Publications List



2012

1. “Official IDOT HSR Mid-Year Report,” Illinois Department of Transportation, June 2012.

2. www.nurailcenter.org. “NURail Website,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2012.

3. http://ict.uiuc.edu/railroad/crossties.php, “International Concrete Crosstie and Fastening System Symposium,” 2012.

4. Saat, Rapik and Chen-Yu Lin, http://www.sharedcorridors.org/, “Shared Rail Corridor Course,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2012.

5. “Official IDOT HSR Final Report,” Illinois Department of Transportation, 2012.


2013

6. Liu, X., M.R. Saat, X. Qin, C.P.L. Barkan, 2013. Analysis of U.S. Freight-Train Derailment Severity using Zero-Truncated Negative Binomial Regression and Quantile Regression. Accident Analysis and Prevention 59: 87–93.

7. Liu, X., M.R. Saat, C.P.L. Barkan, 2013. Integrated Risk Reduction Framework to Improve Railway Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety. Journal of Hazardous Materials 260: 131-140.

8. Completed MS thesis “Development of an Accident Database for Quantitative Safety and Risk Analysis of Highway Bulk-Package Transportation of Hazardous Materials”.

9. Van Dyk, B.J., C.T. Rapp, M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.J. Ruppert, Jr. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Evaluation of Existing Loading Environment in North America for Improved Concrete Sleepers and Fastening Systems. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

10. Chadwick, S.G., C.T. Dick, M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Statistical Modeling of Freight Train Derailments at Highway-Rail Level Crossings. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

11. Lin, C-Y., M.R. Saat and C.P.L Barkan. 2013. Causal Analysis of Passenger Train Accidents on Freight Rail Corridors. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

12. Greve, M.J., C.T. Rapp, M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.P.L. Barkan, J. Mediavilla and B. Wilson. 2013. Quantification of Concrete Sleeper and Elastic Fastening System Demands Utilizing Concrete Sleeper Rail Seat Contact Area. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

13. Shin, M., Z. Chen, B.O. Andrawes, R.G. Kernes, M.S. Dersch and J.R. Edwards. 2013. Finite Element Models of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers and Fastening Systems in North America. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

14. do Carmo, T.B., J.R. Edwards, R.G. Kernes, B.O. Andrawes and C.P.L Barkan. 2013. Analysis of the Shear Behavior of Rail Pad Assemblies as a Component of the Concrete Sleeper Fastening System. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

15. Lovett, A.H., M.R. Saat, C.T. Dick, C. Ruppert and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Development of an integrated railroad track maintenance model. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

16. Liu, X., M.R. Saat and C.P.L Barkan. 2013. Integrated Risk Management Framework for Improving the Safety of Hazardous Materials Transportation by Rail. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

17. Jacobini, F.B., E. Tutumler and M.R. Saat. 2013. Identification of High-Speed Rail Ballast Flight Risk Factors and Risk Mitigation Strategies. In: 2013 World Congress on Railway Research, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.

18. Liu, X., C.T. Dick, A.H. Lovett, M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Seasonal Effect on the Optimization of Rail Defect Inspection Frequency. In: Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Rail Transportation Division Fall Technical Conference, Altoona, PA, October 2013.

19. Chadwick, S.G., M.R. Saat, C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Decreasing Derailment Occurrence and Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2013.

20. Lovett, A.H., C.P.L. Barkan and C.T. Dick. 2013. An Integrated Model for the Evaluation and Planning of Railroad Track Maintenance. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, September 2013.

21. Caughron, B.M., C. T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. A Project Selection Model for Improving Running Time on Passenger Rail Corridors. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2013.

22. Grasse, J.S., S. Wei, J.R. Edwards, D.A. Kuchma, M. Dersch and D.A. Lange. 2013. Investigating the Concrete Crosstie and Fastening System Load Path Through Field Instrumentation. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2013.

23. Sogin, S., C.T. Dick, Y-C. Lai and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Analyzing the Incremental Transition from Single to Double Track Railway Lines. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 5th International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2013.

24. Van Dyk, B.J., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.J. Ruppert Jr. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Quantifying Shared Corridor Wheel Loading Variation Using Wheel Impact Load Detectors. In: Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013.

25. Liu, X., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Safety Effectiveness of Integrated Accident Prevention Strategies. In: Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013.

26. Lovett, A.H., C.T. Dick, C.J. Ruppert Jr., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Development of an integrated model for the evaluation and planning of railroad track maintenance. In: Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013.

27. Lautala, P.T., C.T. Dick, J.L. McKinney and D.B. Clarke. 2013. Railway Engineering Education Symposium (REES) - Universities and Industry Collaborate to Develop Railway Education. In: Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013.

28. Sogin, S., C.T. Dick, Y-C. Lai and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Analyzing the Progression from Single to Double Track Networks. In: Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013.

29. Shurpali, A.A., R.G. Kernes, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch, D.A. Lange and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Investigation of the Mechanics of Rail Seat Deterioration (RSD) and Methods to Improve the Abrasion Resistance of Concrete Sleeper Rail Seats. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, New Delhi, India, February 2013.

30. Van Dyk, B.J., J.R. Edwards, C.J. Ruppert Jr. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Considerations for Mechanistic Design of Concrete Sleepers and Elastic Fastening Systems in North America. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, New Delhi, India, February 2013.

31. Liu, X., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Analysis of Major Derailment Causes on Heavy Haul Railways in the United States. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, New Delhi, India, February 2013.

32. Rapp, C.T., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.P.L. Barkan, B. Wilson and J. Mediavilla. 2013. Measuring concrete crosstie rail seat pressure distribution with matrix based tactile surface sensors. In Press, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

33. Liu, X., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Safety effectiveness of integrated risk reduction strategies for rail transport of hazardous materials. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2374: 102-110.

34. Liu, X., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. A framework for evaluating cost-effectiveness of accident prevention strategies under uncertainty. In Press, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

35. Sogin, S., Y-C. Lai, C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2013. Comparison of the capacity of single and double track rail lines using simulation analyses. In Press, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.


2014

36. Liu, X., C.T. Dick and M.R. Saat. 2014. Optimizing Ultrasonic Rail Defect Inspection to Improve Transportation Safety and Efficiency. In: Proceedings of the Second ASCE Transportation and Development Institute Congress, Orlando, FL, June 2014.

37. Fullerton, G.,G.C. DiDomenico, M-C. Shih and C.T. Dick. 2014. Congestion as a Source of Variation in Passenger and Freight Railway Fuel Efficiency. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

38. DiDomenico, G.C. and Dick, C.T. 2014. Analysis of Trends in Commuter Rail Energy Efficiency. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

39. Dick, C.T. and Dirnberger, J.R. 2014. Advancing the Science of Yard Design and Operations with the CSX Hump Yard Simulation System. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

40. Greve, M., Dersch, M.S., Edwards, J.R., Barkan, C.P.L., Mediavilla, J. and Wilson, B.M. 2014. Analysis of the Relationship Between Rail Seat Load Distribution and Rail Seat Deterioration in Concrete Crossties. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

41. Serrano, J.A. and Saat, M.R. 2014. Flammable Liquid Fire Consequence Modeling. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

42. do Carmo, T.B., Edwards, J.R., Kernes, R.G., Andrawes, B.O. and Barkan, C.P.L. 2014. Laboratory and Field Investigation of the Rail Pad Assembly Mechanistic Behavior. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

43. Lin, C-Y. and M.R. Saat. 2014. Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment of Adjacent Track Accidents on Shared-Use Rail Corridor. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

44. Atanassov, I., Dick, C.T. and Barkan, C.P.L. 2014. Siding Spacing and the Incremental Capacity of the Transition From Single to Double Track. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

45. Williams, B., Edwards, J.R., Kernes, R.G. and Barkan, C.P.L. 2014. Analysis of the Lateral Load Path in Concrete Crosstie Fastening Systems. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

46. Manda, K.R., M. Dersch, R. Kernes, J.R. Edwards and D. Lange. 2014. Vertical Load Path under Static and Dynamic Loads in Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

47. Wei, S., D.A. Kuchma, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and R.G. Kernes. 2014. Gauging of Concrete Crossties to Investigate Load Path in Laboratory and Field Testing. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

48. Hamper, M.B., Ruppert, C., Wei, C., and A.A. Shabana. 2014. A Spatial Geometry Approach to Variable Cross-Section Rail Modeling: Application to Switches and Turnouts. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, April 2014.

