester

Date Name Company Title
23 Sept 2022 Mike Wychocki EagleRail Synthesizing the Benefits of Trucking and Short-line Railroad Technology for Shipping Container Movement

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14 Oct 2022 Tom Roadcap Brightline Brightline: Bringing Private High-Speed Passenger Rail to the United States

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28 Oct 2022 Mike Mendenhall Hanson Professional Services Springfield Rail Improvements Project

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11 Nov 2022 Mark Dingler HNTB Use and Misuse of Data, Metrics and Simulation

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2022 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
14 April 2022 Carlton L. Ho University of Massachusets Amherst Data-Driven Methods to Predict Track Degradation

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2021 Fall Semester

Date Name Company Title
17 Sept 2021 Ted Sussman University of Hartford Ballast Thickness Design for Changing Environment(s)

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08 Oct 2021 Steve Wilk / Dave Davis (retired) TTCI Track Design for Heavy Haul Railroads, a retrospective of North American experience

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29 Oct 2021 Dick Dawson Dawson Engineering Services Managing the Interchange of Freight Cars among North American Railroads

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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

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03 Dec 2021 Carl Martland (retired) MIT A Half Century of Productivity Improvements in the U.S. Rail Freight Industry 1960-2010

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2021 Spring Semester

Date Name Company Title
05 Feb 2021 John Popovics University of Illinois Assessment of Rail Track Condition Using Novel Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies

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19 Feb 2021 William Barbour Vanderbilt University Rail dispatch analysis methods using optimization and empirical data

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19 Mar 2021 Mike Roney Iron Moustache (Canadian Pacific Railway – Retired) Heavy Haul 4.0 – The Future of Heavy Haul Railroad Freight Transportation

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09 Apr 2021 Gary Wolf Wolf Railway Consulting Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment

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16 Apr 2021 Sebastian Stichel KTH Royal Institute of Technology Wheel and Rail Maintenance Planning with Support of Digital Twins

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30 Apr 2021 Sam Alibrahim Federal Railroad Administration Positive Train Location (PTL) – Supporting Next Generation Methods of Train control and Operations

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28 May 2021 Gary Wolf Wolf Railway Consulting Essential Strategies for Derailment Elimination in Today’s PSR Environment – Part 2

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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

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2020 Fall Semester

Date Name Company Title
28 Aug 2020 Marcus Dersch University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Timber Crosstie Spike Failures: Overview, Loading Demands, and Mitigation Considerations

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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

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06 Nov 2020 Maryam Allahyar Federal Railroad Administration FRA Research, Development, and Technology Overview

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20 Nov 2020 Bill Spencer University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Autonomous wireless monitoring and assessment of railroad bridges

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04 Dec 2020 David Thurston Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific and the Challenges of Crossing the Canadian Rockies

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2020 Spring Semester

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

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28 Feb 2020 Chuck Coyle, Bill Kleftis and Rich Matusiak New York Air Brake (NYAB) Development of Autonomous Heavy-Haul Freight Trains

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2019 Fall Semester
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

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2019 Spring Semester
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
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

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2018 Spring Semester

Date Name Company Title
2 Feb 2018 Brennan Caughron BNSF BNSF Railway Logistics Park Chicago Wide-Span Crane Expansion Project

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16 Feb 2018 TC Kao UIUC The Future of High Speed Rail Systems

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2 Mar 2018 Jeremiah Dirnberger and Ravi Palakodeti

 

GE Transportation Leading the Digital Transformation of the Rail Industry

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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

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27 Apr 2018 Mike Franke Amtrak
(retired)
Career Experiences of a U of I Railroad Engineering Graduate

On campus participation only.

2017 Fall Semester
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

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2017 Spring Semester

Date Name Company Title
27 Jan 2017 Dimitris Rizos University of South Carolina High Strength Reduced Modulus Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Railroad Ties

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17 Feb 2017 Nick Chodorow, Chris Murphy and
Aneet Shourie
Belt Railway Company of Chicago Implementation of Positive Train Control at the Belt Railway of Chicago and other non-Class I Railroads: Challenges and Solutions

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21 Apr 2017 Allan Zarembski University of Delaware Fundamentals and Selected Technical Issues for High Speed and Heavy Axle Railroad Engineering

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28 Apr 2017 Eric Gehringer Union Pacific Railroad 7 Disciplines of Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad

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2016 Fall Semester

Date Name Company Title
2 Dec 2016 Zhong Chen uGRIDD uGRIDD for Rail & Transit Infrastructure Big Data Management

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11 Nov 2016 Daniel Work University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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

