Welcome to Birmingham Robert Hopkin Head of Development Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education r.hopkin@bham.ac.uk https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Overview of our Centre • Railway research at Birmingham begun in the 1970s • We now are a group of over 145 researchers and support staff with: – ~£5M/annum of income – ~170 Undergraduate and Masters level students taught in the UK – ~250 Masters level students taught in Singapore – Network Rail’s Strategic Partner for Data Integration and Management – UK Rail Supply Group’s Centre of Excellence for Digital Rail Systems Innovation – Strong international collaborations in Singapore, China, USA, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Oman, Hong Kong and various EU – Aspirations to grow further to meet the demands of the UK and international railway industry www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Education at BCRRE BEng/MEng in Railway Engineering MSc in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration MSc in Railway Safety and Control Systems MRes in Railway System Integration PGCert in Urban Railway Engineering (Singapore) www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
MSc Railway Safety and Control Systems Three Pathways: Railway Risk & Safety Systems Design Railway Risk & Safety Operations & Management Railway Communications & Control: • Practice-led signalling, control, communications • Developed with IRSE • Aims to provide exemption to Professional Signalling Engineers exam • Aims to provide further learning towards CEng www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Comms & Control Pathway - CPD • Principles of Railway Control Systems – 2 weeks, 5 th -16 th November 2018 • Railway Traction & Electrification Systems – 1 week, 12-16 th November 2018 • Practical Ergonomics for Railway Systems – 1 week, 3 rd -7 th December 2018 • Strategic Business Management for Railways – 1 week, 21 st -29 th January 2019 • Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Interactions – 1 week, 11 th -15 th February 2019 www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Data Integration and Railway Control Condition Cybersecurity New Technologies and Operations Monitoring and Simulation Sensing and their application • Hydrogen power Aerodynamics • Additive Climate Change Power and Manufacturing and Weather • Energy Robotics Impact • Quantum Mechatronics Technologies and Control • … Systems Benchmarking, Geotechnical Systems Engineering and Engineering and Asset Safety Management Computational Modelling www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Electronics, condition monitoring, smart sensing www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Acoustic Monitoring Listening for faults in bearings and gearboxes Development of fault catalogue Indication of a damaged bearing www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Aerodynamics, NDT, computational modelling, climate effects www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Comms modelling and simulation www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Train movement Simulation Static data Dynamic data Actors Driver Infrastructure Interlocking Signaller APIs Rolling Stock TM Dispatcher Timetable Disruptions Driving Desk Signalling Panel TM Control Centre algorithms … Hardware Power Train Dynamics Simulation Comms Customer… Railway Operation Simulation and … Analysis APIs Railway Planning Railway System Design V&V Result Outputs www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
NMT-in-a-box www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Traction and energy systems – Hydrogen power www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Railway Research at BCRRE Control & Mechatronics www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Link to UKRRIN www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
Robert Hopkin r.hopkin@bham.ac.uk https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway www.birmingham.ac.uk/railway
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