49. Tang, H., Wang, Q. and Dick, C.T. 2014. Optimizing Train Speed Profiles to Improve Regeneration Efficiency of Transit Operations. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, 2014.

50. Chadwick, S.G., N. Zhou and M.R. Saat. 2014. Highway-Rail grade crossing safety challenges for shared operations of high-speed passenger and heavy freight rail in the U.S. In Press, Safety Science.

51. Liu, X., A. Lovett, C.T. Dick, M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan. 2014. Optimization of Rail Defect Inspection Frequency for the Improvement of Railway Transportation Safety and Efficiency. In Press, Journal of Transportation Engineering.

52. Liu, X., M.R. Saat, and C.P.L. Barkan. 2014. Probability Analysis of Multiple-Tank-Car Release Incidents in Railway Hazardous Materials Transportation. In Press, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 276: 442-451.
53. Williams, B.A., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch, C.P.L. Barkan and R.G. Kernes. 2014. Experimental Field Investigation of the Effects of Lateral Load Distribution on Concrete Crosstie Track. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, September.

54. Dick, C.T. and L.E. Brown. 2014. Design of Bulk Railway Terminals for the Shale Oil and Gas Industry. In: Proceedings of the 2014 ASCE Shale Energy Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, July.

55. Rapp, C.T, R.G. Kernes and M.R. Saat. 2014. Overview of issues and research related to special trackwork for shared high-speed-rail passenger and heavy-axle-load freight operations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 228 (5): 557-565.

56. Shih, M.C., Y-C Lai, C.T. Dick and M-H Wu. 2014. Optimization of siding location for single-track lines. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2448: 71-79.

57. Shih, M-C., C.T. Dick, S.L. Sogin and C.P.L. Barkan. 2014. Comparison of capacity expansion strategies for single-track railway lines with sparse sidings. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2448: 53-61.


2015

58. Atanassov, I. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Delay and Required Infrastructure Investment to Operate Long Freight Trains on Single-track Railways with Short Sidings. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

59. Fullerton, G.A. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Operational Considerations of Transitioning to Emerging Ultra-low Emission Locomotive Technologies for Heavy-haul Freight Rail Applications. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

60. Shih, M.-C., C.T. Dick and Y.-C. Lai. 2015. Optimizing Location and Length of Passing Sidings on Single-track Lines for Long Heavy-haul Freight Trains. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

61. DiDomenico, G.C. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Influence of System Characteristics and Scheduling Patterns on Commuter Rail Energy Efficiency. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

62. Tang, H., C.T. Dick, B.M. Caughron, X. Feng and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. A Project Selection Model for Improving Running Time and Operating Cost Efficiency on a Passenger Rail Corridor. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

63. Fullerton, G., C.T. Dick, T. Hwang and Y. Ouyang. 2015. Exchange Point Delay and Mode Shift Associated with Regional Deployment of Alternative Locomotive Technology on the North American Line-Haul Freight Network. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

64. Shih, M.-C., C.T. Dick and Y.-C. Lai. 2015. Optimization of Siding Location for Single-track Lines with Non-Uniform Track Speed. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

65. Lovett, A.H., C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Determining Freight Train Delay Costs on Railroad Lines in North America. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

66. Atanassov, I. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Incremental Capacity in Transitioning from Double to Triple Track on Shared Rail Corridors. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.

67. Shih, M.-C., C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Capacity and level of service impact of passenger trains on shared rail corridors with multiple types of freight trains. Accepted, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

68. Atanassov, I. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Influence of Siding Connection Length, Position, and Order on the Incremental Capacity of Transitioning from Single to Double Track. In: Proceedings of Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C, January 2015.

69. Greve, M.J., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.P.L. Barkan, J. Mediavilla and B. Wilson. 2015. The Effect of Particle Intrusion on Rail Seat Load Distributions on Heavy Haul Freight Railroads. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

70. Wolf, H.E., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Flexural Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Monoblock Sleepers for Heavy-haul Applications: Methodologies and Sensitivity to Support Conditions. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

71. Scheppe, A.J., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Quantifying Lateral Wheel Loading Variation Using Truck Performance Detectors. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Perth, Australia, June 2015.

72. Greve, M.J., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Evaluation of Laboratory and Field Experimentation Characterizing Concrete Crosstie Rail Seat Load Distributions. In: Proceedings of the 2015 Joint Rail Conference, San Jose, CA, March 2015.

73. Csenge, M., H.E. Wolf, M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, R.G. Kernes and M.G. Romero. 2015. Exploration of Alternatives for Prestressed Concrete Monoblock Crosstie Design Based on Flexural Capacity. In: Proceedings of the 2015 Joint Rail Conf, San Jose, CA, March 2015.

74. Wolf, H.E., S. Mattson, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Flexural Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Monoblock Crossties: Comparison of Current Methodologies and Sensitivity to Support Conditions. In: Proceedings of Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C, January 2015.

75. Scheppe, A.J., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Quantifying Lateral Wheel Loading Variation Using Truck Performance Detectors. In: Proceedings of Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C, January 2015.

76. Saat, M.R. and J. Aguilar Serrano. 2015. Multicriteria high-speed rail route selection: application to Malaysia’s high-speed rail corridor prioritization. Transportation Planning and Technology. 38 (2): 200 - 213.

77. Qian, Y., E. Tutumluer, Y.M.A. Hashash and J. Ghaboussi. 2015. Effects of Ballast Degradation on Shear Strength Behavior from Large-scale Triaxial Tests. In: Proceedings of the XV Pan American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2015.

78. Lautala, P.T., C.T. Dick, D. Rizos and D.B. Clarke. 2015. Toward the Next Generation of Railroad Professionals – Collaboration by NURail and Rail Industry. In: Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2015.

79. Atanassov, I. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Capacity of single-track railway lines with short sidings to support operation of long freight trains. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2475: 95-101.

80. Shih, M.-C., C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Impact of passenger train capacity and level of service on shared rail corridors with multiple types of freight trains. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2475: 63-71.

81. Lovett, A.H., C.T. Dick, C.J. Ruppert, Jr. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Cost and delay of railroad timber and concrete crosstie maintenance and replacement. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2476: 37-44.

82. Fullerton, G.A, G.C. DiDomenico and C.T. Dick. 2015. Sensitivity of freight and passenger rail fuel efficiency to infrastructure, equipment, and operating factors. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2476: 59-66.

83. Tang, H., C.T. Dick and X. Feng. 2015. Improving regenerative energy receptivity in metro transit systems: Coordinated train control algorithm. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2534: 48–56.

84. DiDomenico, G.C. and C.T. Dick. 2015. Methods of analyzing and comparing energy efficiency of passenger rail systems. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2475: 54-62.

85. Greve, M.J., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.P.L. Barkan, H. Thompson, T.R. Sussmann, Jr. and M.T. McHenry. 2015. Examination of the effect of concrete crosstie rail seat deterioration on rail seat load distribution. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2476: 1-7.

86. Qian, Y., E. Tutumluer, Y.M.A. Hashash and J. Ghaboussi. 2015. Ballast settlement ramp to mitigate differential settlement in a bridge transition zone. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2476: 45-52.

87. Van Dyk, B.J., A.J. Scheppe, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Methods for quantifying rail seat loads and a review of previous experimentation. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. DOI: 0954409715569862.

