Main Page

    In the News
    Photo Gallery
    Railroad Engineering Blog

Events
    William W. Hay Railroad Seminar Schedule
    Railroad Environmental Conference
     **Conference Registration**
    George Krambles Distinguished Lecture
    Engineering Open House
    Railroad Job Fair
    Railroad Engineering Education Syposium
Classes
    Program Overview
    CEE 498RD
    CEE 498RT
    CEE 498RO
    CEE 498RC
    CEE 598AT
Research
    Projects
    Faculty
    Publications
    Railroad Engineering Students
    Railroad Engineering Collection
    Scholarships
History
    Timeline
    William W. Hay
    Arthur Newell Talbot
Contact Us
    Contact Info
    Send Email
    Interested in Attending UIUC?
    Map
Links
    On Campus
    Off Campus
    University Academic and Research Programs
ASCE
    Information

Main Page


TRB 2008
Daniel Peltier giving his presentation   Athaphon Kawprasert giving his presentation  

Daniel Peltier giving his presentation "Modeling the Effects of Epoxy Debonding on Bonded Insulated Rail Joints Subjected to Longitudinal Loads" which was presented at the meeting of Committee
AR-050, Railroad Track Structure System Design.

  Athaphon Kawprasert giving his presentation "Reducing Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials by Route Rationalization"  
Darwin Schafer giving his presentation   Yungcheng (Rex) Lai giving his presentation  
Darwin Schafer giving his presentation "The Relationship Between Train Length and Accident Causes and Rates"   Yungcheng (Rex) Lai giving his presentation "A Decision Support Framework for Railway Capacity Planning" at the "Railroad Operating Technology (AR030) Committee Meeting".  
John M. Hart, University of Illinois Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, explaining his poster   Tim Wells, of LTK Engineering Services and a former student of W.W. Hay and an alumnus of the UIUC CEE Department railroad program, talking with current railroad-engineering graduate students, Mark Dingler and William (Zach) Dombrow (standing).  
John M. Hart, University of Illinois Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, explaining his poster " Machine Vision for Railroad Equipment Undercarriage Inspection Using Multi-Spectral Imaging "   Tim Wells, of LTK Engineering Services and a former student of W.W. Hay and an alumnus of the UIUC CEE Department railroad program, talking with current railroad-engineering graduate students, Mark Dingler and William (Zach) Dombrow (standing).

       
This photo was taken at a reception hosted by the University of Tennessee on the      
This photo was taken at a reception hosted by the University of Tennessee on the "Hickory Creek" in Union Station. From left to right: Darwin Schafer, Chris Barkan, Daniel Peltier, Riley Edwards, William (Zach) Dombrow, Mark Dingler, and Tom Cornillie. Other attendees at the reception included Alex Kummant, President of Amtrak, Frank Busalacchi, the Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus of Alabama, Jim Wrinn, Editor of Trains Magazine, and Don Phillips a regular columnist in Trains. The Hickory Creek is a private car that was leased for the occasion by several TRB attendees who used it to travel from NYC to DC and back, and stayed in the state rooms on board during the TRB Conference. Photo taken by David Clarke, a professor at the University of Tennessee.      
Photographs courtesy of Chris Barkan, Athaphon Kawprasert, and David Clarke.      
       
Papers presented at the 2008 TRB Annual Meeting:      

Kawprasert, A., Barkan, C.P.L. Reducing the Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials by Route Rationalization. Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008).

Peltier, D., Barkan, C.P.L. Modeling the Effects of Epoxy Debonding on Bonded Insulated Rail Joints Subjected to Longitudinal Loads. Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008).

Schafer, D., Barkan, C.P.L. The Relationship Between Train Length and Accident Causes and Rates . Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008).