Three University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students and Prof. Barkan attended the 8th World Conference on Railway Research in Seoul, Korea. Prof. Barkan, Darwin Schafer and Yung-Cheng Lai all presented papers. Darwin Schafer's paper was chosen the "Prize for Best Paper Award" and "Prize for Young Researcher Award."

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign attendees at WCRR: (from L to R) Athaphon Kawprasert, Prof. Barkan, Darwin Schafer, and Yung-Cheng Lai

Group photo: (from L to R) Athaphon Kawprasert, Yung-Cheng Lai, Darwin Schafer, Chris Barkan, David Davis - TTCI,

Yung-Cheng Lai giving his presentation

Prof. Barkan giving his presentation

Darwin Schafer giving his presentation.

Photo of Prof. Barkan and Darwin Schafer with Mr. Schafer's "Prize for Best Paper Award" and "Prize for Young Researcher Award"

Close-up of awards