88. Sogin, S.L., Y-C. Lai, C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Analyzing the transition from single- to double-track railway lines with nonlinear regression analysis. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. DOI: 10.1177/0954409715616998.

89. Williams, B.A., D. Holder, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.P.L. Barkan. 2015. Quantification of the lateral forces in concrete sleeper fastening systems. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. DOI: 10.1177/0954409715616997.

90. Qian, Y., E. Tutumluer, D. Mishra and H. Kazmee. 2015. Characterization of geogrid reinforced ballast behavior at different levels of degradation through triaxial shear strength test and discrete element modeling. In Press, Geotextiles and Geomembranes.

91. Medina, J.C. and R.F. Benekohal, R.F. 2015. Macroscopic Models for Accident Prediction at Railroad Grade Crossings: Comparisons with the U.S. Department of Transportation Accident Prediction Formula. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2476: 85-93.

92. Barkan, C.P.L, X. Liu and M.R. Saat. 2015. Enhanced Tank Car Design Improves the Safety of Transporting Crude Oil and Alcohol by Rail. TR News. 298: June - August, pp. 41-43.


2016

93. Dick, C.T. and D. Mussanov, 2016. Operational schedule flexibility and infrastructure investment: capacity trade-off on single-track railways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2546: 1-8. DOI: 10.3141/2546-01.

94. Medina, J.C., Shen, S. and R.F. Benekohal, 2016. “Micro and Macro Level Safety Analysis at Railroad Grade Crossings.” Report submitted to NURail, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2016.

95. Lin, C-Y., M.R. Saat and C.P.L. Barkan, 2016. “Fault Tree Analysis of Adjacent Track Accidents on Shared-Use Rail Corridors.” In: Proceedings of Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C, January 2016.

96. Bastos, J.C., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards and B.O. Andrawes. 2016. Determination of the Influences of Deteriorated Track Conditions on Gauge Widening in Concrete Sleeper Track. In: 2016 World Congress on Railway Research, Milan, Italy, June 2016.

97. Csenge, M.V., Y. Qian, M.S. Dersch and J.R. Edwards. 2016. Resilient Concrete Crosstie and Fastening System Designs for Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail Transit Infrastructure. In: 2016 World Congress on Railway Research, Milan, Italy, June 2016.

98. Ghosh, A., M.J. Greve, M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards and C.P.L. Barkan. 2016. Analyzing Rail Seat Load Distributions on Concrete Sleepers using Matrix Based Tactile Surface Sensors. In: 2016 World Congress on Railway Research, Milan, Italy, June 2016.

99. Ghosh, A., J.R. Edwards and M.S. Dersch. 2016. Effect of Design Rail Cant on Concrete Crosstie Rail Seat Pressure Distribution. In: Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 2016.

100. Greve, M.J., M.S. Dersch, J.R. Edwards, C.P.L. Barkan, J. Mediavilla and B. Wilson. 2016. Effect of particle intrusion on rail seat load distributions on heavy haul freight railroads. Online, International Journal of Rail Transportation. DOI: 10.1080/23248378.2016.1157048.

101. Lin, X., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and C.J. Ruppert, Jr. 2016. Load Quantification for Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail Transit Infrastructure. In: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Railway Research, Milan, Italy, June 2016.

102. Lovett, A.H., C.T. Dick and C.P.L. Barkan, 2016. Evaluating Track Maintenance Aggregation in Extended Work Windows on Freight Railroad Lines. Presented at the 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 2016.

103. Shih, M-C, C.T. Dick and P-Y Liao. 2016. A Decision Support Screening Tool for Infrastructure Capacity Planning on Single-track Lines. Presented at the 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 2016.

104. Tang, H., C.T. Dick, B.M. Caughron, X. Feng and C.P.L. Barkan. 2016. A model for optimal selection of projects to improve running time and operating cost efficiency on passenger rail corridors. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 2546, pp. 33-42. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2546-05

105. Van Dyk, B.J., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch, C.J. Ruppert and C.P.L. Barkan. 2016. Evaluation of dynamic and impact wheel load factors and their application in design processes. Online, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. DOI:10.1177/0954409715619454.

106. Wolf, H.E., J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch, Y. Qian and D.A. Lange. 2016. Field Measurement of Bending Moments in Prestressed Concrete Monoblock Sleepers. In: 2016 World Congress on Railway Research, Milan, Italy, June 2016.

107. Wolf, H.E., Y. Qian, J.R. Edwards, M.S. Dersch and D.A. Lange. 2016. Temperature-induced curl behavior of prestressed concrete and its effect on railroad crossties. Construction and Building Materials. 115 (2016) 319–326.

108. Zhu, Z., J.R. Edwards, Y. Qian and B.O. Andrawes. 2016. Fatigue Analysis of Rail-Head-to-Web Fillet at Bolted Rail Joint under Various Impact Wheel Load Factors and Support Configurations. In: Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 2016.

109. Zhu, K., J.R. Edwards, Y. Qian and B. Andrawes. 2016. Finite element analysis of the effects of bolt condition on bolted rail joint stresses. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2545: 36–45. DOI: 10.3141/2545-05.


2012

1. Escalona, José L., Hiroyuki Sugiyama, and Ahmed A. Shabana, “Effect of Structural Flexibility in Railroad Vehicle Systems,” Technical Report # MBS2012-4-UIC, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, December, 2012.


2013

2. Escalona, José L., Hiroyuki Sugiyama, and Ahmed A. Shabana, “Modeling of structural flexibility in multibody railroad vehicle systems,” Vehicle System Dynamics, Special Issue: State of the Art Papers of the 23rd IAVSD Symposium, pp. 1027-1058.,Vol. 51.7, 2013.

3. Shabana, Ahmed A. and James J. O’Shea, “Large Angle of Attack Wheel Climb,” Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDET/CIE 2013, (DETC2013-12382), Portland, OR, August 4-7, 2013.

4. Xu, O. Wolfson, J. Yang, L. Stenneth, P. Yu, and P. Nelson, “Real Time Street Parking Availability Estimation,” Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Milan, Italy, June 2013.

5. Varriale, Roland, Shuo Ma, and Ouri Wolfson. “VTIS: A Volunteered Travelers Information System.” Proceedings of 6th Intl Workshop on Computational Transportation Science, IWCTS 2013.

6. Ma, Shuo and Ouri Wolfson. “Analysis and Evaluation of the Slugging Form of Ridesharing.” In Proceedings of 21st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, 2013.

7. Metaxatos, P. and P.S. Sriraj. “Advancing Pedestrian Safety at Rail Grade Crossings.” 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 13-17, 2013.

8. Metaxatos, P. and P.S. Sriraj. “Pedestrian/Bicyclist Warning Devices and Signs at Highway-Rail and Pathway-Rail Grade Crossings.” Research Report FHWA-ICT-13-013. Illinois Center for Transportation, April, 2013.

9. Ai, Ning, Marcella Bondie and Anthony Grande. "Community-Specific Environmental Impact Assessment of Rail Infrastructure in Chicago," Transport Chicago Conference, Chicago, Illinois June 7, 2013.

10. Wilberding, Jane, Stephen Schlickman, Janet Smith, Tom Bothen, Yittayih Zelalem, and Jordan Snow. “Value Capture Coordination: Analysis and Best Practices,” American Public Transportation Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, September 30, 2013.

11. Ai, Ning, Anthony Grande and Marcella Bondie. "Environmental Impact Assessment Of Rail Infrastructure In Illinois," American Public Transportation Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, September 30, 2013.

12. Metaxatos. Paul, P.S. Sriraj. “Nonmotorist Safety Attitudes and Revealed Behavior at Rail Grade Crossings,” The Rail Summit: Economic Impacts of Short Lines. Chicago, IL, October 25, 2013.


2014

13. Wolfson, O., and B. Xu, “A New Paradigm for Querying Blobs in Vehicular Networks.” Computing Now. Special Issue: Multimedia Data Management in Mobile Computing, Vol. 21.1, pp. 48-58, 2014.

