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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 Technical Sessions

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 3-1
COMMUNICATIONS IN ADVANCED TRAIN CONTROL
Carolina F-G 1:45pm - 3:30pm
TRACK 1 RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING
Track Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-
paign, Urbana, IL, United States Session Organizer: David Thurston, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Pittsburgh,
PA, United States
Track Co-Organizer: Debakanta Mishra, Boise State University, Boise, ID,
United States Modeling of Diffraction Coupling in Radio Propagation Inside Tunnel
Environments
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5750
1-1
RAIL & RAIL JOINTS Arash Aziminejad, Parsons, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, Andrew W. Lee,
Carolina A-B 1:45pm - 3:30pm Parsons, Toronto, ON, Canada, Gabriel Epelbaum, Toronto Transit
Commission (TTC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Rail Integrity Experience on the Washington Metro System
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5710
Multi-Tiered Cognitive Radio Network for Positive Train Control
Benjamin Frison, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Operations
Washington, DC, United States, David Jeong, US DOT/Volpe Center,
Cambridge, MA, United States Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5784
K R Damindra S. Bandara, Anthony Melaragno, Duminda Wijesekara,
Paulo Costa, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
Fatigue Analysis of Rail-Head-To-Web Fillet at Bolted Rail Joint Under
Various Impact Wheel Load Factors and Support Configurations
Connected Vehicles and Their Impact on Rail and Transit Systems
Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5802
Oral Presentation. JRC2016-5723
Kaijun Zhu, J. Riley Edwards, Yu Qian, Bassem O Andrawes, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
David Thurston, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Optimized Rail Grinding Through Dynamic Positioning and Powering of
Grinding Motors TRACK 6 SAFETY AND SECURITY
Track Organizer: Dave Schlesinger, Parsons, Pomona, CA, United States
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5718
Track Co-Organizer: Rapik Saat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-
Christopher M. Hartsough, Joseph W. Palese, Harsco Rail, Cherry Hill, paign, Rail Transportation and Engineering Center-RailTEC, Urbana, IL,
NJ, United States, Gabriel Schmitzer, Harsco Rail, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, United States
Brazil, Jean Carlos Espindola, Thiago Gomes Viana, VLI, Belo Horizonte,
MG, Brazil
6-1
HIGHWAY RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING SAFETY RESEARCH
TRACK 3 SIGNAL AND TRAIN CONTROL ENGINEERING Carolina D 1:45pm - 3:30pm
Track Organizer: WSP David Thurston, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Pittsburgh,
PA, United States
Session Organizer: Dave Schlesinger, Parsons, Pomona, CA, United States
Track Co-Organizer: Yu Yuan, IBM Research, Beijing, China
Advancing Pedestrian Safety and Case Study of Pedestrian Psychology
at Railroad Grade Crossings
Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5780

Mohammad K Shehada, Akshit Ahuja, Steven D Schrock, The University
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