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2016 JRC JRC 2016
PUBLICITY TRACK
COMMITTEE ORGANIZERS
INFORMS - RAS ASME Track 1- Railroad Infrastructure Track 7- Energy Efficiency and
Xuesong Zhou Anand Prabhakaran Engineering Sustainability
Co-Chair Chair Track Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, Track Organizer: Brian Donohue,
Arizona State University Sharma & Associates University of Illinois at Urbana- Parsons Brinckerhoff, Denver
xzhou74@asu.edu anand@sharma-associates.com Champaign Transit Partners
Track Co-Organizer: Deb Mishra, Track Co-Organizer: Konstantina
TRB IEEE Boise State University Gkritza, Purdue University
Dave Schlesinger Ed Mortlock
Co-Chair Co-Chair Track 2- Rail Equipment Track 8- Urban Passenger Rail
Parsons Parsons Engineering Transport
dave.schlesinger@parsons.com ed.mortlock@parsons.com Track Organizer: Jeff Gordon, US Track Organizer- Brian Donohue,
DOT Federal Railroad Parsons Brinckerhoff, Denver
Scott Babcock NURail Administration Transit Partners
Co-Chair Xuesong Zhou Track Co-Organizer: Bryan Schlake, Track Co-Organizer: Martin
The National Academies of Co-Chair Penn State Altoona Schroeder, American Public
Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Arizona State University Transportation Association
sbabcock@nas.edu cbarkan@illinois.edu Track 3- Signal and Train Control
Engineering Track 9- Electrification
APTA Track Organizer: David Thurston, Track Organizer- John Grantham,
Martin Schroeder WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Infrastructure - Rail Transit
Co-Chair Track Co-Organizer: Yu Yuan, IBM Track Co-Organizer: Bih Yuan Ku,
American Public Transportation Research PhD, Professor, National Tapei
Association University of Technology
mschroeder@apta.com Track 4- Service Quality and
Operations Research Track 10- Vehicle Track
AREMA Track Organizer: Clark Cheng, Interaction
Lindsay Hamilton Norfolk Southern Railway Track Organizer- Anand
Co-Chair Track Co-Organizer: Martin Prabhakaran, Sharma and
American Railway Engineering and Schroeder, American Public Associates, Inc.
Maintenance-of-Way Association Transportation Association Track Co-Organizer- Jeff Gordon,
lhamilton@arema.com US DOT Federal Railroad
Track 5- Planning and Administration
INFORMS - RAS Development
Xuesong Zhou Track Organizer: Jeff Gordon, US Track 11- National University Rail
Co-Chair DOT Federal Railroad Administration Center (NURail)
Arizona State University Track Organizer: Pasi Lautala,
xzhou74@asu.edu Track 6- Safety and Security Michigan Technological University
Track Organizer: Dave Schlesinger, Track Co-Organizer: Conrad
TRB Parsons Ruppert, University of Illinois at
Dimitris Rizos Track Co-Organizer: Rapik Saat, Urbana-Champaign
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Co-Chair University of Illinois at Urbana-
University of South Carolina Champaign, Rail Transportation and
rizos@engr.sc.edu Engineering Center-RailTEC