Annual Meeting Minutes (January 25, 2011)

January 25, 2011;  3:45pm–5:30pm (Marriott)
Welcome

Introductions of Members, Friends, and Visitors
Old Business
New Business
Membership Rotation

·         Planning for mid-year meeting

·         Committee web site and communications

·         Research needs statements

·         Presentations

o    “A Simplified Approach for Assessing Initial Fire Development and Spread in Passenger Rail Vehicles”;  Brian J. Meacham and Nicholas A. Dempsey (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), and Matthew Johann, Jeffrey Tubbs and Kurt Schebel (ARUP)

o    “Hierarchical Network Model of Safe High-Speed Railway Operation”;  Yanhui Wang, Xuemei  Xiao, Limin Jia, and Chenchen Zhang (Beijing Jiaotong University

 

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