William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar

Friday, February 6, 2026

  • Graphic for the William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar with speaker information for Fernando Moreu from the University of New Mexico

    Hay Seminar: Smart Management of Railroads using Human-Machine Interfaces

    12:15 - 1:15 pm
    Nathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

    Railroads, researchers, government laboratories, and industry leaders are using sensors, field deployments, algorithms, and signal processing to assist and prioritize decisions associated with operations. Railroad field inspections and data collection in real-time can assist to save costs, increase safety, and to inform decision prioritization. A new framework of decisions

Friday, February 20, 2026

  • Graphic for the William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar with speaker information for Kevin Oldknow from Simon Fraser University.

    Hay Seminar: Contact Matters: Wheel-Rail Interface Fundamentals and Frontiers

    12:15 - 1:15 pm
    Nathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

    Railway vehicles and tracks are complex, sophisticated, and highly nonlinear systems. There is one, singular location where these dynamic systems meet & interact: the wheel-rail interface. The contact pressures and subsurface stresses generated in wheel-rail contact far exceed those seen in many engineering applications, as does the range of environmental conditions