The Stephenson Conference: Research for Railways

Name: The Stephenson Conference: Research for Railways
Start: 2017-04-25T09:00:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

25 April 2017 - 27 April 2017
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Overview

The Stephenson Conference is the premier international rail event that brings together academic researchers and industry experts to shine a spotlight on the pioneering work taking place in railway across the globe.

It is unique in providing an opportunity for academic and industry to discuss in detail the latest research developments and the impact it can have on the railways.

Attendees will gain a unique overview of the similarities and differences on the rail networks of countries including the UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and many more, along with exclusive case studies detailing how specific research has been used proactively by rail companies to improve their service.

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This conference is now a proven asset to both researchers and rail professionals, along with senior government figures and industry leaders whose future business opportunities will be affected by the progressive work showcased across the three day event.

Don't forget to sign-up for our free to attend lecture taking place on 24 April at One Birdcage Walk: Shift2Rail - technical innovation for modal shift. Click here for further details and to book online.

Attendees of the 2015 Stephenson Conference at One Birdcage Walk, London.

Past attendees include:

ATOC Ltd
AERMEC Spa
Alstom
Andy Foan Limited
Arup
Astrium
Bombardier Transportation
Central Queensland University
Coventry University
Department for Transport
Deutsche Bahn
Eversholt Rail
FRA
GHH Bonatrans
GMX
Heriot Watt University
Huddersfield University
IEE
Imetrum Ltd
Imperial College London
Interfleet Technology Ltd
Interfleet Techology Limited
Irish Rail
Kompetenzzentrum das virtuelle Fahrzeug
KS Transport Consultants Ltd
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lloyds Register Rail Ltd
Loughborough University
LPA Connection Systems
Mott MacDonald Group
Network Rail
Newcastle University
Nottingham University
Politecnico di Milano
Progress Rail Services Uk Ltd
Rail Safety & Standards Board
Rail/Aviation Industry
Railway Technical Research Institute
Ricardo UK Ltd
RRUKA
RSSB
Siemens AG Austria
Southwest Jiaotong University
Standard Steel LLC
Technische Universit Berlin
Thomson Engineering Design Ltd
Tokyo University of Technology
Tongji University
Transport for London
Transportation Research Group University of Southampton
TTCI
University of Birmingham
University of Florence
University of Leeds
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
University of Nottingham
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton ISVR
Unv. of Hudd. Institute of Railway Research
USDOT-Volpe Center
Warwick University

Day 1

13:00 - Programme

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13:00	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
13:30	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
13:40	Keynote Presentation Mark Carne, ‎Chief Executive, Network Rail
14:05	The Virtuous Circle of Railway Digitization Howard Parkinson and Gary Bamford, Digital Rail Limited
14:30	Question and Answer Session
14:45	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTION
15:30	Wheel Rail Force Measurements Using MEMS Kam To Man and Keith Thomas Man, Neuplex
15:55	Study On Long-Term Development Of Vehicle Dynamic Parameters Of Wheel/Rail Contact Geometry Rainer Kratochwille, Timo Tegtmeier and Thomas Kolbe, Deutsche Bahn AG
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK CONDITION MONITORING
15:30	Novel Approaches In Remote Condition Monitoring For Retrofit Applications Anisa Mamaniyat, Chrome Angel Solutions
15:55	Development Of Novel Acoustic Emission Techniques For Monitoring The Structural Health Of Cast Manganese Crossings Patrick Jason Vallely, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Zheng Haung, Shi Shengrun, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, and Jenna Davis, Network Rail
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: DIGITAL RAILWAY 1
15:30	Towards Inclusion Of The Freight Rail System In The Industrial Internet Of Things - Wagon 4.0 Raphael Pfaff, Bernd D Schmidt, and Manfred Enning, Fachhochschule Aachen
15:55	Enhancing Freight Rail - The Freight Identification And Monitoring System Colin Alonzo Williams, SNC-Lavalin Rail and Transit
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: SAFETY ASSURANCE
15:30	CASE STUDY: Reviewing Independent Safety Assurance Practices For Metro Projects: From Specifications Framing To Issuing Safety Certificate Nikhil Swami, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
15:55	Risk-Based Developments in Railway Safety Certification and Regulation for Dubai Ali Chegini, Amair Saleem and Robin Smith, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
16:20	Question and Answer Session
16:40	PLENARY SESSION: Keynote Presentation Professor John Miles, Cambridge University
17:10	Question and Answer Session
17:15	Chairs Closing Remarks
17:30	Close of Conference Day One
18:00 – 19:00	EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION

