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Grand Challenge Competition

We are tasked as professionals and stakeholders to consider
several questions in order to best evaluate drone use in the
railroad industry. What actuators and sensory systems can
we mount on drones within their existing capabilities to:

1) Improve passenger and roadway worker protection,
2) Facilitate the railroad inspection,
3) Reduce the cost of inspection and limiting exposure of
our workforce to items requiring attention. Further, how can
we sort, understand, and leverage that data in an automated
fashion?

Rules of the Competition:

This competition is open to all registered participants of the
2019 Joint Rail Conference. Participants must register for the
conference in order to be admitted to the competition.
Participants may enter the competition between January
1, 2019 and April 5, 2019. Contestants will present their
idea to a panel of industry experts on April 11, 12:00pm,
using a 3-minute “shark tank pitch.” During the competition,
contestants will be allowed no more than three (3) minutes
to present their idea using a single PowerPoint slide.
Contestants may present as individuals or as a team of three
(3) people at most.
The winner of the competition will receive a prize of $500
(check to be mailed by ASME after the conclusion of the
Joint Rail Conference). Competition winner will also be
recognized at the conference banquet dinner on Thursday,
April 11.
After submitting an online entry form, contestants will need
to submit their presentation slide to the JRC Organizing
Committee by the deadline. Entries are open to individual
contestants or teams of two (2) or three (3) people, but only
one entry is allowed per team.

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