Leadership

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Christopher P.L. Barkan  

Director, National University Rail Center of Excellence
cbarkan@illinois.edu

J. Riley Edwards

Senior Associate Director, National University Rail Center of Excellence
jedward2@illinois.edu

Marcus Dersch

Co-Director of Research, National University Rail Center of Excellence
mdersch2@illinois.edu

Emma Ehrenhart

Assistant Director of RailTEC Operations
Associate Managing Director of NURail CoE
trapp3@illinois.edu

University of Illinois Chicago

P.S. Sriraj

Co-Director of Technology Transfer, National University Rail Center of Excellence
sriraj@uic.edu

University of Delaware

Allan Zarembski

Co-Principal Investigator, National University Rail Center of Excellence
dramz@udel.edu

Kansas State University

Eric Fitzsimmons

Co-Director of Education, National University Rail Center of Excellence
fitzsimmons@ksu.edu

Michigan Technological University

Pasi Lautala

Co-Director of Education, National University Rail Center of Excellence
ptlautal@mtu.edu

Morgan State University

Hyeon-Shic Shin

Co-Principal Investigator, National University Rail Center of Excellence
hyeonshic.shin@morgan.edu

Rutgers University

Xiang Liu

Co-Director of Technology Transfer, National University Rail Center of Excellence
xiang.liu@rutgers.edu

Tuskegee University

Heshmat Aglan

Co-Director of Research, National University Rail Center of Excellence
haglan@tuskegee.edu

University of Texas at Austin

C. Tyler Dick

Co-Director of Research, National University Rail Center of Excellence
ctdick@utexas.edu

National University Rail Center of Excellence
1239B Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, MC-250
205 N Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 300-1340