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Day 2

08:30 - Programme

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08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
09:05	‎Keynote Presentation Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, SHIFT2RAIL
09:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 1: VEHICLE/ INFRASTRUCTURE DYNAMICS
09:40	Modelling Of Heavy Haul Train-Bridge Dynamic Interactions And Parametric Studies Using Multi-Body Dynamics Approaches Yan Quan Sun, Maksym Spiryagin and Colin Cole, Central Queensland University
10:05	A Three-Dimensional Vehicle-Track Coupled Dynamic Model Based On The Green’s Function Method Yu Sun, Yu Guo, Mei Chen and Wanming Zhai, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK 1
09:40	Optimising Ground Improvement On New High Speed Rail Lines David P Connolly, Heriot Watt University
10:05	CASE STUDY: High Speed Asset Mapping Ingmar Posner and Anita Hancox, Oxford Robotics
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: DIGITAL RAIILWAY 2
09:40	The Technical Challenges In Designing A Telematics Architecture For The System-Wide Monitoring Of Train And Infrastructure Assets Ronnie Beggs, Luca Fornasiero and Marco Bussi, Comtest Wireless Ltd
10:05	Contribution Of Artificial Intelligence In Risk Prevention Of Railway Accidents Habib Hadj Mabrouk, French Institute Of Science And Technology For Transport, Development And Networks (IFSTTAR)
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
09:40	Saving Weight In The Railways Mark James Singleton and John Anthony Hutchinson, Startlink Systems Ltd
10:05	Social Sustainability Of HSR-Comparative Study Inara Watson; Amer Ali; Ali Bayyati, London South Bank University
10:30	Question and Answer Session
10:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL ADHESION
11:10	Development Of An Adaptive Top-Of-Rail Friction Modification System Milan Omasta, Radovan Galas, Jiri Knapek, Martin Hartl and Ivan Krupka, Brno University of Technology
11:35	The Effect Of Sanders In Improving Train Braking Performance When Adhesion Is Low Alan Peter Lawton, ALEC Ltd
12:00	CASE STUDY: Risk and opportunities from the application of sand during braking Paul Gray, RSSB
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK DEGRADATION
11:10	Development of new measurement principle for truly portable track geometry recording trolley Yasukuni Naganuma and Taro Yada, Central Japan Railway Company
11:35	Assessment Of The Short And Long Term Behaviour Of The Track On Railway Transition Zones Cristina Alves Ribeiro and Rui Calçada, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering
12:00	Identifying The Factors Influencing Track Degradation On The UK Rail Network Darren Prescott, University of Nottingham
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: ROAD AND RAIL: FRIEND OR FOE?
11:10	CASE STUDY: Road Versus Rail Professor John Miles, Arup
11:35	Automotive To Rail: Can Technologies Cross The Gap? James Winnett, Athanasios Iraklis, Elspeth M Keating, Andy McGordon, Tony Ridler and Darren J Hughes, University of Warwick
12:00	When Do Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVS) Become A Train? Challenges And Opportunities Of Integrated Transport Rebeka Sellick and Nick Reed, TRL Ltd
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: SAFETY
11:10	Sled tests using the Hybrid III Rail Safety ATD and workstation tables for passenger trains David Hynd, Robert Hunt and Philip Martin; TRL, UK Kristine Severson; Volpe Center, United States Department of Transportation, USA
11:35	Development Of An Assistance System For Secured Shunting Operations Julian Franzen, Udo Pinders, Walter Schreiber and Kuhlenkoetter Bernd, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
12:00	A Novel Risk-Based Inspection Planning Model With Condition Monitoring Data: Case Study Of Rolling Stock Pantographs Fateme Dinmohammadi, Babakalli Alkali, Glasgow Caledonian University and Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University
