JOSEPH W. PALESE, MCE, P.E.

 

PUBLISHED PAPERS:

 

1.            Masters Thesis, "The Analysis of Structures Supported by Visco-Elastic Foundations", September 1990.

 

2.            Zarembski, A. M., Palese, J. W., and Marten, J. H. "The Effect of Improved Rail Manufacturing Process on Rail Fatigue Life". American Railway Engineering Association, Bulletin 733, Volume 92, December 1991.

 

3.         Zarembski, A. M., Palese, J. W., "Rail Maintenance Planning Using Computerized Rail Forecasting Models", Conference on Track Maintenance Practices on Suburban and Mass Transit Railways, Hong Kong, June 1993.

 

4.         Zarembski, A. M., Holfeld, D. R., and Palese, J. W., “On the Derailment of Rail Vehicles Through Turnouts; A Review of Derailment Causes and Mechanisms”.  American Railway Engineering Association Turnout Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 1996.

 

5.         Zarembski, A. M., Holfeld, D. R., and Palese, J. W., “Derailment of Transit Vehicles in Turnouts”, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Januar, 1997.

 

6.         Palese, J.W., “SelecTie II Helps Railroads Make Solid Economic Designs”, Crossties Magazine, May/June 1997.

 

7.            Zarembski, A. M., Thornton, D., Palese, J. W., Forte, N., “Development and Implementation of RailGraph;  “A Field Deployable Rail Maintenance Management Tool”, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Annual Technical Conference, Accepted for Publication, 1998.

 

8.         Palese, Joseph W., “RTA Introduces Tie LifeTM Program”, Crossties Magazine, May/June 1998.

 

9.         Zarembski, A. M., Palese, Joseph, J. W., Katz, Leonid, “Implementation of a Dynamic Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Transition: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1999.

 

10.       Palese, Joseph W., Holfeld, Donald R., “Tie Planning Tools for the Track Inspector”, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Track & Structures Annual Conference, 1999.

 

11.            Bonaventura, Clifford S., Palese, Joseph W., Zarembski, A.M., “Intelligent System for Real-Time Prediction of Railway Vehicle Response to the Interaction with Track Geometry”, 2000 ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference, April 2000.

 

12.       Palese, Joseph W., Wright, Thomas W., “Application of a Risk Based Ultrasonic Test Frequency Scheduling System on Burlington Northern Santa Fe”, TONE:  Volume 5:  Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation (NDT&E) for the Railroad Industry, 2000.

 

13.              Palese, Joseph W., “Temperature Effects on Welded Rail”, Live Steam, September/October 1998.

 

14.              Palese, Joseph W., Wright Thomas W., “Risk-Based Ultrasonic Rail Test Scheduling on Burlington Northern Santa Fe”, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Annual Technical Conference, 2000.

 

15.              Palese, Joseph W., & Zarembski, Allan M., “BNSF Tests Risk-Based Ultrasonic Detection”, published Railway Track & Structures Magazine, February 2001.

 

16.              Zarembski, A.M., Palese, J.W., & Bell, J.G., “Limiting High Speed Dynamic Forces on the Track Structure; The Amtrak Acela Case”, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Annual Technical Conference, September 2001.

 

17.              Zarembski, A.M., Palese, J.W., Bell, J.G., “Controlling Track Forces during Introduction of New Height Speed Trains”, International Railway Journal, published October 2001.

 

18.              Zarembski, A.M., Palese, J.W., & Katz, Leonid, “Reduction of Dynamic Wheel/Rail Impact Forces at Grade Crossings Using Stiffness Transitions”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001 ImechE Congress, New York, NY, November 2001.

 

19.              Palese, Joseph W., Wright Thomas W., “Risk-Based Ultrasonic Rail Test Scheduling on Burlington Northern Santa Fe”, published The Permanent Way Institution – Journal and Report of Proceedings, 2001 Vol 119, Part 2

 

 

20.              Zarembski, A.M., Parker, L.A., Palese, J.W., “Use of Comprehensive Tie Condition Data in Cross-Tie Maintenance Planning and Management on the BNSF”, accepted for publication, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Annual Technical Conference, September 2002.

 

21.              Zarembski, A.M., Parker, L.A., Palese, J.W., Bonaventura, C., “Computerized Tie Condition Inspection and Use of Tie Condition Data in Cross-Tie Maintenance Planning”, International Heavy Haul Conference, May 2003.

 

22.              Bonaventura, C.S., Palese, J.W., Zarembski, A.M., “Real-Time Prediction of Railway Vehicle Response to the Interaction with Track Geometry”, International Heavy Haul Conference, May 2003.

 

23.              Grissom, G.T., Palese, J.E., “Field Demonstration of the Use of Track Strength Data to Optimize Tie Replacement Requirements for High Speed Operations”, published Crossties Nov/Dec 2002.

 

24.              Zarembski, A.M., Palese, J.W., “Risk Based Ultrasonic Rail Test Scheduling:  Practical Applications in Europe and North America”,  Conference Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2003), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2003.

 

25.              Bonaventura, C.S., Palese, J.W., Zarembski, A. M., “Field Evaluation and Deployment of a Track Geometry Car Based Real-Time Dynamics Simulator”, AREMA 2003 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, October 5-8, 2003.

 

26.              Bonaventura, C.S., Zarembski, A.M., Palese, J.W., Holfeld, D.R., “Increasing Speeds through the Diverging Route of a Turnout without Increasing Lead Length”, 83rd TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 2004.

 

27.              Bonaventura, C.S., Palese, J.W., Zarembski, A.M., “Performance of a Track Geometry Car- Real-Time Dynamics Simulator using Multiple Vehicle, 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’03), Washington, DC, November 16-21, 2003.