Transportation
Our faculty members work in a wide variety of specializations relevant to the Transportation sector. For more information on a specific faculty member’s work, click their photo to view their profile. If you are interested in collaborating with our department in this sector, please contact the designated Sector Contact faculty member listed below.
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LB Foster is collaborating with Dr. Phani and his team to decrease the lifetime maintenance costs of train wheels and tracks.
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In collaboration with the US Air Force, Virginia Tech, and ANSYS Canada, Dr. Ollivier-Gooch’s team is developing methods to compute more accurate and reliable results for complex aerodynamics problems.
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Westport Innovation Inc. is collaborating with the Kirchen Research Group to improve Westport’s unique High Pressure Direct Injection device, which allows diesel engines to run on 90% natural gas with no loss in performance.
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Kelsan Technologies Corp. is collaborating with the Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab to develop a non-Newtonian spray to decrease train track friction and wheel noise. The research is funded by Kelsan and NSERC CRD.
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Related Case Studies: Student Industry Projects
A sensor and algorithm package that measures various physical rail track and train parameters along a moving train.
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