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Acknowledgments

The organizers thank each of the speakers, and track and session chairs for their willingness to freely share their knowledge
and experiences with our attendees. Also, we thank the following individuals and the organizations that they represent, who
generously volunteered many hours, their expertise, and dedication in planning this year’s event:

2019 JRC TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Dave Schlesinger Deb Mishra
ASME Chair ASCE Chair
Parsons Corporation Boise State University
Milad Hosseinipour
ASME Assistant Chair Bryan Schlake
Amtrak ASME Co-chair
Penn State Altoona
David Thurston
IEEE Co-chair 2019 JRC CO-CHAIRS ORGANIZING AND PLANNING
Canadian Pacific COMMITTEE
Hai Huang Scholarships
ASCE Co-chair Jeff Gordon (ASME)
Penn State Altoona Federal Railroad Administration
Chris Barkan
NURail Co-chair Assistant: Martin Ehrenzeller (ASME)
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign Standard Steel
Conrad Ruppert
NURail Assistant Chair Sam Williams
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign Manager of Divisional Affairs
Narayana Sundaram
APTA Co-Chair David Thurston
Conrad Ruppert, Jr. IEEE Co-chair
AREMA Co-chair Canadian Pacific Railway
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Xuesong Zhou Chris Barkan
INFORMS-RAS Co-chair NURail Co-chair
Arizona State University University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Dave Schlesinger
TRB Co-chair Narayana Sundaram
Parsons Corporation APTA Co-chair
American Public Transportation Association

Conrad Ruppert, Jr.
AREMA Co-chair
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign

Tyler Dick
INFORMS RAS Co-chair
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign

Dave Schlesinger
TRB Co-chair
Parsons Corporation

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