12:25	Question and Answer Session
12:40	NETWORKING LUNCH
	STREAM SESSION 1: TRAIN CONDITION MONITORING
13:40	Towards Implementing Condition Based Maintenance Policy For Rolling Stock Critical System Babakalli Alkali, Fateme Dinmohammadia and Abhinay Raman, Glasgow Caledonia University
14:05	CASE STUDY: MRX - Wheel Crack Measurement Device Barry Winchester, MRX/Univeristy of Huddersfield
14:30	A Signal-Based Fault Detection Method For Heavy Haul Wagons Chunsheng Li, Shihui Luo, Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin and Yanquan Sun, Central Queensland University
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK COMPONENTS AND TESTING
13:40	Full-Scale Testing Of Laser Clad Railway Track For Wear/RCF, Bend Fatigue And IBJ Lipping Resistance Stephen Robert Lewis, Roger Lewis, Paul Stuart Goodwin, Sandra Fretwell-Smith, David Ian Fletcher, Keith Murray and Jay Jaiswal, University of Sheffield
14:05	Bullhead Trackform Into The 21st Century: An Underground Challenge Paul Bewes Molyneux-Berry, University of Huddersfield
14:30	Speaker to be announced
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: AERODYNAMICS
13:40	The Aerodynamics Of Freight Trains Christopher James Baker, David Soper and Dominic Flynn, University of Birmingham
14:05	Aeroliner3000 – Double-Decker High Speed Train For GB Gregor Malzacher, Jens König, Joachim Winter and Andreas German Aerospace Center
14:30	Ballast Flight Under High-Speed Trains – Aerodynamic And Geotechnical Studies Christopher James Baker, David Soper and Dominic Flynn, University of Birmingham
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: CAPACITY
13:40	Development Of Innovative Capacity Solutions For The Great Western Main Line Julian Crawford Ross, Network Rail
14:05	Minimisation of Train Traction Energy Consumption under Maximum Speed and Coast Control with Genetic Algorithm Bayandy Sarsembayev and Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London
14:30	CASE STUDY: Minimisation Of Train Traction Energy Consumption Under Maximum Speed And Coast Control With Genetic Algorithm Bayandy Sarsembayev and Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London
14:55	Question and Answer Session
15:10	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL WEAR
15:40	CASE STUDY: Risks And Benefits Of Economic Tyre Turning Julian Stow, University of Huddersfield
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Actively Steered and Guided Wheelmotor Demonstrator Vehicle Neil Cooney, SET Ltd; Julian Stow, University of Huddersfield; Rebeka Sellick, TRL Ltd
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: POINT MACHINES
15:40	Design, Construction, Deployment And Testing Of A Full-Scale Repoint Light Track Switch M. L. Sarmiento-Carnevali, T. J. Harrison, S. Dutta, S. D. Bemment, C. P.Ward, R.Dixon, Loughborough University
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Fault Analysis Of The Switch And Point Machine To Improve Railway Reliability Dr. Ning Zhao, The University of Birmingham
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: VEHICLE STRUCTURE STRENGTH
15:40	Novel Expansion-Splitting Energy Absorber And Performance Comparison To Expansion, Splitting And Progressive Buckling Tubes Carlos Moreno, Richard A Beaumont and Terry Williams, Oleo International
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Computer Modelling The Dynamics And Strength Of A Rail Tank Car With Liquid Cargo Artur Putsiata and Illia Arkhutsik, Belarusian State University of Transport
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
15:40	Robust Automated Servicing Of Passenger Trains- Fluids Stuart Adam Hill, Mark Atherton, Marco Ajovalasit and David Harrison, Brunel University
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	PLENARY SESSION: Railway Electrification: Considerations For The Improvement Of Design Of Short Neutral Sections John Christopher Morris, Newcastle University
16:35	Question and Answer Session
17:25	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
18:30	NETWORKING DINNER

