The Rail Transportation minor combines specific and multi-disciplinary class requirements. Take courses geared toward the rail industry and engineering. Also learn logistics, management, leadership, ...
Located on the first floor of the Newmark Civil Engineering Lab in Urbana is an administrative office for a program that ensures the safety and efficiency of railways across the United States. “We’ve ...
Penn State Altoona rail trans­portation engineering professor Shihui Shen was conferred one of Penn State’s 10 dis­­­­ting­uished professors this year. Courtesy photo Penn State Altoona rail ...
Rail Transportation Engineering instructor Bryan Schlake (right) reviews the controls in the cab of Penn State Altoona’s EMD SD60I locomotive with senior Bryson Edwards. Mirror photo by Patrick ...
The longest-running tradition of the Rail Transportation Program (RTP), Railroad Night is the cornerstone of the RTP’s commitment to bring together interested students, industry, and faculty at ...
A research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found a way to stop concrete rail ties from cracking under heavy train traffic. Led by civil and environmental engineering professor ...
A national team led by two Penn State Altoona faculty members will establish the Rail Center for Research Enhancing Short-line Transportation (Rail CREST) through a $6.87 million grant from the ...
UIUC was the selected institution for the FY 2022-23 Rail Research and Development Center of Excellence program, FRA said, and is now leading the center, which comprises a consortium of nine partner ...
In the complicated and fascinating world of global railway system engineering, discerning buyers are increasingly looking for companies and solutions that deliver what their operation needs. This ...
Transport engineering is an interdisciplinary field that advances the safe, efficient and sustainable movement of people and goods via the planning, design, construction and up‐keeping of vast ...
In the first part of this blog, we had a look at how energy-efficient high-power modules contribute to the decarbonization of railway transportation. This part will focus on the future of traction: ...