Date Name Company Title
4 Mar 2016 David Lange University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Freeze-Thaw Durability of Concrete Crossties

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18 Mar 2016 Dave Davis TTCI Advanced Designs to Improve the Performance of Special Trackwork

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1 Apr 2016 Marco Eibenschutz Italcertifer ERTMS/ETCS L2  – Issues and challenges in the certification process
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15 Apr 2016 Ken Sito Union Pacific Engineering Strategy and Technology Overview

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29 Apr 2016 Guoqing Jing Beijing Jiaotong University High-Speed Rail Ballast Flight and Measures

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2015 Fall Semester

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

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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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Current Status of Taiwan High Speed Rail Privatization
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2015 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
30 Jan 2015 Tim Stark University of Illinois
27 Feb 2015 John Popovics University of Illinois Non-destructive in-place condition assessment technologies for deterioration in railroad ties

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13 Mar 2015 Dan Peltier BNSF BNSF Expansion in the Upper Midwest

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3 Apr 2015 Hamed Pouryousef

Chen-Yu Lin

Michigan Technological University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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

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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

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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
Date Name Company Title
29 Aug 2014 Eric Pachman

Mark Dingler

CSX Transportation Railroad Capacity Analytics at CSX

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12 Sep 2014 Pauli Kolisoja Tampere University of Technology (TUT) in Finland Railway Track Structures Research at Tampere University of Technology, Finland

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3 Oct 2014 Erol Tutumluer University of Illinois Instrumentation and Performance Monitoring of Railroad Track Transitions Using Multidepth Deflectometers and Strain Gauges

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17 Oct 2014 Bo Zou University of Illinois at Chicago Integrated Modeling of High Performance Passenger and Freight Train Operation Planning on Shared Use Rail Corridors

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14 Nov 2014 Ray Benekohal

Juan Medina

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Railroad Grade Crossing Accident Analysis at Microscopic and Macroscopic Levels

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5 Dec 2014 Jerry Rose University of Kentucky Maintaining Adequate Trackbed Structural Support – An Important Railway Infrastructure Issue

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2014 Spring Semester

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

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
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
Date Name Company Title
14 Sep 2012 Yung-Cheng Lai National Taiwan University Development of the Evaluation Process and Models for Metro System Service Stability and Efficiency

Following is the link to the recording of Professor Lai’s presentation at the Hay Seminar

21 Sep 2012 Marina Aguado University of the Basque Country Broadband Communication Technologies for Train to Ground Communication Services

Following is the link to the recording of Marina Aguado’s presentation at the Hay Seminar

5 Oct 2012 Brad Kerchof Norfolk Southern Railway Causes of Rail Cant and Controlling Cant Through Wheel/Rail Interface Management

Following is the link to the recording of Brad Kerchof’s presentation at the Hay Seminar

2 Nov 2012 James LaFave University of Illinois Structural Engineering Research for Railroad Bridge Performance Assessment

Following is the link to the recording of James LaFave’s presentation at the Hay Seminar

30 Nov 2012 Cameron Lonsdale Amsted Rail Recent Research to Better Understand Wheel Rim Axial Residual Stress and Vertical Split Rim Wheel Failures

Following is the link to the recording of Cameron Lonsdale’s presentation at the Hay Seminar

2012 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
17 Feb 2012 Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Optimal Fueling Strategies for Locomotive Fleets in Railroad Networks
16 Mar 2012 Samuel Sogin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Simulating the impact of Higher Speed Rail on North American Freight Railroads

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13 Apr 2012 Xiang Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Railroad Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Management Framework

