Review of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Research and Development Program (2020)

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99 Appendix B Committee for a Review of the Federal Railroad Administration’s R&D Program Study Participants May 14–15, 2019 Keck Building Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) Presenters: • Maryam Allahyar, Director, RD&T • Sam Alibrahim, Chief, Train Control and Communications Division • Starr Kidda, Chief, Human Factors Division • Gary Carr, Chief, Track and Structures Division October 17, 2019 Teleconference Human Factors Participants: • Tim Tenne, Senior Director, Compliance, Certification and Quality Assurance, Amtrak • Lawrence Fleischer, Director, Ergonomics and Safety, BNSF Rail- way Company (BNSF) • Aaron Ratledge, General Director, Operating Practices, Safety and Technical Training, BNSF • Jason Myers, Manager, Operating Rules, Norfolk Southern • Kirk Gill, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Canadian National Railway (CN)

100 REVIEW OF FRA’S R&D PROGRAM • Tom Meierhoff, Director, Rules and Training, Iowa Interstate Railroad • Carl Belke, Executive Consultant, D&H Rail Consulting LLC (re- tired Vice President, Western New York and Pennsylvania RR) • Eric Holton, Human Factors Engineer, Compliance & Environmen- tal, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. • Ken Glover, Senior Vice President, Safety, Compliance & Environ- mental, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. • Ron Hynes, Assistant Vice President, Technical Services, Associa- tion of American Railroads (AAR) • Jeff Moller, Assistant Vice President, Transportation Systems & Practices, AAR • Justin Vonashek, Safety Chief, Metro-North • Lisa Staes, Director, Transit Safety and Workforce Development Programs, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida • Joshua McCormack, Manager, Safety Management Systems, Mary- land Department of Transportation • Alex Lang, Vice President, Equipment and Technology, Carload Express, Inc. Rolling Stock Participants: • Darrell Iler, Senior Engineer Mechanical—Rail Cars, CN • Ron Hynes, Assistant Vice President, Technical Services, AAR • Jeff Moller, Assistant Vice President, Transportation Systems & Practices, AAR • Michael Trosino, Senior Director, Clearances and Inspections, Amtrak • Narayana Sundaram, Senior Director, Engineering and Commuter Rail Operations, American Public Transportation Association • Dean Del Peschio, Director, MARC Train Service November 21–22, 2019 Keck Building • Gary Fairbanks, Staff Director, Motive Power & Equipment Divi- sion, Rolling Stock, FRA • Khaled Zaazaa, Track, FRA • Frank Frey, General Engineer, Signals and Train Control, FRA • Miriam Kloeppel, Staff Director, Risk Reduction Program Division, FRA • Maryam Allahyar, Director, RD&T, FRA

APPENDIX B 101 December 23, 2019 Teleconference • Les Fiorenzo, retired, former Regional Administrator, FRA December 30, 2019 Teleconference • Hilary Konczal, Chief Safety and Environmental Officer, Metra January 9, 2020 Teleconference • Muriel Friday, Director, Rail Operations at Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority January 24, 2020 Teleconference • Jo E. Strang, Senior Vice President, Safety and Regulatory Policy, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association January 30, 2020 Teleconference • Allan Zarembski, Director, Railway Engineering and Safety Pro- gram, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware February 4, 2020 Teleconference • Andrew Liu, Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 6, 2020 Teleconference • Riley Edwards, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

102 REVIEW OF FRA’S R&D PROGRAM February 7, 2020 Teleconference • Mehdi Ahmadian, J. Bernard Jones Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University February 11, 2020 Teleconference • Christopher P.L. Barkan, Professor and George Krambles Director, Rail Transportation and Engineering Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign February 20, 2020 Teleconference • Hai Huang, Associate Professor, Engineering, Penn State Altoona