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TRB 2009
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J. Riley Edwards made a presentation reviewing the status of railroad academic programs as part of the TRB session
Mark Dingler giving his presentation
J. Riley Edwards made a presentation reviewing the status of railroad academic programs as part of the TRB session "Revitalizing the Link Between Railways and Academia: A Vital Challenge" Mark Dingler giving his presentation "Impact of Operating Heterogeneity on Railway Capacity"
Bryan Schlake giving his presention
Athaphon Kawprasert giving his presention
Bryan Schlake giving his presention "Automated Inspection of Railcar Underbody Structural Components Using Machine Vision Technology" Athaphon Kawprasert giving his presention "Communication and Interpretation of Results of
Railroad Hazardous Materials Transportation Route Risk Analyses"
Recent graduate Dan Peltier (BNSF) presenting his poster
Steven Sawadisavi explaining his poster
Recent graduate Dan Peltier (BNSF) presenting his poster "Characterizing and Inspecting for Progressive Epoxy Debonding in Bonded Insulated Rail Joints" Steven Sawadisavi explaining his poster "Machine-Vision Inspection of Railroad Track"
G. Avery Grimes (Omni TRAX) a graduate of the UIUC railroad engineering program, made a presentation on
Chris Barkan was a member of a joint academia-industry panel discussion as part of the TRB session
G. Avery Grimes (Omni TRAX) a graduate of the UIUC railroad engineering program, made a presentation on "Cost-Based Rail Regulation and Capital Investment" Chris Barkan was a member of a joint academia-industry panel discussion as part of the TRB session "Revitalizing the Link Between Railways and Academia: A Vital Challenge"
(From L to R) Xiang Liu, Ti Zhang (Rutgers University) and Zheng Wan (University of California, Davis) presenting their poster
Yung-Cheng Lai, is now an assistant professor at National Taiwan University, and gave a presentation entitled
(From L to R) Xiang Liu, Ti Zhang (Rutgers University) and Zheng Wan (University of California, Davis)  presenting their poster "Chinese Railway Transportation: Opportunity and Challenge" Yung-Cheng Lai, is now an assistant professor at National Taiwan University, and gave a presentation entitled "An Enhanced Parametric Railway Capacity Evaluation Tool (RCET)" based on his railroad engineering dissertation research at UIUC.
Group photo from TRB (from L to R): J. Riley Edwards, Mark Dingler, Steven Sawadisavi, John M. Hart, Mike Wnek, Bryan Schlake, Rapik Saat, John Zeman, Yung-Cheng Lai, Dan Peltier, Chris Barkan, Brennan Caughron, Lou Cerny (independant consultant) and David Bilow (independant consultant).
Illini railroad engineering students, past and present, gathered for a group photo during the Railroad Caucus, held every year at the TRB Annual Meeting (L to R): J. Riley Edwards, Mark Dingler, Steven Sawadisavi, John M. Hart, Mike Wnek, Bryan Schlake, Rapik Saat, John Zeman, Yung-Cheng Lai, Dan Peltier (BNSF Railway), Chris Barkan, Brennan Caughron, Lou Cerny (consultant) and David Bilow (consultant).
   

Papers presented at the 2009 TRB Annual Meeting:

Dingler, M., Lai, Y.C., Barkan, C.P.L. Impact of Operating Heterogeneity on Railway Capacity . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).

Kawprasert, A., Barkan, C.P.L. Communication and Interpretation of Results of Railroad Hazardous Materials Transportation Route Risk Analyses . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).

Lai, Y.C., Barkan, C.P.L. An Enhanced Parametric Railway Capacity Evaluation Tool (RCET) . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).

Peltier, D., Barkan, C.P.L. Characterizing and Inspecting for Progressive Epoxy Debonding in Bonded Insulated Rail Joints . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).

Sawadisavi, S., Edwards, J.M., Resendiz, E., Hart, J.M., Barkan, C.P.L., Ahuja, N. Machine-Vision Inspection of Railroad Track . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).

Schlake, B., Edwards, J.M., Hart, J.M., Barkan, C.P.L., Todorovic, S., Ahuja, N. Automated Inspection of Railcar Underbody Structural Components Using Machine Vision Technology . Proceedings of the TRB 88 th Annual Meeting, Washington , DC (January 2009).