T2F Principal Investigator William Powrie will present the prestigious Unwin Lecture, together with Professor Chris Rogers of the University of Birmingham, on 9th October at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London….
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The €18M In2Rail project held its final conference in Vienna on 19th April. All four Track to the Future partners contributed to the joint research and reports in the Smart…
Two new research studentships are offered with the leading research group at the University of Southampton. More details via the following links: Investigating the long-term response of geogrid-reinforced ballast under…
The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) is a joint industry/universities partnership to deliver the Rail Technical Strategy by accelerating the uptake of innovation. Led by T2F partners Prof…
The cross-industry track stiffness working group has recently published A Guide to Track Stiffness, a railway engineer’s guide to identifying, understanding and repairing trackbed faults in ballasted track. Prepared and edited…
Track to the Future is advertising a number of fully funded research studentships. For more information, go to the research studentships tab on this website or visit www.findaphd.com.
The April/May 2015 RAILTEX issue of RTM carries a short article on Track to the Future by William Powrie. It gives a good introduction to the Programme challenges and objectives.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a grant of £5,193,338 to a consortium led by Professor William Powrie at the University of Southampton, to carry out…