NDLI: Developing Railway Higher Education in the European Union and United States

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Pasi, T. Lautala Ma´ca´rio, Rosa´rio Pachl, Jo¨rn Edwards, J. Riley William, J. Sproule
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Congestion, emissions generated by transportation, increasing fuel costs and expanding demand for mobility have revived the interest for modern rail transportation throughout the world. Simultaneously, expansion of global trade and increasing demands for technology to improve the safety and productivity of the industry are creating a new environment that requires a different way of thinking when developing railway systems. Overall, the authors believe that current changes provide a fertile ground for institutions of higher education in the United States and the European Union (EU) to increase their transatlantic cooperation in education and research. Recent studies related to railway higher education have been undertaken in Europe and the United States. The European Rail Research Network of Excellence (EURNEX) conducted a study to develop and organize educational and training activities in participating higher education institutions. In Germany, a comprehensive inventory was conducted to define the current level of rail transportation activities in higher education institutions. In the United States, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA) conducted a study to determine the type and extent of rail education currently offered on campuses. In addition, a benchmarking study was performed by Michigan Tech University to investigate rail education and recruitment at universities with the objective to define the quantitative and qualitative demands for rail engineers by industry employers. This paper presents a synopsis of these past studies and introduces an on-going “TUNRail” project to “tune” and intensify the railway higher education knowledge exchange and collaboration between the EU and the United States.
Sponsorship	Rail Transportation Division
Starting Page	373
Ending Page	381
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791849071
DOI	10.1115/JRC2010-36025
e-ISBN	9780791838679
Volume Number	2010 Joint Rail Conference, Volume 2
Conference Proceedings	2010 Joint Rail Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2010-04-27
Publisher Place	Urbana, Illinois, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	University-industry cooperation Transatlantic collaboration Higher education Railways Railroads Education Collaboration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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