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Contributors
Julian Stow is assistant director at the Institute of Railway Research at the University of Huddersfield.
He has 18 years of experience in the railway industry, specialising in rail vehicle dynamics and
wheel-rail interface engineering, and has led a wide range of research and consultancy projects for
the rail industry of Great Britain in these areas. These include investigating the causes of rolling
contact fatigue and other wheel and rail defects, simulation for running acceptance, problem solving
on current fleets, safety and maintenance standards development and wheel-rail interface management
for existing and new build light rail and metro systems. He is currently responsible for the
delivery of a programme of research work under the strategic partnership between the Rail Safety
and Standards Board and the University of Huddersfield. Julian is a chartered engineer and a Fellow
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Nataly Tanicheva is a junior professor at the Department of Railcars and Railcar Maintenance at
Petersburg State Transport University in St Petersburg, Russia, and a researcher at the Scientific Research
Centre ‘Vagony’, with a special interest in design of rolling stock and its components. She obtained her
PhD in 2013 in articulated railway flat wagons from Petersburg State Transport University.
David Thompson is professor of railway noise and vibration at the Institute of Sound and Vibration
Research (ISVR), University of Southampton. Before joining the ISVR in 1996, he worked at British
Rail Research in Derby, UK, and at TNO Institute of Applied Physics in Delft, The Netherlands,
and obtained his PhD from the ISVR in 1990. He has written over 160 papers in refereed journals as
well as a book on railway noise and vibration, which has also been translated into Chinese. He is the
main author of the TWINS software for railway rolling noise. His research interests include a wide
range of aspects of railway noise and vibration as well as noise control, vibroacoustics and structural
vibration. He teaches undergraduate- and master-level courses.
Hongqi Tian is a professor of Central South University at Changsha in Hunan, Peoples Republic
of China. She is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor Tian is currently
president of Central South University and is a past vice president of the Chinese Academy
of Engineering. She was awarded her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in railway locomotive
vehicles and a PhD degree in fluid mechanics. She has been engaged in the railway science and technology
field over several decades. Under Professor Tian’s leadership, her research team exploited
the research directions of railway vehicle aerodynamics and railway vehicle collision dynamics;
established the aerodynamic design theory, technology and method system of high-speed trains;
proposed the safety protection technology of train collision; and established the safety protection
technology system for railway operations in windy environments. The team developed the 500 km/h
moving model rig for the aerodynamic testing of high-speed trains and the actual vehicle impact test
platform. These test qualifications are recognised in the relevant field around the world. In addition,
the team developed the strong wind monitoring and warning system for the Qinghai-Tibet railway
line, designed the shape of the first Chinese high-speed train and proposed the first crashworthiness
and energy-absorbing vehicle design in China. The team has participated in the research and construction
of all high-speed railway lines in China, including the railway lines of Beijing-Shanghai,
Beijing-Guangzhou and the Qinghai-Tibet railway line that is characterised by a frigid plateau.
Jordi Viñolas is dean and professor of the School of Engineering at Nebrija University. He has previously
held positions as head of European Projects at Bantec and head of TECNUN (University of
Navarra) and CEIT. His scientific interests are focussed on machine dynamics, noise and vibration,
railway dynamics and infrastructure. He has published around 60 scientific papers in areas such as
vehicle dynamics, rail/vehicle interaction and other topics linked to the performance optimisation
of vehicle and machine components. He has directly supervised 16 PhD theses and more than 50
MSc theses. His courses are machine elements design, noise and vibration and also mechanical
fatigue analysis. Dr. Viñolas has worked as an evaluator for the European Commission and was one