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2010 Rail Transit Program - Speakers & Topics Please review the preliminary list of Speakers and Topcis below. Updates will be posted to this web page. CLICK HERE to receive updates by email. Controlling Noise & Vibration on a Light Rail System Hugh Saurenman, President, ATS Consulting Study of Rail Grinding for Controlling Rolling Noise Speaker: TBA Track Measurement in Urban Light Rail Traffic Paul Mittermayr, President, Bureau of Applied Mechanics and Mathematics Detecting Cracks in Wheels with Ultrasonic Testing David Giragosian, Vice President of Engineering, Dapco NDT Indentification of Track Conditions that Lead to High Maintenance Costs Aldo Liberatore, Manager, ZTR Control Systems Optimizing the Rail/Wheel Interface on the Vancouver RAV Line (before opening for revenue service) Jadranka Talic, Trackwork Enginering Manager, SNC Lavalin Analyzing Asymmetric Wheel Wear Patterns - Causes & Solutions Speaker: TBA Pre-Engineering the Wheel/Rail Interface Robert Caldwell, Senior Engineer, Rail Division, NRC Centre for Surface Transportation Technology Rail Transit Seminar Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE Sunday, May 16 5:00 - 7:00 pm - Check-In and Registration 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Complimentary Rail Transit Reception Monday, May 17 7:00 - 8:00 am - Continental Breakfast 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Sessions / Luncheon / Refreshment Breaks Email Updates: CLICK HERE to receive regular Speaker & Topic updates. Some Topics and Speakers from past Rail Transit Seminars: Improving W/R Dynamics on Special Track Work Bill Moorhead, TRAMMCO Rail Straightness and Ground Vibration Jim Nelson, Vice President, Wilson-Ihrig Wheel/Rail Contact, Curving and Forces in Very Sharp Curves Yan Liu Manager, Vehicle Track Interaction, Rail Division, NRC-CSTT Rail Corrugation: Characteristics, Causes and Treatments Joe Kalousek, Principal Consultant, Joe Kalousek Consulting Rail Maintenance on Transit Systems - Experiences from Europe Wolfgang Schoech, Manager of External Affairs, Speno International Applications of Condition Based Monitoring for Wheel and Rail Maintenance – A US and European Perspective Dan Magnus, Vice President, KLD Labs The Use of Automated Rail Vehicle Inspection Systems (ARVIS) at NJ Transit Kevin Fry, Product & Business Development Manager, DeltaRail Panel Discussion: Integrating Rail/Wheel Information Moderator: Bob Tuzik, Rangecam Business Manager, Holland Company Panelists: Dan Magnus, Vice President, KLD Labs Kevin Fry, Product & Business Development Manager, DeltaRail Gavin Fraser, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Wheel/Rail Interaction and Low-Speed Derailments Anthony Bohara, Sachit Kakkar, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; Don Holfeld, Zeta-Tech Associates, Inc. Rail Grinding Strategies: Experience on the Vienna Urban Transit System Edgar Fischmeister and Markus Ossberger, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG Wayside Truck Performance Detector-Based Rail Car Preventive Maintenance Michael Hiller, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Robert Swearingen, Transportation Technology Center Inc.; Radovan Sarunac, Booz Allen Hamilton Addressing Seasonal Adhesion Issues Graham Curtis, DeltaRail Products Analyzing Wheel/Rail Contact in Three Dimensions Gordon Bachinsky, Advanced Rail Management Corp. Results of Transit Track-Related Studies Conducted through the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) James Dwyer, Senior Transit Consultant, STV, Inc. Implementation of a New Wheel-Management Process at CityRail in NSW Australia Keith Bladon, Teknis Electronics; Shane Doyle, Brake Systems Engineer, RailCorp Using High-Performance Mass-Spring-Systems to Reduce Noise and Vibration in Track Hans-Georg Wagner, GERB Vibration Control Systems GmbH & Co. |
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