UBC researchers are available to talk about issues related to rail transportation including safety, logistics, and engineering.
Gordon Lovegrove
School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan campus
Tel: 250.807.8717
Email: gord.lovegrove@ubc.ca
- Economics and logistics of rail transport
- Engineering of rail transport
- Safety and sustainability in comparison with other modes of transportation
- Future of rail industry in North America
Sheldon Green
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 604.822.0497
Email: sheldon.green@ubc.ca
- Wheel-rail friction
- Train aerodynamics
Available until December 13 and again in January 2014
Garland Chow
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8328
Email: garland.chow@sauder.ubc.ca
- Rail safety and safe transport of goods
- Canada’s capacity for transporting goods by rail
- Rail management and supply chain management
Available beginning January 2014
Skrikantha Phani
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 604.822.6998
Email: srikanth@mech.ubc.ca
- Train dynamics and vibrations
- Cornering forces as trains enter track bends
- Squeal vibrations
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