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Technical Sessions THURSDAY, APRIL, 19

Dresden, Germany Evolution of Vehicle Borne Devices to Electrically Assist the Shunting of
DC Track Circuits
Simulation Methodology for Occupant Safety Assessment of Indian
Railway Passenger Coach Oral Presentation. JRC2018-6274

Technical Publication. JRC2018-6189 Thomas Cornillie, Capitol Corridor JPA, Oakland, CA, United States

Prajakta Prabhune, Anindya Deb, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Vivarail – “Starter Kit” for Developing Metros
Karnataka, India, Balasubramani Gandhimani, Integral Coach Factory,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Oral Presentation. JRC2018-6275

Development of a Secondary Impact Protection System (SIPS) for Henry Posner, Vivarail Ltd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Adrian Shooter,
Locomotive Crew Vivarail Ltd, Long Marston, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Technical Publication. JRC2018-6199 TRACK 1 RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

Jeffrey Gordon, US DOT/Federal Railroad Administration, Cambridge, MA, Track Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United
United States, Florentina Gantoi, Som Singh, Anand Prabhakaran, Sharma States
& Associates, Inc., Countryside, IL, United States

TRACK 8 URBAN PASSENGER RAIL TRANSPORT 1-8 3:45pm - 5:45pm
EVALUATING TRACK PERFORMANCE
Track Organizer: V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University, Conference Level, Conference Center A
Morgantown, WV, United States
Session Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Track Co-Organizer: Konstantina “Nadia” Gkritza, Purdue University, West Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Lafayette, IN, United States
Addressing Future Rail Network Performance Challenges through
Effective Structural Health Monitoring

8-1 Technical Publication. JRC2018-6115

INNOVATIVE DESIGNS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN URBAN Jenna Davis, Network Rail Consulting, Washington, DC, United States,
Patrick Vallely, Network Rail / Birmingham University, Central Milton Keynes,
PASSENGER RAIL United Kingdom, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Birmingham University School of
Metallurgy and Materials, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Zheng Huang,
Conference Level, Phipps 1:30pm - 3:30pm Birmingham University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Session Organizer: V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, United States

Accessible Sleeper for the Next Generation Passenger Rail Vehicles On The Effects of Multiple Railway Track Alignment Defects on the CWR
Technical Publication. JRC2018-6104 Thermal Buckling

Kamolnat Tabattanon, Katharine Hunter-Zaworski, Oregon State University, Technical Publication. JRC2018-6205
Corvallis, OR, United States
Giovanni Pio Pucillo, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of
Naples Fedrico II, Naples, Naples, Italy

Containment For Occupied Wheeled Mobility Devices On Passenger
Rail Trains

Technical Publication. JRC2018-6119 Environmental and Track Factors that Contribute to Abrasion Damage

Katharine Hunter-Zaworski, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United Technical Publication. JRC2018-6166
States, Kristine Severson, Volpe National Transportation Center, Cambridge,
MA, United States, Melissa Shurland, Federal Railroad Administration, Kyle Riding, Hossein Mosavi, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United
States, Robert Peterman, Matthew Brueseke, Koby Daily, Wyatt Risovi-
26 Washington, DC, United States Hendrickson, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States,
Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States