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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

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Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education

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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

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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)

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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

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• Principles of Railway Control Systems

– 2 weeks, 5th-16th November 2018

• Railway Traction & Electrification Systems

– 1 week, 12-16th November 2018

• Practical Ergonomics for Railway Systems

– 1 week, 3rd-7th December 2018

• Strategic Business Management for Railways

– 1 week, 21st-29th January 2019

• Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Interactions

– 1 week, 11th-15th February 2019

Railway Comms & Control Pathway - CPD

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Railway Research at BCRRE

Railway Control and Operations Simulation Geotechnical Engineering and Asset Management Computational Modelling Benchmarking, Systems Engineering and Safety Climate Change and Weather Impact Aerodynamics Power and Energy Data Integration and Cybersecurity Condition Monitoring and Sensing

New Technologies

and their application

• Hydrogen power
• Additive

Manufacturing

• Robotics
• Quantum

Technologies

• …

Mechatronics and Control Systems

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Electronics, condition monitoring, smart sensing

Railway Research at BCRRE

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Acoustic Monitoring

Indication of a damaged bearing

• Listening for faults in bearings and gearboxes
• Development of fault catalogue

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Railway Research at BCRRE

Aerodynamics, NDT, computational modelling, climate effects

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Railway Research at BCRRE

Comms modelling and simulation

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Train movement Simulation

Dynamic data Static data Actors Timetable Driver Signaller Dispatcher Infrastructure Rolling Stock Disruptions Interlocking TM

APIs

Train Dynamics Simulation Railway Operation Simulation and Analysis Railway Planning Railway System Design V&V

APIs

Result Outputs

Driving Desk Signalling Panel Control Centre … TM algorithms Hardware Power Comms Customer… …

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NMT-in-a-box

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Railway Research at BCRRE

Traction and energy systems – Hydrogen power

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Railway Research at BCRRE

Control & Mechatronics

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Link to UKRRIN

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Robert Hopkin r.hopkin@bham.ac.uk

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