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2011 Fall Semester
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?
9 Sep 2011 Ian Savage Northwestern University Geographical Analysis of Railroad Pedestrian Fatalities in Metropolitan Chicago 2004-10
23 Sep 2011 Michael Franke Amtrak Opportunities for High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Development
21 Oct 2011 Gerhard Thelen Norfolk Southern Energy Savings, a Key to Successful Railroading
4 Nov 2011 Joseph Lorenzini Metra Commuter Railroad Engineering and the State of Good Repair
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
2 Dec 2011 Thomas D. Simpson Railway Supply Institute The North American Railway Supply Industry
2011 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
28 Jan 2011 Tsung-Chung (TC) Kao University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign and Railway Technology Research Center
National Taiwan University
High-Speed Rail Experience in Asia: A Comparative Assessment
11 Feb 2011 Fan Peng University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Optimal Scheduling of Railroad Track Inspection Activities and Production Teams
25 Feb 2011 Erol Tutumluer University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Field Validated Model for Predicting Railroad Ballast Behavior
1 Apr 2011 Mark Yachmetz Federal Railroad Administration The Public Sector Takes A New Look At Railroads
15 Apr 2011 Avery Grimes Independent Consultant Metrolink: Commuter Railroad in Transition
29 Apr 2011 John Friedmann Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern’s Joint Ventures: Speedy, Snowy or Stymied
2010 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
27 Aug 2010 Bryan Schlake University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Impact of Automated Condition Monitoring Technologies on Railroad Safety and Efficiency
10 Sep 2010 Kim Bowling CSX Relating Railcar Truck Optical Geometry Detector Data to Teardown Inspection Results
24 Sep 2010 Esther Resendiz University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Machine Vision for Railroad Track Inspection
8 Oct 2010 Ahmed Shabana University of Illinois at Chicago Finite Element/Multibody System Algorithms for Railroad Vehicle System Dynamics
22 Oct 2010 David Burns RR Industrial Eng. Consultant Is there a Future to the Passenger Train?
19 Nov 2010 Robert Boileau BNSF Railway Capital Expansion Program for the BNSF Railway
3 Dec 2010 Steve Cox Pandrol Effect of Rail-Tie Fastening Systems on High-speed Railway Noise and Vibration
2010 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
29 Jan 2010 TC Kao and Visiting Scholar UIUC National Taiwan University Privatization of the Taiwan
High Speed Rail Project
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
26 Feb 2010 Clive Roberts University of Birmingham Railway Energy Efficiency through Monitoring, Optimisation and Innovation: A UK Perspective
12 Mar 2010 Hamid Sharif University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Speed Wireless Data Networks in Mobile Railroad Environments
video 1,video 2,video 3
2 Apr 2010 Steven Potter CSX CSX Network Planning: The View in 2010
16 Apr 2010 John Zeman University of Illinois Hydraulic Mechanisms of Concrete Tie Rail Seat Deterioration
14 May 2010 Michael N. Armstrong BNSF Flange-bearing frog technology: Experience and future plans on the BNSF Railway
2009 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
11 Sep 2009 M. Rapik Saat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Optimizing Railroad Tank Car Safety Design
25 Sep 2009 Tim Drake and Jim Carter Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Heartland Corridor Capacity Project
9 Oct 2009 Mark Walbrun TranSystems Bringing State-of-the-Art High Speed Rail to Illinois
Video
23 Oct 2009 Athaphon Kawprasert University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Effects of Train Speed and Infrastructure Improvement on Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk
6 Nov 2009 Gordon Trafton CN Integration of the EJ&E Railroad into the CN System
4 Dec 2009 Todd Wimmer Union Pacific Replacement of the Kate Shelley Bridge Across the Des Moines River Valley
Additional Photos
18 Dec 2009 John Sharkey & David Lowe Illinois Central’s Single Track Project – Working as a Team to Achieve Results
2009 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
20 Jan 2009 Bryan Schlake University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A Feasibility Study of Machine-vision Inspection of Railcar Structural Components
13 Feb 2009 Jim Giblin Transportation Consultant Trains versus Trucks: Who Shot the Freight Train?
27 Feb 2009 Michael Steidl Vossloh Fastening Systems America Corporation Design of Slab Track and Fastening Systems for High Speed Trains
13 Mar 20o9 Yanfeng Ouyang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Optimizing Installation Locations for Railroad Wayside Defect Detection Facilities
3 Apr 2009 David Thurston Parsons Stochastically Optimizing Safe Braking Distance
17 Apr 2009 John Harms Hanson Professional Services, Inc. Relocation of the Paducah & Louisville Railroad at Kentucky Dam
1 May 2009 Ian Savage Northwestern University Why Has Safety Improved at Rail-Highway Grade Crossings
15 May 2009 Steven Sawadisavi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Development of Machine-vision Technology for Inspection of Railroad Track
Video 1, Video 2, Video 3
2008 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
29 Aug 2008 Dan Peltier University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / BNSF Railway Measuring and Evaluating Progressive Epoxy Debonding in Bonded Insulated Rail Joints
12 Sep 2008 Mark Dingler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Using the RTC Simulation Model to Evaluate Effects of Operating Heterogeneity on Railway Capacity
26 Sep 2008 Christopher Berry and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita University of Chicago CN’s Acquisition of the EJ&E: A Political Economy Analysis
10 Oct 2008 Erol Tutumluer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Effect of Coal Dust on Railroad Ballast Strength and Stability
24 Oct 2008 Mark Stehly BNSF Railway Reducing Railroad Locomotive Emissions: Technology and Efficiency Improvements
7 Nov 2008 Chris Baker University of Birmingham The Effect of Climate Change on Railways
5 Dec 2008 Jon Jeambey TTX Corp. TTX Research & Development: Truck Performance Basics
2008 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
1 Feb 2008
Tyler Dick
HDR
12 Feb 2008
Henry Ward
Dow Chemical Company