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Day 3

08:30 - Programme

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08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
	STREAM SESSION 1: Rolling Stock Reliability
09:00	Developing Rolling Stock Fault Analysis And Key Performance Indicators Using Statistical Modelling Stephanie Louise Coates, Nicholas Wray and Graham Dutton, Fishbone Solutions
09:55	CASE STUDY: Docklands Light Railway Door Guide Improvement Mitixa Jani, Keolis Amey Docklands
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK COMPONENTS
09:00	Asset Clamp Force Measurement And Remote Condition Monitoring Using A Smart Washer: A Case Study Of Railway Research, Innovation And Technical Delivery In The Early 21st Century Greg Horler, Ezra Morris and Jack Hughes, Smart Component Technologies Ltd
09:55	A Unified Elastoplastic Bond Model For Prestressing Steel Reinforcements Used In Railroad Concrete Crossties Dr. Hailing Yu, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: TRAIN CONTROL
09:00	S2PTC: A New Track Circuit Based On Software Without Electrical Or Mechanical Isolating Components Dr. Jerome De Reffye, PI-Ramses Cy
09:55	Case Study: A Systems Engineering Framework For Railway Control And Safety Systems: The Mainline Challenge Karl Michael King, Clive Roberts and Felix Schmid, WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
09:00	Technology development strategies in a rail system problem context Dominic Johnson, Network Rail
09:55	Optimising Strategy Selection For The Management Of Railway Assets Claudia Fecarotti and John Andrews, University of Nottingham
10:20	Question and Answer Session
10:30	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: Power and Braking Systems
11:00	Application Of Kalman Filter On Train Control Circuit In Order To Reduce The Shuddering Effect During Stopping Monish Sengupta, Daniel Woodland and Benjamin Heydecker, Ricardo Rail
11:25	LoCoFlyER: Low Cost Flywheels for Efficient Railways Prof Keith Pullen and Dr Matthew Read, City University of London; Rebeka Sellick, TRL Ltd; Arnold Fenocchi and Shahram Etemad, DBS
11:50	Inter-Disciplinary Approach For Simulation Of Railway Vehicle Driveline Naim Kuka, Andrea Dolcini, Caterina Ariaudo and Riccardo Verardi, Alstom
12:15	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: Bridges
11:00	Bridge Asset Management Using Petri-Nets Panayioti Yianni, Luis Neves, Dovile Rama, John Andrews,; Robert Dean and Dr. Luis Canhoto Neves, University of Nottingham
11:25	Anti-Seismic Effects Of Fluid Viscous Dampers On Simply Supported Girder Bridge With High Pier In Sichuan-Tibet Railway Zhao-ling Han, Zhaowei Chen and Wamming Zhai, Southwest Jiaotong University
11:50	Railway Bridge Fault Detection Using Bayesian Belief Network Matteo Vagnoli, Rasa Remenyte-Prescott and John Andrews, The University of Nottingham
12:15	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: Gauging
11:00	Assessing The Impact Of Risk On Gauging Practice Colin Davenport, Carl Lewis and Neil Barker, Balfour Beatty Rail
11:25	Applicability Of Video Gauge For The Assessment Of Track Displacement Maria Gallou, Barnaby Temple, Chris Hardwick, Matthew Frost and Ashraf El-Hamalawi, LB Foster Rail Technologies (UK) Ltd
11:50	Maximising Vehicle Size And Compatibility Using Kinematic Envelope (KE) Template And Dynamic Gauges, A Case Study Of The New Dynamic Passenger Gauges David Buckley, Balfour Beatty Rail
12:15	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: Customers
11:00	CASE STUDY: How London Underground's built environment affects customer satisfaction Ian Pring, Transport for London
11:25	Simulation Of Interchanges For Passenger Benefits And Rolling Stock Optimisation Sonja Nightingale, Lauren Cherryman, Paula Pontes and Paul Clifford, Mott MacDonald
11:50	Maximising Passenger Satisfaction Through Optimised Train Movements Bob Hickish, University of Sheffield
12:15	Question and Answer Session
12:30	NETWORKING LUNCH
13:00	PLENARY SESSION CASE STUDY: Keynote Presentation Carbon/Sustainability Inga Doak, Sustainability Manager, Siemens Rail Automation
13:30	Best Paper Award Chris Jackson, Railway Gazette and Professor Simon Iwnicki, University of Huddersfield
13:45	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
14:00	END OF CONFERENCE

Artur Putsiata: Head of Department (Locomotives), Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT)

I was born in 1978 in Belarus. I graduated Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT) as an engineer in a rolling stock in 2000. I have degree of Candidate of technical sciences and title of my dissertation is “Estimation of stress-strain condition of railway tank car taking into account relative movement liquid in the tank”. I have degree of Doctor of Engineering and title of my dissertation is “The cars’ construction development methodology taking into account force interaction with transported cargoes”. I work at BSUT now and I am the Head of Department (Locomotives).

Illia Arkhutsik: Post-Graduate Student , Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT)

I was born in 1990 in Belarus. I graduated Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT) as an engineer in a rolling stock in 2013. I have degree of Master of technical sciences and title of my dissertation is “Definition of residual resource of a bearing structure of the railway tank car after long-term service”. I’m a Post-Graduate Student at BSUT now.

Dr Babakalli Alkali: Assistant Head of Department in Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University

Dr Babakalli Alkali is a Reader in Maintenance Engineering and currently the Assistant Head of Department in Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is leading the Maintenance and Reliability Engineering group at GCU. Babakalli is currently leading a research project in excess of 0.2 million pounds on maintenance optimisation of railway rolling stock in Scotland. His specific research interests are in: Railway Asset Management, Project Management, Road Transport Research, Maintenance Optimisation, Failure Analysis, Reliability and Maintenance Modelling, Stochastic processes, Risks and Availability Assessment, Condition Based Maintenance, Statistical Process Control, Maintenance Audit of Complex Systems. Babakalli has published over 100 scholarly papers in international journals.

