April 7, 2015 MeetingCafé Berlin, Washington, DC

Washington Area Railway Engineering Society (W.A.R.E.S)

Agenda

5:30 - Attitude Adjustment Hour 6:30 - Dinner 7:30 - Scholarships 7:45 - Program 8:30 - Adjourn

Officers

President - Chuck Tomasco, C3M Power Systems Vice President - Zach Teague, Kimley-Horn and

Assoc. Secretary - Ken Briers, Retired Treasurer - Rick Steininger, Construction

Polymers Technologies Program Chair - Devin Rouse, Federal Railroad

Administration Sponsor Chair - Matt Sturgeon, Amtrac Railroad

Contractors of Maryland Scholarship Chair – Art Keffler, Consultant

Future Events

9/16/15 - Golf Outing, Musket Ridge Golf Club, Myersville, MD

10/13/15 - Meeting, Baltimore Engineer’s Society, Baltimore, MD

12/8/15 - Meeting, Café Berlin , Washington, DC

2/9/16 - Meeting, Café Berlin , Washington, DC

4/12/16 - Meeting, Café Berlin, Wash., DC

Sponsors

A&K Railroad Materials, Inc.

Amsted RPS Amtrac Railroad

Contractors of Maryland ArcelorMittal Steel USA-

Steelton Atlantic Track C3M Power Systems

LLC M.C. Dean, Inc./CIM

Automation Systems

ENSCO Rail, Inc. Flo-Tron Contracting, Inc. L. B. Foster Company GL Communications Inc. Gannett Fleming, Inc. G. W. Peoples Contracting

Company, Inc. Holland L. P. Jacobs Engineering Kimley Horn and

Associates

2014-15 sponsors with 2015-16 sponsors in bold

Sponsors, Cont’d

The Okonite Company

Oldcastle Precast/Startrack

Pandrol USA Parsons

Transportation Group Progress Rail

Services Protran Technology Rails Company

RK&K Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc. RSCC Exane Products Simpson Strong-Tie/Fox

Industries voestalpine Nortrak,

Inc. Vossloh Fastening

Systems America Whitman, Requardt &

Assoc.To become a Sponsor, contact Sponsor Chair Matt Sturgeon at 443-375-2252 or msturgeon@amtracmd.com

Scholarships, Cont’d

Program update by Art Keffler, Scholarship Chair

Scholarships

2014-15 Recipients Alex Reinsmith, Penn State Altoona - Rail

Transportation Engineering

Ben Dawes, University of Delaware – Civil Engineering

Program

Virginia Railway Express: Building towards Regional Express Rail

Presenter: T. R. Hickey, Chief Development Officer, Virginia Railway Express

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