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DESCRIPTION:A paid course running over two days for 6 professional developm
 ent hours (PDH) (0.6 CEU).\nDate changed! Originally scheduled for 2026-Ju
 n-27.\n\nThe workshop covers railway engineering\, track design\, VR visua
 lization\, signaling\, operations\, and capacity analysis over two days.\n
 Day 1 - Track Design\nDay 2 - VR Visualization\, Signaling &amp; Operations\nE
 ach session blends theoretical background with practical\, software-based 
 exercises to provide a comprehensive understanding of modern railway engin
 eering.\n\nCourse Learning Outcomes\n\nBy the end of this course\, student
 s will be able to:\n1. Develop a real-world railway corridor in OpenRail i
 ncluding essential track infrastructure elements such as alignments\, turn
 outs\, and crossovers.\n2. Create 3D railway environments and VR/360-degre
 e presentations using Unity.\n3. Build a rail simulation model in SUMO inc
 luding train scheduling and signaling.\n4\, Integrate railway design\, vis
 ualization\, and simulation workflows into a practical digital project (de
 mo video + template website).\n\nCourse fee must be paid to register. Fee 
 is non-refundable.\n\nA couple of free registrations are available to WIE 
 members and people new to the job market using request form\n[Bursary requ
 est](https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8) https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo
 9V8\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Ahmad Mohammadi\n\nAgenda: \nThis workshop provides
  a hands-on\, project-based introduction to railway engineering &amp; simulati
 on including three phases of a railway system:\n\n1. Track Design (Bentley
  OpenRailConceptStation): Create a real-world rail network on top of aeria
 l imagery and elevation GIS maps including track geometry (horizontal\, ve
 rtical\, superelevation) and track layout (turnout\, yard\, bridge\, and c
 rossover).\n\n2. 3D Visualization &amp; Virtual Reality (Unity Game Engine): D
 eveloping 3D environments including train stations\, surrounding buildings
 \, trees and develop VR 360 degree video.\n\n3. Train Operations\, Schedul
 ing and Signaling (SUMO Traffic Simulation): Create a simulated rail netwo
 rk &amp; rail signal in traffic simulation and conduct scheduling\, operations
  and capacity analysis including number of trains\, av dwell time in stati
 ons (fixed block)\n\n(Detailed agenda in attached file.)\n\nVirtual: https
 ://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/560481
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/560481
ORGANIZER:s.marjan.alavi@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Railway Engineering: Design\, Simulation and VR Visualization
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/560481
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A paid course running over two days for 6 
 professional development hours (PDH) (0.6 CEU).&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;co
 lor: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;Date changed! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Originally schedu
 led for 2026-Jun-27.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The workshop covers railway engineering\, tra
 ck design\, VR visualization\, signaling\, operations\, and capacity analy
 sis over two days.&lt;br&gt;Day 1 - Track Design&lt;br&gt;Day 2 - VR Visualization\, S
 ignaling &amp;amp\; Operations&lt;br&gt;Each session blends theoretical background w
 ith practical\, software-based exercises to provide a comprehensive unders
 tanding of modern railway engineering.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style
 =&quot;color: #2d5a2d\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;
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 /span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, s
 erif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;B
 y the end of this course\, students will be able to:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-
 size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;1. Develop a real-world rai
 lway corridor in OpenRail including essential track infrastructure element
 s such as alignments\, turnouts\, and crossovers.&lt;br&gt;2. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-
 size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;Create 3D railway environme
 nts and VR/360-degree presentations using Unity.&lt;br&gt;3. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/spa
 n&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-s
 ize: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;Build a rail simulation mode
 l in SUMO including train scheduling and signaling.&lt;br&gt;4\, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fo
 nt-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;Integrate railway design
 \, visualization\, and simulation workflows into a practical digital proje
 ct &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;(demo video + template website)&lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span s
 tyle=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Course fee must be paid to regi
 ster. Fee is non-refundable.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: r
 gb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;A couple of free registrations are available to WIE membe
 rs and people new to the job market using request form&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;
 https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8&quot;&gt;Bursary request&lt;/a&gt; https://forms.gle
 /8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\,
  serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;This workshop provides a hands
 -on\, project-based introduction to railway engineering &amp;amp\; simulation 
 including three phases of a railway system:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p a
 lign=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Ti
 mes New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Trac
 k Design (Bentley OpenRailConceptStation):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, s
 erif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Create a real-world rail networ
 k on top of aerial imagery and elevation GIS maps including track geometry
  (horizontal\, vertical\, superelevation) and track layout (turnout\, yard
 \, bridge\, and crossover).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;
 span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, 
 serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. 3D Visualization &amp;am
 p\; Virtual Reality (Unity Game Engine):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;spa
 n style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, ser
 if\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Developing 3D environments includ
 ing train stations\, surrounding buildings\, trees and develop VR 360 degr
 ee video.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:
  #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Train Operations\, Scheduling and Sign
 aling (SUMO Traffic Simulation):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Create a simulated rail network &amp;amp\; ra
 il signal in traffic simulation and conduct scheduling\, operations and ca
 pacity analysis including number of trains\, av dwell time in stations (fi
 xed block)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;(Detailed agenda i
 n attached file.)&lt;/p&gt;
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