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 [email protected]
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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