29th ANNUAL WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION CONFERENCE

2021 Rail Transit Sessions Speakers

Abstracts and Biographies
Greg Shivy

Bay Area Rapid Transit District

Making the Best of it: Maintenance Productivity During the Pandemic
Wesley Thomas

Sentient Science

Utilizing Software to Accelerate the Adoption of Preventive Maintenance at NYCT
Mark Reimer
Mark Reimer

Advanced Rail Management

Improving Rail Grinding Specifications and QA/QC Procedures for Transit
Russell Walker

Transportation Technology Center Inc.

Yuqing Zeng

Transportation Technology Center Inc.

Enhancing Instrumented Wheelset Data To Better Predict Derailment Risk
 
 

Special Focus:

Addressing Wheel/Rail-Generated Noise and Vibration in Rail Transit

Session Chair and Moderator: Briony Croft, Principal Acoustical Consultant, SLR Consulting (Canada)

Briony Croft
Briony Croft

Acoustic Consultant

Rail Damper Trials – Noise Reduction Outcomes from Ottawa and Vancouver
Peeter Vesik
Peeter Vesik

British Columbia Rapid Transit

Characterizing the Effect of Rail Hardness on Corrugation Formation, Grinding Cycles, and Noise
Karoline Alten
Karoline Alten

Transportation Infrastructure Technologies at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Vibro-Acoustic Inspection of Vienna‘s Tram Network
Rashid Dorj
Rashid Dorj

City of Ottawa

Effects of a Conformal Frog Retrofit on Wayside Noise and Vibration on the Ottawa Trillium Line
Shankar Rajaram
Shankar Rajaram

Sound Transit

Controlling Grinding-Induced Corrugation to Maintain Lower Wayside Train Noise Levels