7:00 – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Keynote and Opening Presentation
David Connell, Union Pacific Railroad (retired) – Moderator
8:00 AM
Welcome / Introduction, Edward D. Sparks II, CSX Transportation and AREMA President
8:10 AM
Keynote Speaker, Keith Creel, President & CEO, Canadian Pacific Railway
8:30 AM
Life Cycle Considerations, Peter Veit, PhD., Graz University of Technology
9:00 AM
On the Importance of Railway Track Drainage, James P. Hyslip, PhD., PE, HyGround/Loram
9:30 AM
Ballast and Subgrade Studies by Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), DingQing Li, TTCI
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Ballast and Roadbed Management
Shawn K. Vecellio, Kansas City Southern Railway - Moderator
10:30 AM
Ballast Behavior & Enhancement, Erol Tutumluer, PhD., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
11:00 AM
Ballast Undercutting at Amtrak: Inspection Technologies & Information Management, Amanda Kessler, PE and Evan Whatley, EIT, Amtrak
11:30 AM
Track Substructure Management – Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Track Substructure Investigation, David E. Staplin, PE, HNTB Corporation and Steven M. Chrismer, PhD., PE, Amtrak
12:00 PM
Subgrade Maintenance Management, Rudolf Schilder, Dipl. Ing., Dr.techn., ARTS Schilder & Partner GmbH
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
Research and Development
Theodore R. Sussmann, Jr., PhD, U.S. Department of Transportation – Moderator
1:30 PM
Linking Ballast Research to Practice, Theodore R. Sussmann, Jr., PhD, U.S. Department of Transportation
1:45 PM
Penn State Altoona RTE Research, Hai Huang, PhD, PE, Penn State University, Altoona
2:00 PM
Ballast Behavior and the Probabilistic Analysis of Ballast Life, Carlton Ho, PhD, PE, University of Massachusetts
2:15 PM
In-Track Timber Crosstie-Ballast Interfacial Pressure Measurements for Revenue Freight Trains and DOTX 218/219 Test Train Operating Conditions, Jerry G. Rose, PhD, PE, University of Kentucky
2:30 PM
Triaxial Testing of the Shear Strength Behavior of Degraded Ballast, Yu Qian, PhD, University of South Carolina
2:45 PM
R&D Panel Discussion, All of the Above including Michael T. Hendry. PhD, University of Alberta and Erol Tutumluer, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3:15 – 3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Effects on Other Components
Rainer Wenty, Ing., Senior Track Technology Advisor - Moderator
3:30 PM
Ballast and Track Lateral Stability, Andrew Kish, PhD. Kandrew Inc. Consulting Services
4:00 PM
Railroad Ballast - More Than “Just” A Stone, Fabian Hansmann, PhD., Plasser American
4:30 PM
Ballast and Transitions ‘’The Bump at the End of the Bridge,’’, James McLeod, PE, CN and Mario Ruel, PE, ME, Mario Ruel Consulant
5:00 PM
The Influence of Ballast Support Condition and Moisture on Concrete Crosstie Performance, J. Riley Edwards, PhD, PE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5:30 PM
Day 1 Closing, Darrell D. Cantrell, Cantrell Rail Services, Inc.