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RES Continuing Education Courses (3 PDH's)

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Cost: $30.00 Members; $45.00 Non-Members 

Theme: Rail Signaling

Registration closes at midnight, April 17th.

New this month: You register to attend which shows no charge, and then you will get a separate invoice sent for payment.

1:00 - 2:00 Evolution of Railway Signaling System (1 PDH)

This presentation starts with the purpose of railway signaling system, the introduction of early railway operation concept and Human Block System (Time Interval System), then Automatic Block System and Interlocking System including Mechanical Interlocking, Relay Interlocking and Micro-processor Interlocking. The modern technology systems PTC and ERTMS with Automatic Train Protection (ATP) are briefed. Finally, the state-of-art technology CBTC system with Automatic Train Supervision (ATS), Automatic Train Protection (ATP) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) are presented.

Our speaker is Li Juan Wang, Senior IXL Design Engineer, Alstom Signaling, inc. Ms. Wang has over 41 years' experience in railway signaling engineering. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Railway Institute of Technology and is a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) in Ontario Canada.

2:30 - 3:30 Radio Engineering for Rail (non PDH presentation)

Radio systems form a key part of many advanced rail signaling systems. Radio provides the means of communicating from trainborne architecture to the wayside and ultimately back office systems. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the elements of radio systems which are most likely to be encountered by a non-communications engineer including Link Budget, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), antenna datasheets and train rooftop design.

Our speaker is Robert McManus is a Network and Telecommunication System Design Leader with Alstom Signaling LLC. He has worked in the rail industry for the past ten years and previously worked in cellular for fifteen years. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan and has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. He currently lives in Melbourne, Florida.

4:00 - 5:00 Cab Signaling Train Control and Theory of Operations (1PDH)

Many rail signaling systems use a technique known as Cab Signaling. This course will cover a detailed review of: common signals and encoding used in Cab Signaling systems, and the common advantages/challenges of these systems, as well as a brief overview of the Theory of Operation for: Train detection, Safe Brake Distance, and Block Design. This course will focus on real world examples from Train borne and Wayside systems.

Our speaker, Taylor Sheive is currently employed by Alstom, and works as a System Application Design Engineer. He has worked in the rail industry for the past nine years focusing on carborne train control systems. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York and has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Links will come from and say ZOOM and will be emailed to you one week prior, 1 day prior and 1 hour prior to each course and your link is unique to you only. Be sure to check your spam folders as we find many companies block emails coming from our website because it is from Canada which is international. You may want to use your personal email when signing up for these courses.

Zoom links will be emailed to you a week before the courses and your link is unique to you only. Be sure to check your spam folders as we find many companies block emails coming from our website because it is from Canada which is international. You may want to use your personal email when signing up for these courses.