14. Shibli, A and Issa, M A, "Structural Adhesive Behavior Experimental and Computational Study", In proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Reliable Engineering Computing, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 251-260, May 27, 2014.

15. Padhariya, N., O. Wolfson, A. Mondal, V. Gandhi, and S. K. Madria, ”E-VeT: Economic Reward/Penalty-based System for Vehicular Traffic Management,” Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Brisbane, Australia, July, 2014.

16. Wang, L., Octavio, J.R.J., Wei, C., Shabana, A.A., "Low Order Continuum Based Liquid Sloshing Formulation for Vehicle System Dynamics", Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Buffalo, New York, August 17-20, 2014.

17. Wei, C., Wang, L., and Shabana, A.A., “Solution of MBS Liquid Sloshing Problems Using A Total Lagrangian ANCF Approach”, Technical Report # MBS2014-10-UIC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicagp, IL, July, 2014.

18. Farhat, M., Rahman, M., Ibrahim, M. and Issa, M. A.,” Design, Fabrication, Modeling and Experimental Study of a Totally Precast Concrete Counterfort Retaining Wall System for Highways,” Proceedings of the 2014 PCI convention and national bridge conference, Washington, D.C., September 8, 2014.

19. Wolfson, O., J. Lin, “A Marketplace for Spatio-temporal Resources and Truthfulness of its Users,” Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science, pp. 1-6, Dallas, TX, November, 2014.

20. Ma, S., O. Wolfson, B. Xu, “UPDetector: Sensing Parking/Unparking Activities Using Smartphones”, Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science, pp. 1-10, Dallas, TX, November, 2014.

21. Recuero, A.M., and Shabana, A.A., “A Simple Procedure for the Solution of Three-Dimensional Wheel/Rail Conformal Contact Problem”, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 9, 2014, pp. 034501-1 – 034501-6.

22. Wei, C., Wang, L., and Shabana, A.A., “A Total Lagrangian ANCF Liquid Sloshing Approach for Multibody System Applications”, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 10(5), 2015, pp. 051014-1 – 051014-10.

23. Zheng, Y., L. Capra, O. Wolfson, and H. Yang, “Introduction to the Special Section on Urban Computing,” ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. Vol. 5(3), September, 2014.

24. Zheng, Y., L. Capra, O. Wolfson, H. Yang, “Urban Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications,” ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology Vol. 5(3), September, 2014.

25. Padhariya, N., O. Wolfson, A. Mondal, V. Gandhi and S. Madria, “E-VeT: Economic Reward/Penalty-based System for Vehicular Traffic Management,” Proc. of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), pp. 99-102, July, 2014.

26. Metaxatos, P. and P.S. Sriraj “Non-motorist Safety Attitudes and Revealed Behavior at Rail Grade Crossings.” Proceedings 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 12-14, 2014.

27. Wilberding, Jane, Stephen Schlickman, Janet Smith, Tom Bothen, Yittayih Zelalem, and Jordan Snow, “Value Capture Coordination: Analysis and Best Practices.” Transport Chicago Conference. Chicago, IL, June 6, 2014.

28. McNally, Alexandra, “Intermodal Logistics Centers and Their Impact on Transportation Corridor Industrial Property Value.” Transport Chicago Conference. Chicago, IL, June 6, 2014.

29. Ai, Ning, “Sustainability Metrics and Mapping Tool for Environmental Assessment of Rail Infrastructure in Illinois.” Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) Webcast Series, University of South Florida, December 11, 2014.

30. Ai, Ning, Marcella Bondie, Anthony Grande, Shuo Ma and Shi Yin. “Environmental Assessment of Rail Infrastructure in Illinois,” Railroad Environmental Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 28-29, 2014.


2015

31. Lin, J., P. Szczurek, O. Wolfson and B. Xu, “The Observe-Driver-and-Learn Platform for Relevance Estimation in VANET Safety Warning Applications,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2015.

32. Ma, S., Y. Zheng, O.Wolfson, “Real-Time City-Scale Taxi Ridesharing”, Issue of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 27. 7, pp. 1782-1795, 2015.

33. Sistla, P., O. Wolfson, B. Xu, ”Continuous Nearest-Neighbor Queries with Location Uncertainty”, The VLDB Journal, Vol. 24. 1, pp. 25-50, 2015.

34. Zou, B., N. Kafle, O. Wolfson and J. Lin, “A Mechanism Design Based Approach to Solving Parking Slot Assignment in the Information Era,” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 81. 2, pp. 631-653, 2015.

35. Ilarri, S., O. Wolfson, T. Delot, "Collaborative Sensing for Urban Transportation," IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, special issue on "Urban Informatics", IEEE Computer Society Press, 2015.

36. Hamper, M.B., Wei, C., and Shabana, A., “Use of ANCF Surface Geometry in the Rigid Body Contact Problems: Application to Railroad Vehicle Dynamics,” ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 10, pp. 021008-1 - 021008-12, March, 2015.

37. Guo, Q., O. Wolfson, D. Ayala, "A Framework on Spatio-Temporal Resource Search,” Proc. 11th IEEE International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), August 2015.

38. Booth, J., B. DiEugenio, I. Cruz, O. Wolfson, “Robust Natural Language Processing for Urban Trip Planning”, Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI), Vol. 29(9), DOI:10.1080/08839514.2015.1082280, pp. 859-903, October 2015.

39. Zhao, G., M. Zhang, T. Li, S. Chen, O. Wolfson, N. Rishe, "Moving Video Mapper and City Recorder with Geo-Referenced Videos", Proceedings of the 16th Web Information System Engineering (WISE), Springer (LNCS), Miami FL., pp. 324-321, November 2015.

40. Guo, Q., O. Wolfson, "PRESENTs: Probabilistic REsource-SEarch NeTworks", Proc. of the 23rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), Seattle, WA, November, 2015.

41. Motamedi, M.H. and C.D. Foster “An improved implicit numerical integration of a non-associated, three- invariant cap plasticity model with mixed isotropic-kinematic hardening for geomaterials.” International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. Vol 39, 2015, 1853-1883.

42. Lotfy I, Farhat M, and Issa M A, “Effect of Pre-drilling, Loading Rate and Temperature Variation on the Behavior of Railroad Spikes used for High Density Polyethylene Crossties” Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, DOI: 0954409715620755, December 10, 2015.

43. Lotfy I, Farhat M, and Issa M A, “Temperature Effect on the performance of Glass Fiber Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Composite Railroad Crossties” Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit; In press, 0954409715583384, April 29, 2015.

44. Lotfy I, Farhat M, Issa M A, and Al-Obaidi M, “Flexural Behavior of High Density Polyethylene Railroad Crossties” Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit; March 2016; vol. 230, 3: pp. 813-824., January 12, 2015

45. Lotfy I, Farhat M, and Issa M A, “Structural Behavior of Rail Fastening System used for Recycled Plastic Composite Crossties” Paper in the proceedings of the 2015 Joint Rail and Rapid Transit, San Jose, CA, March 23-25, 2015.

46. Nour, S. and Issa, M., "Effects of Different Models on Natural Frequencies of Short Span Bridges Used in High Speed Rail," ASME Paper No. JRC2015-5772, 2015, pp. V001T01A032.

47. Metaxatos, P. and P.S. Sriraj. Pedestrian Safety at Rail Grade Crossings: Focus Areas for Research and Intervention. Urban Rail Transit 1(4), 238-248; DOI 10.1007/s40864-016-0030-4.


2016

48. O’Shea, J.J., Shabana, A.A., “Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Wheel Climb at Large Angle of Attack,” Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 83, pp. 555 – 577, 2016.

49. El-Ghandour, A.I., M.B. Hamper, and C.D. Foster. “Coupled Finite Element and Multibody Dynamics Systems Modeling of a 3D railroad system,” Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Vol. 230, pp. 283-294, No. 1, 2016.

