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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 "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 " 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 "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).