28th ANNUAL WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION CONFERENCE

2023 Heavy Haul Sessions Speakers

Abstracts and Biographies
Chris Lidberg
Chris Lidberg

Loram Maintenance of Way

Quantifying Rail Life Extension with Infinite Pattern Control
Brad Kerchof
Brad Kerchof

Norfolk Southern (Retired)

Jonathan Sunde
Jonathan Sunde

Strato Inc.

High-Energy Forces within a Train Consist/Analysis of a High-In-Train-Forces Derailment
Mark Montoya
Mark Montoya

Union Pacific

Blake Smith
Blake Smith

Union Pacific.

Track Alignment & Rate of Change
Charity Duran
Charity Duran

BNSF

Track Geometry Measurement
Enrico Betterle

Mermec

Dynamic Wheelset Monitoring
Erik Frohberg
Erik Frohberg

BNSF

Track Support: Resilient Materials – Applied Research and Experience
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker

Federal Railroad Administration

Matt Dick
Matt Dick

AREMA, Committee 2

Automated Track Geometry Inspection: Where We Are on the Regulatory Front, and the Current State of the Art
Yuqing Zeng
Yuqing Zeng

MxV Rail

Wayside W/R force measurement and new WILD verification
Antonio Merheb
Antonio Merheb

MRS, Brazil

Addressing Wheel/Rail Interaction in Heavy Haul Operations
Eric Magel
Eric Magel

ENSCO-TTC

Managing Rolling Contact Fatigue
Yuliang Zhou
Yuliang Zhou

Graduate Research Assistant

Fabian Hansmann
Fabian Hansmann

Plasser & Theur

Smart Rock meets Smart Tamper
Dominick Pagano
Dominick Pagano,

DPR Ultrasonic Technologies, LLC.

Forensic Analysis of RCF defects