50. Lotfy, I., and Issa M. A., “Evaluation of the longitudinal restraint, uplift resistance, and long-term performance of High Density Polyethylene crosstie rail support system using static and cyclic loading” Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit; DOI: 10.1177/0954409716647094.

51. Shibli A. and Issa M. A., “Structural Adhesive Interface Behavior: Experimental & Computational Study,” International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, under review.

52. Shibli A and Issa M A, “Structural Behavior of Adhesively Bonded High Density Polyethylene Composite Beams”, International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, under review.

53. Nour, S., and Issa, M., "High Speed Rail Short Bridge-Track-Train Interaction Based on the Decoupled Equations of Motion in the Finite Element Domain", Proceeding of the Joint and Rail Conference, JRC2016-5785, Columbia, SC, April 12-15, 2016.

54. Nour, S., and Issa, M., 2016. "High Speed Rail Short Bridge-Track-Train Interaction Based on the Decoupled Equations of Motion in the Finite Element Domain", ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, under review.

55. Joshi, C., 2016. Master’s Thesis "3D FEM and MBS coupling of railroad dynamics with vibrations of surrounding building structures," University of Illinois at Chicago.

56. Motamedi, M.H., 2016. PhD Thesis "Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behavior of Geomaterials from Strain Hardening to Localized Failure," University of Illinois at Chicago.


2013

1. Pagliara, Abreu, Stein and Sussman, “Megacities and High-Speed Rail Systems: Transportation Demand Management. Insights from the mobil. TUM 2012 International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport.”

2. Annotated Bibliography of Papers Relevant to High-Speed Rail, Regional Economic Development and Related Areas (.pdf ESD-WP-2013-23).

3. ESD-WP-2012-23 “Analysis of High-Speed Rail Implementation Alternatives in the Northeast Corridor: the Role of Institutional and Technological Flexibility,” poster presented at the Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2013. Included in TRB paper compendium

4. ESD-WP-2012-22 “Discontinuous Regions: High-Speed Rail and the Limits of Traditional Governance,” poster presented at the Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2013. Included in TRB paper compendium.

5. Clewlow, R., Sussman, J., & Balakrishnan, H. (2012). Interaction of High-Speed Rail and Aviation: Exploring Air-Rail Connectivity. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2266), 1-10.

2014

6. R. R. L. Clewlow, J. M. Sussman and H. Balakrishnan. “The Impact of High-Speed Rail and Low-Cost Carriers on European Air Passenger Traffic,” Transport Policy, Vol. 33, pp. 136-143, May 2014.

7. 2014, Jun. S. Kawakami, SM in ES. “Application of a Systems-Theoretic Approach to Risk Analysis of High-speed Rail Project Management in the US.”

8. 2014, Jun. I. Mori, Masters in TPP, “Cross-border Barriers to the Development of HSR Projects: Analysis of the Singapore- Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail Link.”

9. 2014, Jun. R. Westrom, MST. “The Agglomerative Role of Transportation Investment: A Comparative Analysis of Portuguese And American High-speed Rail Proposals.”

10. Pena-Alcaraz M., Perez-Arriaga I., Sussman J.M., (2014). Capacity Pricing Schemes to Implement Open-Access Rail in Tanzania. Network Industry Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 18-22.

11. Carlson S. Joel, Sussman J.M., (2014) Understanding Crude Oil Transport Strategies in North America (p.pdf ESD-WP-2014-03) Submitted to the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum

12. Kaewunruen, S., Sussman, J. M., Einstein, H.H., (2014). Strategic framework to achieve carbon-efficient construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure systems. Submitted to Frontiers in Environmental Sciences

13. S. Krezo, O. Mirza, Y. He•, S. Kaewunruen, J.M. Sussman (2014) Carbon Emissions Analysis of Rail Resurfacing Work: A Case Study, Practical Guideline, and Systems Thinking Approach, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, submitted to Transportation Research D: Transport and Environment)

14. Rail Infrastructure Manager Problem: Determining Capacity Pricing and Allocation in Shared Railway Systems, Pena-Alcaraz M., Webster M., Ramos A., Sussman J.M., CESUN (2014)

15. Westrom, R and J. Sussman, HSR as Transit: The continuing transportation-driven evolution of metropolitan form (.pdf ESD-WP-2014-24)


2015

16. Levy S., Pena-Alcaraz M., Prodan A., Sussman JM. Analyzing the Financial Relationship between Railway Industry Players in Shared Railway Systems: The Train Operator's Perspective, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2475, pp. 27-36

17. Pena-Alcaraz M., Sussman JM., Webster M. Analysis of Capacity Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms in Shared Railway Systems: Lessons for the Northeast Corridor. (In review, Transportation Research, Part A, Policy and Practice)

18. Peña-Alcaraz, M. (2015). Analysis of Capacity Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms for Shared Railway Systems, Dissertation, Ph.D. Engineering Systems

19. Ogunbekun, T. (2015). The Impact of Amtrak Performance in the Northeast Corridor (Master of Engineering in Transportation)

20. Agosta, B. (2015). Development of a methodology for evaluating investments in infrastructure for the sustainable exploitation of shale energy in Argentina. (Master of Science in Transportation)

21. Levy, S. (2015). Capacity Challenges on the California High-Speed Rail Shared Corridors: How Local Decisions have Statewide Impacts. (Master of Science in Transportation).


2016

23. Heywood, R and J. Sussman, “Regional Governance and Hub Stations: The Impact of Development and Transport Connections,” ASCE 2016 International Conference on Transportation and Development, Houston, TX, June 2016.

24. Westrom, R and J. Sussman, “HSR as Transit: The continuing transportation-driven evolution of metropolitan form,” Submitted to the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.

25. Levy and Sussman, “Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation of the Future California Rail Network,” ESD Working Paper.

26. Agosta, Carlson and Sussman, 2014. “Energy Resource Transportation Governance: Case Studies of The Alberta Oil Sands and The Argentinian Vaca Muerta Shale Oil Fields,” ESD Working Paper, September 2015.

27. Masdar Institute of Science and Technology: Project on HSR in Abu Dhabi, progress reports.

28. Levy, Sam, A. Awadagin Faulkner and Joseph Sussman. Best of the Best: Raising the Bar on Intercity Passenger Rail Performance. TRB 95th Annual Meeting in Washington DC January 11, 2016.

29. Moody, Joanna, Gabriel Goblet-Langlois, Lauren Alexander, Jonathan Campbell and Jinhua Zhao. Travel Behavior Across Modes. TRB 95th Annual Meeting in Washington DC, January 12, 2016.

30. Levy and Sussman, Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation of the Future California Rail Network (http://trrjournalonline.trb.org/doi/abs/10.3141/2546-09)

31. Sridhar and Sussman, first year program report on Transportation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi: A Systems Approach.

32. Pena Alcaraz, Webster and Sussman, Analysis of Capacity Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms in Shared Railway Systems: Lessons for the Northeast Corridor (.pdf ESDWP-2015-04)

33. Completed theses in June 2016:
  • Ryota Yasutomi, M.S. Transportation, "An Examination on Viable Pricing Strategies for the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev in Japan".
  • Rebecca Heywood, M.S. Transportation and Masters of City Planning, "Multiscale Regional Transportation Governance: Evaluating Cooperation and Decision making at New York Penn Station".
 • Patton Doyle, M.S. Transportation, "Multicriteria Multistakeholder Decision Analysis: Applications to Transportation Planning".
 • Tatsuya Doi, M.S. Engineering Systems, "Interaction of Lifecycle Properties in High Speed Rail System Operations".
 • Joanna Moody, M.S. Transportation, "Development of a Predictive Coalition Building Analysis for Stakeholders of Sociotechnical Systems".


2013

1. Paper in Publication for the Transportation Research Record (TRR): Meeting the Needs – What does the Railroad Industry Need and Expect from Higher Education? Pasi T. Lautala, Ph.D., P.E.

