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DESCRIPTION:A paid course running over two days for 6 professional developm
 ent hours (PDH) (0.6 CEU).\n\nThe workshop covers railway engineering\, tr
 ack design\, VR visualization\, signaling\, operations\, and capacity anal
 ysis over two days.\nDay 1 - Track Design\nDay 2 - VR Visualization\, Sign
 aling &amp; Operations\nEach session blends theoretical background with practi
 cal\, software-based exercises to provide a comprehensive understanding of
  modern railway engineering.\n\nCourse Learning Outcomes\n\nBy the end of 
 this course\, students will be able to:\n1. Develop a real-world railway c
 orridor in OpenRail including essential track infrastructure elements such
  as alignments\, turnouts\, and crossovers.\n2. Create 3D railway environm
 ents and VR/360-degree presentations using Unity.\n3. Build a rail simulat
 ion model in SUMO including train scheduling and signaling.\n4\, Integrate
  railway design\, visualization\, and simulation workflows into a practica
 l digital project (demo video + template website).\n\nCourse fee must be p
 aid 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 reques
 t form\n[Bursary request](https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8) https://for
 ms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Ahmad Mohammadi\n\nAgenda: \nT
 his workshop provides a hands-on\, project-based introduction to railway e
 ngineering &amp; simulation including three phases of a railway system:\n\n1. 
 Track Design (Bentley OpenRailConceptStation): Create a real-world rail ne
 twork on top of aerial imagery and elevation GIS maps including track geom
 etry (horizontal\, vertical\, superelevation) and track layout (turnout\, 
 yard\, bridge\, and crossover).\n\n2. 3D Visualization &amp; Virtual Reality (
 Unity Game Engine): Developing 3D environments including train stations\, 
 surrounding buildings\, trees and develop VR 360 degree video.\n\n3. Train
  Operations\, Scheduling and Signaling (SUMO Traffic Simulation): Create a
  simulated rail network &amp; rail signal in traffic simulation and conduct sc
 heduling\, operations and capacity analysis including number of trains\, a
 v dwell time in stations (fixed block)\n\n(Detailed agenda in attached fil
 e.)\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
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 ations\, and capacity analysis over two days.&lt;br&gt;Day 1 - Track Design&lt;br&gt;D
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 ds theoretical background with practical\, software-based exercises to pro
 vide a comprehensive understanding of modern railway engineering.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p 
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 uild a rail simulation model in SUMO including train scheduling and signal
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 se fee must be paid to register. Fee is non-refundable.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;A couple of free registrations
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 st form&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8&quot;&gt;Bursary re
 quest&lt;/a&gt; https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda
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 s workshop provides a hands-on\, project-based introduction to railway eng
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 : medium\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Track Design (Bentley OpenRailConceptStation):&lt;/str
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 family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Crea
 te a real-world rail network on top of aerial imagery and elevation GIS ma
 ps including track geometry (horizontal\, vertical\, superelevation) and t
 rack layout (turnout\, yard\, bridge\, and crossover).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span
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 mily: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Develo
 ping 3D environments including train stations\, surrounding buildings\, tr
 ees and develop VR 360 degree video.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;j
 ustify&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;3. Train Opera
 tions\, Scheduling and Signaling (SUMO Traffic Simulation):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span
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 mes New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium\;&quot;&gt; Create a simul
 ated rail network &amp;amp\; rail signal in traffic simulation and conduct sch
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  dwell time in stations (fixed block)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;
 justify&quot;&gt;(Detailed agenda in attached file.)&lt;/p&gt;
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