Post date: Sep 22, 2018 8:42:41 PM
Our registration deadline for our Railroad Infrastructure Symposium is extended to September 30, 2018.
We will host a 1-day free rail dynamics seminar (10/15/2018) in conjunction with the 2-day (10/16/2018-10/17/2018) railroad infrastructure symposium in Las Vegas, NV. Please distribute it to your network.
The two-day free symposium is being held October 16-17, 2018, at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Twelve (12) professional development hours will be earned through attendance, and thanks to funding from the USDOT and other sponsors, the cost is free! Speakers include the following:
Maryam Allahyar, Director of the FRA Office of Research
Karen Hedlund, National Rail Strategy Adviser, WSP
Frank Vacca of the California High Speed Rail Authority
David Staplin, former Amtrak Deputy Chief Engineer
Dr. Mehdi Ahmadian of Virginia Tech
Dr. Alan Zarembski of the University of Delaware
Other speakers from Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, and Alstom,
Sponsors include USDOT, Bamboardiar, Pandrol, L.B. Foster, X-Train, and Rail Traffic Controller.
The one-day free seminar on Rail Dynamics will be held on October 15, 2018 at UNLV as well. Six (6) professional development hours will be earned through attendance. It will be instructed by a top railroad expert Dr. Mehdi Ahmadian, Director of Railway Technologies Laboratory at Virginia Tech. This seminar will present an introduction to the engineering fundamentals of rail dynamics: wheel-rail contact dynamics and vehicle dynamics.
See attached announcement.
Spaces are limited, so sign up today!
Apologize for cross posting!
Thanks!
Harry
Hualiang (Harry) Teng, Professor
Director, USDOT Railroad University Transportation Center
Commissioner, Nevada High Speed Rail Authority
Director, Railroad, High Speed Rail and Transit Initiative
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454015
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015
Phone: 702-895-4940
Fax: 702-895-3936
Email: hualiang.teng@unlv.edu