Chris Baker: Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham

Chris Baker is Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics in the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham with wide ranging research interests in the fields of wind engineering, wind/crop interaction, road and rail aerodynamics, pollution dispersion and transport resilience in adverse weather. He is currently PI for grants of the order of £2.5million from UK research council, EU and rail industry sources. He was an undergraduate, postgraduate and Fellow at St Catharine’s College Cambridge, and has worked in the past for British Rail Research and Nottingham University.

David Buckley: Head of Engineering Solutions, Balfour Beatty

David Buckley is a chartered engineer with over 16 years rail engineering experience. Leading a team of engineers in Balfour Beatty Rail he is an industry expert in the field of Gauging with several publications and conference papers. Recent work has included research for RSSB producing gauges for the new suite of gauging standards and pioneering the Balfour Beatty online gauging system bbrailportal.com.

David Hynd: Head of TRL’s Biomechanics and Injury Prevention Team, TRL

David is Head of TRL’s Biomechanics and Injury Prevention team. Over fifteen years at TRL (the Transport Research Laboratory), he has led on injury mechanisms and human injury tolerance. David has developed crash test dummies as human surrogates, and devised road and rail vehicle crash test procedures and rating schemes.
He chaired a working group for the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (developing test tools, injury criteria and test procedures for European and United Nations road safety regulations); and is currently the UK representative on WG12 (Biomechanics).
In 2015, David received the US Department of Transportation Award for Safety Engineering Excellence.

Dominic Johnson: Programme Engineer – Systems, Network Rail

Dominic Johnson is a Chartered Engineer employed by Network Rail to deliver work for the Thameslink Programme within the Systems Engineering Team. He has seven years’ experience spanning Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Defence and Railway industries working with Advantica, Atkins, Rolls-Royce, Crossrail and Network Rail. He has knowledge in conducting stress analysis, 3D modelling, life cycle cost, mechanical design and requirements management. His current role is to assess the interface between programme and project level verification and validation of the Thameslink Programme. He is actively involved with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as an Industry Liaison Officer and mentors three developing engineers.

Robert Holbrow: Senior Project Engineer, Network Rail

Robert Holbrow is a Chartered Engineer employed by Network Rail as a Senior Project Engineer. He is responsible for the design and construction assurance of the new track layout at London Bridge on the Thameslink Programme, a scheme involving approximately 150 new sets of points and ~40km of plain line renewals. He has seven years of experience in the railway industry in a range of track engineering roles. He is an IMechE mentor, mentoring for graduate engineers on the Network Rail graduate training scheme.

Gregor Malzacher: Research Associate, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Stuttgart (Germany)

Gregor Malzacher studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology (TU) Dresden (Germany), specialising in rail vehicle technology. Since 2015 research associate at the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Institute for Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart (Germany), research field of vehicle architectures and lightweight concepts. Project staff of DLR’s Next Generation Train (NGT) project. Main research focus in the methodical development of lightweight optimised mechanical architectures for the structures of railway vehicles.

Han Zhaoling: PhD Degree Student in Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL), Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)

Han Zhaoling, 26 years old, is currently a PhD degree student in Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL), Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) at Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mao Yisheng Honor School of SWJTU in 2014, and then start his Master degree study in TPL. In 2016, he was elected as a PhD student, majoring in Vehicle Operation Engineering, and his research interests include vehicle-track coupled dynamics, train-track-bridge dynamic interaction and structure control.

Inara Watson: PhD Research Student, London South Bank University

Born in Latvia and graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Riga Technical
University. Almost 20 years’ experience with the railway industry in Latvia and mostly in the operation sector. Gained an MSc from London South Bank University in Transport Engineering and Planning, currently studying for a PhD at London South Bank University.
The topic of PhD research is; “Sustainability and Related Factors of High Speed Rail”. Contributed several publications online and in journals relating to sustainability of transport.

John C Morris BEng (Hons) MBA CEng FIMechE CMILT: Director, Rail Systems, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd

John Morris is a Postgraduate Researcher at Newcastle University, and also Director, Rail Systems for WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd.
John has extensive experience in rail infrastructure engineering, particularly 25 kV AC electrification, including catenary systems design and development, major construction projects, and route-wide operations and maintenance, as well as leading international standardisation projects.
John is involved in numerous UK and European rail committees, including Cenelec SC9XC (Railway Electrotechnical Applications: Fixed Installations), and chairmanship of British Standards committee GEL/9/3. John was first convenor of group drafting BS EN 50119 ‘Overhead Contact Lines’, an important standard supporting European Interoperability.
John is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IMechE.

