Railway Track and Structures Welcomes Dr. Riley Edwards to Editorial Board

Dr. Riley Edwards, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (image courtesy of UIUC)

ATLANTA –– Dr. Riley Edwards, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Rail Transportation and Engineering Center has joined the Railway Track and Structures Editorial Board.

One of the key strengths of RT&S is its Editorial Board. We are excited to announce that Dr. J. Riley Edwards of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has joined our Board.

J. Riley Edwards, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor in the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University, and his MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests are railway infrastructure track system and component design and performance and failure modes associated with infrastructure components. Dr. Edwards has published over 100 conference proceedings and over 70 journal articles related to the design, analysis, performance, and failure modes of railway infrastructure and its components.  Riley also serves as the Deputy Associate Director for the National University Rail Center of Excellence (NURail CoE), a US DOT transportation center funded by the Federal Railroad Administration. 

David Lester, Editor of RT&S said, “The addition of Riley to our Editorial Board strengthens the Board and improves our alignment with the rail engineering academic community. As a member of UIUC’s RailTEC, Riley focuses on applied and theoretical research, which, along with his leadership in the National University Rail Center of Excellence, makes him a wonderful choice to join the magazine’s leadership.”

Image courtesy of UIUC

Riley will also write a quarterly column for the magazine, the first of which will appear in our May issue. Please join us in congratulating Riley and and welcoming him to the Board.