2. Evaluating the Results and Features of Two Capacity Simulation Tools on the Shared-use Corridors. Pasi Lautala, PhD, P.E. and Hamed Pouryousef. Proceedings of 2013 Joint Rail Conference (JRC).

3. Railway Engineering Education Symposium (REES) - Universities and Industry Collaborate to Develop Railway Education, Pasi Lautala, David Clarke, Tyler Dick and Jim McKinney, Proceedings of the 2013 Joint Rail Conference (JRC).

4. Creating Scanning Pattern Maps of Driver Fixations During Hazards, Alexander Hardy, Proceedings of the 2013 Joint Rail Conference (JRC).

5. Identifying and Meeting Challenges to Securing and Educating the Next Generation of Rail Industry Workforce in the U.S., Pasi Lautala and Peter Haas (Mineta Transportation Institute), Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress in Railway Training, St. Polten, Austria, April, 2013.


2014

6. Pouryousef, H., Lautala, P.T., Evaluating Two Capacity Simulation Tools on Shared-use U.S. Rail Corridor, Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Academies, January 12-16, 2014.

7. Karl Warsinski, Pasi Lautala, and Paul Sanders (paper is accepted), “Austempered Ductile Iron Performance at Rail Wheel Applications”, for the Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/ASME Joint Rail Conference to be held in Colorado Springs, CO, April 2-4, 2014.

8. Hardy, A., Hill, J., Jeon, M., & Lautala, P. (2014). Driver response to various railroad grade crossings and hazard detection, Proceedings of the 2014 Global level crossing safety and trespass prevention symposium (GLXS-2014), IL, August 3-6.

9. Fakhr Hosseini, S. M., Hardy, A., Jeon, M., & Lautala, P. (2014). Driver behaviors with various visual warnings at the railroad grade crossings. Proceedings of the Upper Peninsula Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference (UPISRC-2014), p.8, MI: Houghton.

10. Croschere, J., Landry, S. G., Perelman, B., Jeon, M., & Lautala, P. (2014). Sonic in-vehicle auditory warnings for grade crossings interactions at immersive virtual environment. Proceedings of the Upper Peninsula Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference (UPISRC-2014), p.4, MI: Houghton.

11. “Finding Sand with Sound”, Michigan Technological University Students Create new device with tubing and teamwork, special technology article in the June, 2014 edition of Trains Magazine

12. Lautala, P., Graman, G., Pentti, F., Nelson, D., Rasul, I., Tafesse, A., Pengelly, S., Kalluri, S., Rural Freight Rail and Multimodal Transportation Improvements – the Upper Peninsula of Michigan , July 18, 2014, Prepared for Michigan Department of Transportation, Contract 2010-0295.

13. Vitton, S., Brietenbucher, K., Assessment of Aggregate Sources in Michigan for High Speed Rail Ballast, July 2014, Prepared for Michigan Department of Transportation, Contract 2010-0295.

14. Livingston Daily Press, December 11, 2014. “Teen Gets a Look at Railroad Life”

15. Progressive Railroading, September 2014. “Colleges, universities develop courses, degree programs for rail-minded engineering students”

16. Trains Magazine, November 2014. “Training the Next Generation”

17. Trains Magazine, December 2014. “Nuts, Trains and Drones”


2015

18. “System to Measure Effectiveness of Rail Shunt”, Electrical Engineering Senior Design project (five students)

19. “Wayne Industries Site Expansion Plan”, Civil and Environmental Engineering senior design project (twelve students)

20. FakhrHosseini, S. M., Jeon, M., Lautala, P., & Nelson, D. (2015). An investigation on driver behaviors and eye-movement patterns at grade crossings. Proceedings of the Joint Rail Conference (JRC2015), San Jose, CA.

21. Landry, S., Croschere, J., & Jeon, M. (2015). Subjective assessment of in-vehicle auditory warnings for rail grade crossings. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2015), Graz, Austria.

22. Addison, P., Oommen T., and Lautala P. (2015). A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition. 2015 Joint Rail Conference March 23-26, 2015. San Jose, California.

23. Hanieh Deilamsalehy presented paper at JRC 2015, Hanieh Deilamsalehy, Timothy C. Havens, Pasi Lautala, "Automatic Method for Detecting and Categorizing Train Car Wheel and Bearing Defects”, JRC 2015, San Jose, CA.

24. Harris, D.K., Civitillo, J., and Gheitasi, A. (2015-accepted) – “Performance and Behavior of Hybrid Composite Beam Bridge in Virginia - Live Load Testing.” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering.

25. Addison, P., Baeckeroot, J., Oommen T., Lautala P. (2015). Rail embankment investigation using remote sensing and Track Geometry Data for a Permafrost region. NURail Annual Meeting June 3-4, 2015, Chicago, Illinois.

26. Final design reports for the undergraduate student project: “Preliminary Design Saginaw Rail Yard Site Improvements”, Civil and Environmental Engineering senior design project, fall semester (sixteen students)

27. Kalluri, S., Lautala, P.; Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Road and Multimodal Transportation Options – A Case Study of Copperwood Project; Proceedings of the TRB 2015, Washington-DC, January 2016

28. Addison, P., Baeckerfoot, J., Oommen T., Lautala P., Koff K., and Vallos Z. (2015) Rail embankment investigation using remote sensing for a permafrost region, ASCE International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. pp. 90-101 doi: 10.1061/9780784479315.009.Salt Lake City, UT, July 19-22, 2015 Received the best student paper award

29. Lautala, P., Dick, T., Rizos, D., Clarke, D., Toward Next Generation of Railroad Professionals – Collaboration by NURail and Rail Industry, Railway Interchange, Minneapolis, MN, October 4-7, 2015

30. Pouryousef, H, Lautala, P., Investigating the Trade-off between Level of Service and Capacity Parameters in Train Scheduling, INFORMS 2015 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 2015

31. Warsinski, K., Sanders, P. Characterization of ADI Response at Elevated Temperatures, Materials Science & Technology 2015, Columbus, OH, October 4-8, 2015.

32. Addison, P., Oommen T., and Lautala P. (2015) Characterizing the vulnerable sections along a railway corridor underlain by permafrost using remote sensing 58th Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, Pittsburgh, PA Sep 19-26, 2015.

33. Lautala, P., Haas, P., Velat, J., HIGH SPEED RAIL LEARNING SYSTEM (HSRLS) – Taking Advantage of Online Technologies in Railway Education, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology · vol. 4 · no. 2· 2015 – pages 179 – 196, July, 2015

34. Pouryousef, H, Lautala, P., White, T.; Railroad Capacity Tools and Methodologies in the U.S. and Europe; Journal of Modern Transportation, (2015) 23(1):30–42

35. Dr. Lautala quoted by Detroit Free Press, “Michigan might create logistics district in Detroit” (September, 2015)


2016

36. Addison, P., Lautala P., Oommen T., Vallos, Z., Embankment Stabilization Techniques for Railroads on Permafrost, ASME/ASCE/IEEE 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 12-15, 2016

37. Deilamsalehy, H. Havens, T., Lautala P., Detection of Sliding Wheels and Hot Bearings Using Wayside Thermal Cameras, ASME/ASCE/IEEE 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 12-15, 2016

38. Deilamsalehy, H. Havens, T., Lautala P., Medici, E., Davis, J., An Automatic Method for Detecting Train Car Wheel Flat Spots and Hot Bearings Using Thermal Imagery, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (2016) DOI: 10.1177/0954409716638703.

39. Kalluri, S., Lautala, P.; Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Road and Multimodal Transportation Options – A Case Study of Copperwood Project; Proceedings of the TRB 2016 Annual Meeting, Washington-DC, Jan. 2016

40. Kalluri, S., Lautala, P., Handler, R., Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Road and Multimodal Transportation Options – A Case Study Of Copperwood Mine, ASME/ASCE/IEEE 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 12-15, 2016

41. Landry, S., Jeon, M., Lautala P., Nelson, D., Getting Active with Passive Crossings: Investigating the Use of In-Vehicle Auditory Alerts for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing, ASME/ASCE/IEEE 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Columbia, SC, April 12-15, 2016

42. Pouryousef, H., Lautala, P., Hybrid Optimization of Train Schedules (HOTS) for Stop Pattern and Dwell Time Analysis, 11th World Congress in Railway Research, Milan, Italy, May 29 – June 2, 2016.