Julian Ross CEng FIMechE FRSA FRGS: Head of Development, IP Great Western & Crossrail

Julian started his transport career as a graduate trainee with London Underground, working as a rolling stock engineer, before moving to a planning role supporting congestion relief schemes and early concepts for Crossrail and Thameslink. Subsequently he worked on the East London line upgrade project, and developed modularisation concepts for station infrastructure.

After joining Network Rail, Julian undertook project management, sponsorship and commercial roles within the Crossrail Programme, before leading a new team developing Network Rail's long term plans for the Western route. Currently Julian leads Network Rail’s Future Projects Group, which develops proposals for major enhancements on the Western Route.

Karl King: Principal System Engineer, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Karl has worked within the railway industry for his entire professional life, starting as an Electronic Design Engineer before moving into Systems Engineering. He now specialises in the development and delivery of complex systems of systems and has worked on the requirements management and configuration control of many major projects including the Cambrian ERTMS Early Deployment Scheme, Victoria Line Upgrade, Thameslink, Crossrail and HS2 as well as numerous international projects including the Edmonton Light Railway System, Tel Aviv Red Line, Brisbane ERTMS Upgrade and several mining railways throughout Africa. His experience covering ERTMS, CBTC and PTC systems.

Maria Gallou: EngD Research Engineer, LB Foster Rail Technologies

I graduated from the Civil Engineering School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2012 with specialization in transportation engineering. I obtained a MSc in “Engineering Project Management” before joining the Loughborough University Engineering Doctorate research programme related to track structure requirements for a long-term improved performance. Through this, I’ve sought to enhance industry’s understanding about the deformation performance of railway track structure to allow improvements of specific products or specification of them. Further to my studies, I have been involved in projects with LB Foster including numerical modelling and track forms deformation measurements supporting Network Rail projects.

Maria Sarmiento-Carnevali: Research Associate, Loughborough University

Maria Sarmiento-Carnevali has recently joined the Control Systems Research Group at Loughborough University, UK, as a Research Associate. She is a Systems Engineer specialized in simulation and control, with experience in electrochemical and electromechanical systems of different nature. Currently finishing PhD studies, her interest is now focused on railway industry research.

Matteo Vagnoli: Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Matteo Vagnoli is a PhD student funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme at the University of Nottingham. He gained a BSc in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy (2011). After graduating with honours in his MSc in Nuclear Engineering (2014), he worked as a research fellow and teaching assistant within the Laboratory of Signal and Risk Analysis in Milan. His work is centred on developing innovative methods of post-processing and on-line data analysis methods, computational methods for dynamic reliability analysis of critical systems, as well as methods for system health monitoring and fault diagnosis.

Monish Sengupta: Principal Consultant - Signalling, Ricardo Rail

Monish Sengupta is a physicist and Chartered Engineer by profession with a special interest in CBTC / ERTMS signalling. He is a Principal consultant with Ricardo Rail and has completed his research degree with the Centre of Transport Studies, University College of London. He has pursued his career along three broad themes within the field of railway signalling:
• Automatic train control system for a CBTC railway,
• Main line signalling implementing high speed railway, and
• Legacy signalling design around UK main line and London underground signalling principles.
The system level thinking while understanding the methodologies for design and modelling, are of special interest to him. He is a member of Institute of Physics and IRSE.

Naim Kuka: Railway Dynamics and Mechatronics Network Leader, Alstom Transport

Naim Kuka is Railway Dynamics and Mechatronics Network Leader at Alstom Transport, Master Expert in Railway Dynamics, member of the CEN/TC256/WG10 and UNIFE TG Railway Dynamics. Before joining Alstom in 1993, he obtained a PhD at University of Tirana and a postdoctoral specialization at the Politecnico di Torino and FIAT Research Center in Turin.

Panayioti Yianni: System Modeller and Data Analyst, Amey

Panayioti is an innovative and adaptable system modeller and data analyst. His PhD was carried out in Infrastructure Asset Management, in close collaboration with Network Rail. He has expertise in Whole Life Cycle Cost modelling focusing on those with Monte Carlo simulations. He developed a railway bridge model which able to predict the future condition of bridge assets, when maintenance would be required, the type of maintenance and the associated cost. His work within Amey Strategic Consulting and Technology allows him to continue working on state-of-the-art analysis and modelling with a variety of different clients.

Paul Molyneux-Berry: Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield

Paul Molyneux-Berry is a chartered mechanical engineer with 18 years experience in the rail industry. He has worked for Bombardier, AEA Technology and the ‘Rail Technology Unit’ before his present role of Principal Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield ‘Institute of Railway Research’.
Paul specialises in vehicle dynamics, wheel/rail interaction, wheel and track damage, and safety assurance. He spends most of his time on a variety of research and consultancy projects for London Underground.

