JRC 2010 is a cooperative effort of the five sponsoring organizations and will be the principal, multi-disciplinary, North American conference focused on rail transportation next year. The conference will be held 27-29 April 2010 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, IL 140 mi, (225 km) south of Chicago.
Papers and presentations are being solicited on all aspects of railroad civil, mechanical, electrical and systems engineering, as well rail planning, design, financing, operations and management. Both freight and passenger rail subjects will be included, but the conference theme will be high-speed rail (HSR) and other forms of developing intercity passenger rail. Among the topics we are encouraging submittals on are, but are not limited to:
Railroad Infrastructure Engineering
Heavy axle load engineering, advances in track systems and components, railbed substructure engineering, bridge engineering, electrification,
best maintenance practices |
Shared Corridors
Rail capacity, operation, interoperability, regulatory challenges for HSR, compliant and non-compliant rolling stock, integration of train control systems, combined HAL & HSR infrastructure challenges |
Rail Equipment Engineering
Motive power technology, energy efficiency and emissions, rolling stock design and performance, crashworthiness, rolling stock components,
equipment manufacturing |
Planning, Management & Operation
Planning & financing HSR, HSR-oriented development, project management, transport mode integration, service recovery and planning, reliability, information systems, human resources & academic programs |
HSR Experience & Development
International & North American experience,
Federal and state development plans |
Safety, Security & Environment
PTC, human factors, employee fatigue, close-call reporting, train safety, risk analysis, security, emergency response, environmental performance, grade crossing safety |
Abstracts due 14 november 2009
Companies and organizations interested in sponsorship and exhibit opportunities
should contact Kim Hagemann at: <JRC-2010@illinois.edu> (217) 244-0841
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