43. Pouryousef, H., Lautala P., Watkins, D., Development of hybrid optimization of train schedules model for N-track rail corridors, Transportation Research Part C. (2016) 67:169-192, doi:10.1016/j.trc.2016.02.008.

44. Final design reports for the undergraduate student projects:
 • “Saginaw Rail Yard Improvements”, Civil and Environmental Engineering senior design project, spring semester (fifteen students in three teams)
 • Canadian National Railway Cold Weather Defect Detection
 • Railroad Car Wheel Contaminant Detection


2013

1. Rose, Jerry G., “Highway-Railway At-Grade Crossing Rehabilitation Practices to Enhance Long-Term Performances: Criteria and Evaluations”, National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference, Fort Worth, November 3-6, 2013.

2. Souleyrette, R., “NHI Highway Rail Grade Crossing Improvement Program,” Short Course, St. Louis, MO, September 10-11, 2013.

3. Brock, T. and R. Souleyrette. “An Overview of U.S. Commuter Rail.” Kentucky Transportation Center and NURail.” Report No. KTC-13-18/NURail2012-UKY-R02. University of Kentucky, Lexington KY. May 2013. 74 pp.

4. Rose, J.G., “Selected In-Track Applications and Performances of Hot-Mix Asphalt Trackbeds”, 2013 Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 2013, 10 pages.


2014

5. Rose, J. and R. Souleyrette, “Hot-Mix Asphalt (Bituminous) Railway Trackbeds: In-Track Tests, Evaluations, and Performances -- A Global Perspective: Part I -- Introduction to Asphalt Trackbeds and International Applications and Practices,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructures - ICTI 2014, Pisa, Italy, April 22-25, 2014.

6. Rose, J. and R. Souleyrette, “Hot-Mix Asphalt (Bituminous) Railway Trackbeds: In-Track Tests, Evaluations, and Performances -- A Global Perspective: Part II -- United States Asphalt Trackbed Applications and Practices,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructures - ICTI 2014, Pisa, Italy, April 22-25, 2014.

7. Rose, J. and R. Souleyrette, “Hot-Mix Asphalt (Bituminous) Railway Trackbeds: In-Track Tests, Evaluations, and Performances -- A Global Perspective: Part III -- U.S. Asphalt Trackbed Materials Evaluations and Tests,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructures - ICTI 2014, Pisa, Italy, April 22-25, 2014.

8. Rose, J. S. Liu, and R. Souleyrette, “Kentrack 4.0: A Railway Trackbed Structural Design Program,” Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April 2-4, 2014.

9. Rose, J. B. Malloy, B. and R. Souleyrette, “Rehabilitation, Assessment and Management Practices to Ensure Long-Life, High Performance Highway-Railway At-Grade Crossings,” Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April 2-4, 2014.

10. Wang, T., R. Souleyrette, D. Lau and P. Xu, “Rail Highway Grade Crossing Roughness Quantitative Measurement Using 3D Technology,” Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April 2-4, 2014.

11. McHenry, M., R. Souleyrette, P. Xu, J. Rose, and T. Greenwell, “Developing a Calibration Method for Tactile Pressure Sensors Applied to Non-Uniform, Rough Contact Surfaces: A Case Study at the Ballast-Tie Interface of Railroad Track,” Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of TRB, Washington, DC, January 2014.

12. Liu, S., R. Souleyrette and J. Rose, “Kentrack 4.0: A Revised Railway Structural Design Program,” Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of TRB, Washington, DC, Jan. 2014.

13. “Intermodal Freight Network Model of Coal Diversions from Lock Closures” a white paper prepared by Ben Blandford was submitted to UIUC (Tim Gress) on July 2, 2014.

14. Wang, T, R. Souleyrette, A. Aboubakr and E. Randerson, “Quantifying Grade Crossing Condition as an Input to Modeling Safety,” Proceedings of the 2014 Global Level Crossing Safety & Trespass Prevention Symposium, Urbana, IL, August 3 - 8, 2014.

15. Rose, Jerry G. and Brett R. Malloy, “Effect of Enhanced Trackbed Support on Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Performance,” Kentucky Transportation Center Report No. KTC-14-19/SPR452-13-1F. December 2014 180pp.

16. Malloy, Brett R., and Jerry G. Rose, “Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Surface Management: An Overview,” Kentucky Transportation Center Report No. KTC-14-19/SPR452-13-2F. December 2014. 62pp.

17. Malloy, Brett R., Jerry G. Rose, and Macy L. Purcell, “Recommendations for KYTC’s Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Management Practices,” Kentucky Transportation Center Report No. KTC-14-19/SPR452-13-3F. December 2014. 30pp.

18. Malloy, Brett R., Macy L. Purcell and Jerry G. Rose, “Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Surface Rehabilitation Manual: Recommendations and Guides,” Kentucky Transportation Center Report No. KTC-14-19/SPR452-13-4F. December 2014. 60pp.


2015

19. Stark, T.D., Wilk, S.T., Rose, J.G. and M. Purcell “Monitoring and Repair of Bridge Transitions” 2015 Joint Rail Conference, March 2015, San Jose, CA

20. Rose, J.G., Stark, T.D., Wilk, S.T., and M. Purcell “Design and Monitoring of Well-Performing Bridge Transitions” 2015 Joint Rail Conference, March 2015, San Jose, CA

21. Wang, T., R.R. Souleyrette, D. Lau, A. Aboubakr and E. Randerson. “A Dynamic Model for Quantifying Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Roughness." Journal of Transportation Safety and Security. Online. DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2015.1048016, 05 November 2015.

22. McHenry, M., M. Brown, J. LoPresti, J. Rose, and R. Souleyrette, “The Use of Matrix Based Tactile Surface Sensors to Assess the Fine Scale Ballast-Tie Interface Pressure Distribution in Railroad Track,” Transportation Research RECORD, Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 2476, 2015, pp. 23-31.

23. Xu, P., Q. Sun, R. Liu, R. Souleyrette, and Y. Tang, “A Model for Automating Linear Milepoint Referencing for Subway Geometry Cars", Accepted for publication in the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.

24. Rose, J., L. Saladin, and R. Souleyrette, “Systematic Life-Cycle Analysis and Performance of Enhanced Trackbed Support,” USDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Center Final Report, NURail Project No. NURail2013-UKY-R04. 2015. 350 pp.

25. Blandford, B. and R. Souleyrette, “Impact of lock and dam closures on rail system,” SDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Center Final Report, NURail Project No. NURail2012-UKY-R01. 2015. 13 pp.

26. Souleyrette, R. and T. Wang, “3D Methodology for Evaluating Rail Crossing Roughness,” USDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Center Final Report, NURail Project Nos. NURail2012-UKY-R03 and NURail2013-UKY-R06. 2015. 27 pp.

27. Rose, J., R. Souleyrette, M. McHenry, T. Greenwell, P. Xu, M. Brown and J. LoPresti, “Tie-Ballast Interaction,” SDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Center Final Report, NURail Project Nos. NURail2013-UKY-R05 and NURail2013-UKY-R07. 2015. 163 pp.

28. Wang, T., R.R. Souleyrette, D. Lau, A. Aboubakr and E Randerson. Quantifying Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Roughness: Accelerations and Dynamic Modeling. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of TRB, Washington, DC, January 2015. 11 pages.

29. Rose, J. and R. Souleyrette, “Asphalt Railway Trackbeds: Recent Designs, Applications and Performances”, Proceedings of the Annual AREMA Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2015, 18 pages.