Sonja Nightingale: Senior Pedestrian Modeller, Mott MacDonald

Sonja Nightingale is a Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. She has over 9 years’ experience in pedestrian studies and leads the Mott MacDonald Pedestrian Modelling and Visualisation Team within the Transportation Unit in the UK. She has worked on major design projects, such as Crossrail, Melbourne Metro and Doha Metro, and is the project manager responsible for the development, sales and marketing of the Mott MacDonald in-house pedestrian modelling software STEPS and train-platform interface software ALIGHT.

Stephanie Coates: Project Manager and Chartered Engineer, Fishbone Solutions

Stephanie Coates is an electrical and electronic engineer and is registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). She has successfully delivered a number of rolling stock modification programmes in roles ranging from design through to project management. She has also led contract negotiation and has developed multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex railway projects. She is experienced in multiple rail environments including rolling stock, light rail, signalling and infrastructure.

Nick Wray: Director, Peak Statistics

Nick Wray has a BSc in Geology with Chemistry from the University of Exeter, PGCE in Science and Mathematics Education from the University of Keele, Graduate Certificate in Statistics from the University of Sheffield, MSc Statistics from University of Nottingham. Worked in mathematics and science education field for many years, lastly as mathematics co-ordinator for special needs education, dealing with young offenders and school refusers. Statistical work includes analysis of medical prescription patterns, and data analysis for the rail industry.

Dr Stephen Lewis: Research Associate, University of Sheffield

Stephen gained his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire 2007. He then joined the University of Sheffield and studied for a PhD in Tribology of the Wheel/Rail Contact graduating in 2011. Stephen has since worked as a Post Doctorial Researcher at the University of Sheffield since graduation and has worked on projects ranging from the development of railway lubricant approval standards, development of creep curves to support an on board low adhesion detection technology and the investigation of optimum set-up for on-board sanding systems. Stephen is currently investigating the use of laser cladding technology to reduce wear and rolling contact fatigue.

Stuart Hill: Research Assistant, Brunel University London (BUL)

Stuart Hill completed his MEng in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University London (BUL) and graduated with 1st Class honours July 2016. He gained professional experience in the building controls industry for placement but developed an interest in robotics and automation. After being appointed as the primary full time researcher on the project and it was his job to carry out the work and develop the feasibility deliverables and reports; consisting of HTA, design specification, concept generation and feasibility assessment.

Yu Sun: PhD Student of Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL, Southwest Jiaotong University

Yu Sun, 27 years old, a PhD Student of Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL), Southwest Jiaotong University, which located at Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. His major is Vehicle Engineering, his supervisor is Professor Wanming Zhai. His current research interests include vehicle-track coupled dynamics, wheel-rail mechanics, rail wear simulation and rolling contact fatigue.

Professor Keith Pullen: Professor of Energy Systems, City, University of London

Professor Pullen’s PhD (1990) is from Imperial College London, on small high speed turbines and generators with Rolls-Royce. As Energy Systems Professor at City, University of London, he manages research staff, PhDs and laboratory facilities for high speed machines. Keith has authored over 100 papers and has 27 patents granted or pending.

Neil Cooney: Technical Director, Stored Energy Technology Ltd

Neil Cooney is the Technical Director of Stored Energy Technology Ltd (SET), experienced in Product Development of control, electro-mechanical and mechatronic systems gained at LandRover, BMW and CAT; further developed in collaborative joint ventures with industry partners. His Bachelor’s Degree is from Birmingham and Master’s from Warwick; Neil is CEng, MIET.

Rebeka Sellick MEng CEng FIMechE FIET: Head of Rail, TRL

From mending trains to asset management and whole system performance and optimisation, Rebeka’s 30 years of railway engineering span frontline maintenance, strategic leadership (as Engineering Director ATOC) and R&D. Now Head of Rail at TRL, Rebeka offers consultancy to enable better transport for all.

David Hynd: Head of Biomechanics and Injury Prevention, TRL

David Hynd BEng, PhD, CEng, FIMechE is Head of TRL’s Biomechanics and Injury Prevention team. Over fifteen years at TRL (the Transport Research Laboratory), he has led on injury mechanisms and human injury tolerance. David has developed crash test dummies as human surrogates, and devised road and rail vehicle crash test procedures and rating schemes. He chaired a working group for the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (developing test tools, injury criteria and test procedures for European and United Nations road safety regulations); and is currently the UK representative on WG12 (Biomechanics). In 2015, David received the US Department of Transportation Award for Safety Engineering Excellence.