The Next Generation Rail Tank Car Project

29 Feb 2008
Ravindra Ahuja
University of Florida
14 Mar 2008
David Ferryman
CN
28 Feb 2008
David Connell
Union Pacific Railroad
11 Apr 2008
James McClellan
Woodside Consulting
25 Apr 2008
Yung-Cheng Lai
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
9 May 2008
Darwin Schafer
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
2007 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
24 Aug 2007
David Bilow
Portland Cement Association
7 Sep 2007
Gordon Trafton
CN

The Next Generation Rail Tank Car Project

21 Sep 2007
Hai Huang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
19 Oct 2007
Chuck Allen
Norfolk Southern
1 Nov 2007
Jerry Rose
University of Kentucky
2 Nov 2007
Jim Marty
URS Corporation
URS Corporation Update
9 Nov 2007
William Garfield
Bechtel SAIC Company
30 Nov 2007
Dharma Acharya
CSX Transportation
2007 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
26 Jan 2007
M. Rapik Saat
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
9 Feb 2007
Wei Xie
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
23 Feb 2007
Gary Potts and
Riley Edwards
Hanson Professional Services Inc./

Hanson Wilson Inc.

Design and Construction of Intermodal Terminals
9 Mar 2007
Larry Milhon
BNSF
30 Mar 2007
Bill Shust
Objective Engineers, Inc.
13 Apr 2007

Roger Baugher

BNSF

27 Apr 2007
Larry Etherton
NS
The Road to the Austell: Lessons Learned Constructing a New Intermodal Terminal
11 May 2007
Bob Leilich
Trainmaster, Inc.
2006 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
8 Sep 2006
Yung Cheng Lai
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
22 Sep 2006
Linda Morgan
Covington & Burling
28 Sep 2006
William W. Hay Library Dedication Ceremony
6 Oct 2006
Robert Gallamore
Retired Northwestern University; Private Consultant
20 Oct 2006
Earl Currie

Human Factor Issues on
Today’s Railroads

3 Nov 2006
Rainer Dronzek
TranSystems
17 Nov 2006
Shane Farritor
University of Nebraska
1 Dec 2006
Chuck Gullakson
CSX Transportation
Programmed Rail
Grinding on CSX
15 Nov 2006

Dennis Buda

Detroit Edison Energy
2006 Spring Semester
Date Name Company Title
27 Jan 2006
Mike Franke
Amtrak
The Challenges of Managing
Railway Capacity
10 Feb 2006
Jeffrey McCracken and Chuck Johnson
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Restoring Norfolk Southern Rail
Service to New Orleans Following
Hurricane Katrina
24 Feb 2006
Ted Glickman
George Washington University
Optimal Vendor Selection in a
Multiproduct Supply Chain with
Truckload Discounts
10 Mar 2006
Bill Thompson
AAR
10-11 Mar 2006
EOH
EOH
Engineering Open House
31 Mar 2006
Narendra Ahuja
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Railcar Inspections using
Computer Vision
14 Apr 2006
Stephen Dick
Hanson Professional Services
28 Apr 2006
Bob Kollmar
HDR
12 May 2006
Jeremiah Dirnberger
University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
2005 Fall Semester
Date Name Company Title
26 Aug 2005 Mike Koob University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Vibration Technique for Estimation of Neutral Temperature in Continuously Welded Rail
2 Sep 2005 Pooja Anand University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Environmental Risk Analysis of Chemicals Transported in Railroad Tank Cars
16 Sep 2005 Darrell Socie University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Smart Sensors
30 Sep 2005 Dave Davis TTCI Title Unknown
4 Nov 2005 Robert Moore HNTB Lidar Arial Mapping
2 Dec 2005 Chris Barkan University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Title Unknown
16 Dec 2005 Mike Garcia IDOT You Want to Do What!!! (Rehabilitation of an exisiting freight railroad line to a 110 mph HSR line in Illinois – Lessons learned.)
2005 Spring Semester
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 Southern
Engineering Open House
1 Apr 2005 Mike Gorman University of Dayton Optimizing Rail Maintenence 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 University Of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Quantitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Railroad Accidnet Probability and Severity