General Chair
Yousef KimiagarIEEE VTS VP Land Transportation, Hatch VP Rail Systems
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IEEE VTS VP Land Transportation, Hatch VP Rail Systems

The University of Oklahoma
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

WSP Vice President, Transit and Rail Engineer

Wabtec Corporation

University of South Carolina
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

WSP Vice President, Transit and Rail Engineer

Amtrak

University of Texas at Austin
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Rutgers University

University of Illinois - Chicago

Retired Chief Engineer – Train Control, CPKC & Former Vice President- Land Transportation for the Vehicular Technology Society – IEEE

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign