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Books, Edited or Co-Edited, Original Editions

Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation, ASCE Specialty Conference Proceedings, edited by Kelvin C.P. Wang, Brian L. Smith, Donald R. Uzarski, and S.C. Wong, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006 (872 pages).

Infrastructure Management - New Challenges, New Methods, ASCE Specialty Conference Proceedings, edited by Jonathan Gifford, Donald Uzarski, and Sue McNeil, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993 (589 pages).

Monographs

Uzarski, D.R., D.G. Brown, R.W. Harris, and D.E. Plotkin, Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks - The Railer System: Detailed Track Inspection Manual, Technical Report FM-94/01, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Oct 1993.

Uzarski, D.R., Condition Indexes for Low Volume Railroad Track: Condition Survey Inspection and Distress Manual, Technical Report FM-93/14, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, September 1993.

Uzarski, D.R., Development of Condition Indexes for Low Volume Railroad Track, Technical Report FM-93/13, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, July 1993.

Uzarski, D.R., Development of a Track Structure Condition Index (TSCI), Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, May 1991.

Harris, R.W. and D.R. Uzarski, Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks - The RAILER System: Demonstration of System Setup at Hunter AAF, GA, Technical Report M-90/23, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1990.

Brown, D.G. and D.R. Uzarski, Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks - The RAILER System: Demonstration of System Setup at Fort Stewart, GA, Technical Report M-90/22, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1990.

Uzarski, D.R., J.S. Liebman, C.S. Melching, and D.E. Plotkin, FORSCOM Railroad Project Prioritization Program (FORPROP) for the RAILER System: Development and Testing, Technical Report M-88/19, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1988.

Uzarski, D.R., D.E. Plotkin, and D.G. Brown, The RAILER System for Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks: RAILER I Description and Use, Technical Report M-88/18, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1988.

Uzarski, D.R., D.E. Plotkin, and D.G. Brown, Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks - The RAILER System: Component Identification and Inventory Procedures, Technical Report M-88/13, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1988.

Articles in Journals

Grussing , N.M. and D.R. Uzarski, "Framework for Short-Line Railroad Track Asset Management and Condition Reporting," ASCE Special Publication Infrastructure Reporting and Asset Management: Best Practices and Opportunities, (American Society of Civil Engineers), May 2008, pp. 172-177.

Uzarski, D.R., N.M. Grussing, and J.B. Clayton, “Knowledge-Based Condition Survey Inspection Concepts,” ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, (American Society of Civil Engineers), Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2007, pp. 72-79.

Uzarski, D.R. and S. McNeil, "Technologies for Planning Railroad Track Maintenance and Renewal," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, (American Society of Civil Engineers), Vol. 120, No. 5, Sep/Oct 1994, pp. 807-820.

Uzarski, D.R., M.I. Darter, and M.R. Thompson, "Development of Condition Indexes for Low-Volume Railroad Trackage," Transportation Research Record 1381, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1993, pp. 42-52.

S. McNeil, M. Markow, L. Neumann, J. Ordway, and D. Uzarski, "Emerging Issues in Transportation Facilities Management," Journal of Transportation Engineering, (American Society of Civil Engineers), Vol 118, No. 4, Jul/Aug 1992, pp. 477-495.

Brown, D.G., D.R. Uzarski, and R.W. Harris, "Detailed Inspection of U.S. Army Railroad Trackage and Application to Civilian Short-Line Railroads," Transportation Research Record 1241, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1990, pp. 16-26.

Ayers, M.E., M.R. Thompson, and D.R. Uzarski, "Rapid Shear Strength Evaluation of In Situ Granular Materials," Transportation Research Record 1227, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1990, pp. 134-146.

Uzarski, D.R., C.S. Melching, and J.S. Liebman, "Prioritizing U.S. Army Railroad Track Segments for Major Maintenance and Repair," Transportation Research Record 1177, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1989, pp. 95-102.

Uzarski, D.R. and D.E. Plotkin, "Interim Method of Maintenance Management for U.S. Army Railroad Track Networks," Transportation Research Record 1177, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1989, pp. 84-94.

Uzarski, D.R., D.E. Plotkin, and S.K. Wagers, "Component Identification and Inventory of U.S. Army Railroad Trackage," Transportation Research Record 1131, (Transportation Research Board, National Research Council), 1988, pp. 89-98.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Grussing, M.N. and D.R. Uzarski, "Improved Railroad Track SRM Planning through RAILER® EMS and GIS," Transportation Systems 2004 Workshop, March 2004.

Uzarski, D.R., N.M. Grussing, and W.A. Gannon, "RAILER RED Speeds and Improves the Consistency Of Railroad Track Inspection,” Transportation Systems 2004 Workshop, March 2004.

Uzarski, D.R. and M.J. Smejkal, "RAILER GIS as a Tool to Help Manage Railroad Track Networks," Transportation Systems 2000 Workshop, Sharing Technology for the Future, Feb 2000, pp. 289-297.

Uzarski, D.R., "Using RAILERTM to Develop Railroad Track M&R Plans and Budgets," Transportation Systems 2000 Workshop, Sharing Technology for the Future, Feb 2000, pp. 298-311.

Uzarski, D.R. and J.K. Mahoney, "Railroad Track Condition Assessment through the RAILERTM Engineered Management System," proceedings of the ASCE Specialty Conference Infrastructure Condition Assessment: Art, Science, Practice, August 1997, pp. 375-384.

Uzarski, D.R. and J.E. Lavrich, "Condition Assessment for Infrastructure Management: Network/Facility vs. Project Level," Proceedings of the ASCE Transportation Congress, October 1995.

Uzarski, D.R., "Using Condition Indexes to Evaluate Local Railroad Track Networks," extended abstract published in Proceedings of ASCE Specialty Conference Infrastructure Management - New Challenges, New Methods, June 1993.

Uzarski, D.R., "Planning Maintenance and Rehabilitation Activities for Local Railroads," extended abstract published in Proceedings of ASCE Specialty Conference Infrastructure Management - New Challenges, New Methods, June 1993.

Uzarski, D.R. and R.W. Harris, “Railroad Track Management Using the RAILER System,” Specialty Conference Proceedings, ‘Computing in Civil Engineering and Symposium on Data Bases’, American Society of Civil Engineers, May 1991, pp. 499-508.

Other (patents, bulletins and reports, magazine articles, etc.)

United States Patent, Knowledge-Based Condition Survey Inspection (KBCSI) Framework and Procedure, Patent No. US 7,058,544 B2, June 6, 2006.

Uzarski, D.R. and M.J. Smejkal, “RAILER GIS as a Tool to Help Manage Railroad Track Networks,” CADD/GIS Bulletin, Volume 99-1, Tri-Service CADD/GIS Technology Center, U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, April 1999, pg. 5.

Uzarski, D.R. and R.W. Harris, User Guide for the RAILER Engineered Management System, User Guide FEAP-UG-FM-95/08, January 1995.
Uzarski, D.R. and D.M. Bailey, "Engineered Management Systems", The Military Engineer, No. 544, August 1991, pp. 30-31.

S. Karls, D.A. Piland, and D.R. Uzarski, FORSCOM Railroad Project Prioritization Program (FORPROP) for the RAILER System: Computer User's Guide, Automated Data Processing Report M-88/17, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1988.

Piland, D.A. and D.R. Uzarski, The RAILER System for Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks: RAILER I Computer User's Guide, Automated Data Processing Report M-88/16, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1988.

D.M. Coleman, D.E. Plotkin, and D.R. Uzarski, "Modernized Military M/W Management", Railway Track and Structures, November 1987, pg 33.