30. Stark, TD, Wilk, ST, Rose, JG, Moorhead, W., “Effect of Hand Tamping on Transition Trackbed Behavior, Proceedings of the Annual AREMA Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2015, 10 pages.

31. Wilk, ST, Stark, TD, Rose, JG, “Evaluating Tie Support at Railway Bridge Transitions”, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, June 2015, 15 pages.


2016

32. Malloy, B., J. Rose, and R. Souleyrette, “Rehabilitation of Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossings: Recommendations and Guides,” Transportation Research Record (TRR), Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 2545, 2016, pp. 100-114.

33. Rose, JG, Malloy, BR, Souleyrette, RR, “Effect of Enhanced Trackbed Support on Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Performance”, Paper TRB 16-2703 Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2016, 18 pages.

34. Wilk, ST, Stark, TD, Rose, J, “Non-Invasive Techniques for Measuring Vertical Transient Track Displacements”, Paper TRB 16-3636, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2016, 18 pages.

35. Stark, TD, Wilk, ST, Rose, JG, “Design and Performance of Well-Performing Railway Transitions, Paper TRB 16-5926, Transportation Research RECORD, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2016, 17 pages.

36. Rose, JG, Purcell, ML, Liu, Qinglie, “Suitability of Earth and Granular Materials Pressure Cells for Measuring Railway Trackbed Tie/Ballast Interfacial Pressures”, Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Rail Conference, Paper JRC 2016-5735, Columbia, SC, April 2016, 8 pages.

37. Rose, JG, Stark, TD, Wilk, ST, Purcell, ML, “Monitoring of Well-Performing Bridge Transitions Trackbeds Using Accelerometers”, NURail Report 2015-UKY-R09 (1), February 2016, 25 pages.

38. Wilk, ST, Stark, TD, Rose, JG, “Evaluating the Effects of Variable Tie Support at Railway Bridge Transitions”, NURail Report 2015-UKY-R09 (2), February 2016, 32 pages.

39. Stark, TD, Wilk, ST, Rose, JG, Moorhead, W., “Bridge Transition Trackbed Behavior Modifications Using Hand Tamping Techniques”, NURail Report 2016-UKY-R11 (1), March 2016, 22 pages.

40. Stark, TD, Wilk, ST, Rose, JG, “Well-Performing Railway Bridge Transitions – Design and Performance”, NURail Report 2016-UKY-R11 (2), March 2016, 26 pages.

41. Wilk, ST, Stark, TD, Rose, JG, “Vertical Transient Track Displacement Measurements Using non-Invasive Techniques”, NURail Report 2016-UKY-R11 (3), March 2016, 25 pages.

42. Blandford, Ben, T. Brock and R. Souleyrette, 2016. “Multi-Scalar Analysis of Transit Oriented Development for New Start Commuter Rail.” Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, Jan. 2016, 14 pages.

43. Liu, Q., T. Wang and R. Souleyrette, “A 3D Evaluation Method for Rail-Highway Hump Crossings,” Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. In Press.


2013

1. Jing, Yuan, “Lateral Impact of Railroad Bridges with Hybrid Composite Beams,” 2013 Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 16, 2013.

2. Shu, Xiang, “Emulsified asphalt cement mortar for ballastless high speed rail slab cushion materials,” 2013 Joint Rail Conference, Knoxville, TN, April 16, 2013.

3. Lautala, Pasi T., Clarke, D.B., Dick, C.T., and McKinney, J.A., “Railway Engineering Education Symposium (REES) – Universities and Industry Collaborate to Develop Railway Education,” Proceedings-2013 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013.

4. Zheng, Jinzi and Clarke, D.B., “Analysis and Evaluation of Hazardous Material Transportation by Railroad,” Proceedings-2013 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013.

5. Khaled, Abdullah A., Jin, Mingzhou, Clarke, D.B., and Hoque, M.A., “Determination of Criticality of Freight Railroad Infrastructure Based on Flow Optimization under Heavy Congestion”, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2013.

6. M. Jin, H. Li, and R. Song, “Formulation and Solution Approach of Railcar Classification and Connection in Hump Yards,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

7. Al-Khaled, M. Jin, and X. Li, “Evaluating Criticality of Intermodal Network Infrastructures Using Flow Optimization,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, and October 2013.


2014

8. Yuan Jing, Z. John Ma, Richard M. Bennett, and David B. Clarke, “Lateral Impact of Railroad Bridges with Hybrid Composite Beams: finite element modeling and preliminary dynamic behavior study of HCB”, 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April 4, 2014.

9. Hua Liu and David B. Clarke, “Analysis of rolling stock leasing market potential in China”, 2014 Joint Rail Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April 4, 2014.

10. Ma, Z. J. “Assessment of Existing Railroad Bridges to Accommodate a Higher Speed Considering Chinese Practices,” Joint Rail Conference 2014, Colorado Springs, April 4, 2014.

11. H. Li, R. Song, M. Jin, and S. He, “Dynamic Railcar Connection Plan in a Classification Yard,” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2014.

12. H. Li and M. Jin, “Classification Track Assignment in Railway Hump Yards,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014.

13. X. Zhu, A. Garcia-Diaz, M. Jin, and Y. Zhang, “Vehicle Fuel Consumption Minimization in Routing Over-Dimensioned and Overweight Trucks in Capacitated Transportation Networks,” The Journal of Cleaner Production, 85, 331-336, 2014.


2015

14. Jing, Y., Ma, Z. J., Bennett, R. M., and Clarke, D. B., “Full-Scale Lateral Impact Testing of Prestressed Concrete Beam”, 2016 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Convention and National Bridge Conference (2016 PCI/NBC).

15. Lautala, P.T., Dick, C.T., Rizos, D., and Clarke, D.B., “Toward Next Generation of Railroad Professionals –Collaboration by NURail and Rail Industry”, 2015 Annual Conference, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, October 7, 2015.

16. Huang, B., Rutherford, T., Wang, Z., Shu, X., Clarke, D.B, “Laboratory Investigation into Mechanical Properties of Cement Emulsified Asphalt Mortar”, Construction & Building Materials, 75 (2015) 25–30.

17. Liu, J., A. Khattak, S. Richards, & S. Nambisan, “What are the differences in driver injury outcomes at highway-rail grade crossings? Untangling the role of pre-crash behaviors”, Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 85, December 2015, pp. 157–169.

18. Liu, J., A. Khattak & S. Richards. “What Are the Consequences of Drivers Trespassing Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Equipped with Gates? A Spatial Approach Integrated with Path Analysis”, 2015 Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Orlando, FL, 2015.

19. Zhang, M., A. Khattak, J. Liu & D. Clarke, “The Role of Rail-Trespassing Crashes at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings and Non-crossing Tracks? A Comparative Study on Injury Severity”, 2015 Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Orlando, FL, 2015.

20. Jing, Y., Mitchell, C., Ma, J., Bennett, R. M., and Clarke, D. B., “Lateral Impact of Railroad Bridges: Impact Testing Setup and Data Acquisition”, paper number JRC2015-5706, Proceedings-2015 Joint Rail Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015.

21. H. Li, M. Jin, and S. He, “Sequencing and Scheduling in Railway Classification Yards,” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2015.

22. A.A. Khaled, M. Jin, D. Clarke, and M.A. Hoque, “Train Design and Routing Optimization for Evaluating Criticality of Freight Railroad Infrastructures,” Transportation Research B, 71 (1) 71-84, 2015.


2016

23. Wang X., A. Khattak, J. Liu, & D. Clarke, “Non-crossing rail-trespassing crashes in the past decade: a spatial approach to analysis of injury severity”, Safety Science, Volume 82, February 2016, Pages 44–55.

24. Liu, J., X. Wang, A. Khattak, J. Cui, J. Ma & J. Hu. “How does Big Data Serve for Freight Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings? A Spatial Approach Fused with Path Analysis”, Forthcoming in Neurocomputing, 2016.


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