Dr Howard J. Parkinson BSc MSc PhD CEng FIMechE MIRSE PGCE: Director, Digital Rail Limited

Howard obtained his PhD in engineering from Manchester University and has over 25 years railway experience working in at least 20 countries worldwide in various senior positions. He is currently involved in product development, consultancy, training and research. He has recently published papers on the use of Natural Language Processing to analysis accident data, Big Data Analytics and machine learning in rail, vision systems, and autonomous anomaly detection. Digital Rail Ltd is embedded in the Data Science Institute at Lancaster University and is seeking to develop game changing ways of undertaking railway systems engineering and asset management. They have recently patented autonomous vision systems for monitoring platform safety.

Fateme Dinmohammadi: PhD researcher in Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University

Ms. F. Dinmohammadi is a researcher in the field of "Maintenance and Reliability Engineering" at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She has been working since 2014 on a research project funded by Scotrail about development of a risk based maintenance modelling tool for railway critical assets. Her research interests lie in the development of new methods for "Assessing & Improving Reliability", "Risk Mitigation", "Life cycle Cost Management", "Failure mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis", "Maintenance Management", "Applied Optimisation" and “Decision Support Systems". She has published several papers in reputable journals and conference proceedings.

Dr Mahmood Shafiee: Lecturer, Engineering Risk Analysis, Cranfield University

Dr Mahmood Shafiee is an internationally recognised thought-leader in “Engineering Asset Management” discipline with more than fifteen years of experience of research in “Risk, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering” within the Energy and Railway Transport industry sectors. Presently, he is a Lecturer in Engineering Risk Analysis at Cranfield University, UK. He has authored over 70 publications in top-ranking journals and in major conference proceedings. Dr Shafiee has successfully managed several national and international research projects on reliable and intelligent maintenance of rail infrastructure and rolling stock assets. He has been plenary speaker and programme committee member of over twenty international conferences across the world. He sits as committee chair on the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) and committee member on the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He serves as Associated Editor and member of Editorial Board in International Journals.

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Artur Putsiata: Head of Department (Locomotives), Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT)

Illia Arkhutsik: Post-Graduate Student , Belarusian State University of Transport (BSUT)

Dr Babakalli Alkali: Assistant Head of Department in Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University

Chris Baker: Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham

David Buckley: Head of Engineering Solutions, Balfour Beatty

David Hynd: Head of TRL’s Biomechanics and Injury Prevention Team, TRL

Dominic Johnson: Programme Engineer – Systems, Network Rail

Robert Holbrow: Senior Project Engineer, Network Rail

Gregor Malzacher: Research Associate, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Stuttgart (Germany)

Han Zhaoling: PhD Degree Student in Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL), Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)

Inara Watson: PhD Research Student, London South Bank University

John C Morris BEng (Hons) MBA CEng FIMechE CMILT: Director, Rail Systems, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd

Julian Ross CEng FIMechE FRSA FRGS: Head of Development, IP Great Western & Crossrail

Karl King: Principal System Engineer, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Maria Gallou: EngD Research Engineer, LB Foster Rail Technologies

Maria Sarmiento-Carnevali: Research Associate, Loughborough University

Matteo Vagnoli: Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Monish Sengupta: Principal Consultant - Signalling, Ricardo Rail

Naim Kuka: Railway Dynamics and Mechatronics Network Leader, Alstom Transport

Panayioti Yianni: System Modeller and Data Analyst, Amey

Paul Molyneux-Berry: Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield

Sonja Nightingale: Senior Pedestrian Modeller, Mott MacDonald

Stephanie Coates: Project Manager and Chartered Engineer, Fishbone Solutions

Nick Wray: Director, Peak Statistics

Dr Stephen Lewis: Research Associate, University of Sheffield

Stuart Hill: Research Assistant, Brunel University London (BUL)

Yu Sun: PhD Student of Traction Power State Key Laboratory (TPL, Southwest Jiaotong University

Professor Keith Pullen: Professor of Energy Systems, City, University of London

Neil Cooney: Technical Director, Stored Energy Technology Ltd

Rebeka Sellick MEng CEng FIMechE FIET: Head of Rail, TRL

David Hynd: Head of Biomechanics and Injury Prevention, TRL

Dr Howard J. Parkinson BSc MSc PhD CEng FIMechE MIRSE PGCE: Director, Digital Rail Limited

Fateme Dinmohammadi: PhD researcher in Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University

Dr Mahmood Shafiee: Lecturer, Engineering Risk Analysis, Cranfield University

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