IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

[Philip Miller Tate]

> Joe (Bento) - sounds to me like you'd better get UTA to send you to  
> this one!

:-)

Phil


>
> *Tuesday December 8, 2009*
>
>
> _Speaker_: Karl Berger, Vice President, DCM, Inc., Centreville, VA
>
>
> _Topic:_ Light Rail Braking and Automatic Train Protection
>
>
> _Place:_ American Public Transportation Association
>
>       Conference Room - 11th Floor
>
>       1666 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
>
>
>       Red Line: Farragut North (K Street Exit)
>
>       Orange/Blue Lines: Farragut West (17th Street Exit)
>
>
> _Date/Time:_ Tuesday December 8, 2009, Lunch 11:30 am, Presentation  
> 12:00 pm
>
>
> _Lunch:_ $20.00 CASH AT THE DOOR
>
>
> _Reservations:_ Karl Berger: karl.berger at dcm-va.com  
> <mailto:karl.berger at dcm-va.com> 703-803-7917, or
>
>
>              Ken Briers: ken.briers at parsons.com  
> <mailto:ken.briers at parsons.com> 202-775-3397
>
>
>              (Reservations by 4:00 PM Friday December 4)
>
>
>
> _ABOUT THE TOPIC:_
>
> Automatic Train Protection (ATP) serves to prevent collisions  
> between Light Rail cars under worst-case conditions of operator  
> error, equipment failure, and low wheel/rail adhesion. Typically,  
> the ultimate action taken by ATP to avoid a collision is the  
> application of emergency braking. This often results in damage to  
> the wheels. Our speaker will describe an innovative approach  
> utilizing electromagnetic track brakes that greatly reduces the  
> incidence of emergency braking applications.
>
>
>
> _ABOUT THE SPEAKER:_
>
> Karl Berger is Vice President of DCM, Inc. Transportation  
> Consultants and chair of the National Capital Land Transportation  
> Committee. His entire professional career has been associated with  
> rail transit technology. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon  
> University with a BS in Electrical Engineering, he started work as  
> a propulsion system engineer at Westinghouse Transportation  
> Division in Pittsburgh. Major projects include upgrade of the  
> Metroliners, commissioning of the Rio de Janeiro Metro, and  
> consulting for the Long Island Rail Road, Metro North RR, Santa Fe  
> RR, SEPTA, WMATA, and Tren Urbano in Puerto Rico. Karl is a  
> registered professional engineer in seven states and is a licensed  
> amateur radio operator.
>
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