JOSEPH W.
PALESE, M.C.E., P.E.
Vice President
Engineering
Analysis & Technology
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SUMMARY OF
QUALIFICATIONS:
PROFESSIONAL
HISTORY:
1990 - ZETA-TECH Associates, Incorporated, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Present Vice President
Engineering Analysis & Technology
Development of numerous
software applications for the railway industry, including real time data
acquisition, track component behavior modeling, planning and analysis models,
database development and several other applications.
Development and
implementation of software applications on freight and passenger railways
worldwide. Successful implementation of
risk-based safety oriented software for ultrasonic testing requirements, rail
replacement, track/train dynamics, etc.
Responsible for software
development and implementation group.
1988 - Graduate Research, University of Delaware
1990 Advised by Dr. Arnold Kerr
Co-wrote a computer program
for the Federal Highway Department on the blow-up of concrete pavements.
Masters thesis, Beams on
Viscoelastic Foundations
June 1986 - Adams Rehmann and Heggan Associates, Hammonton, New Jersey
Sept. 1988 Civil Engineer
(Summer/Winter) Performed analysis and design for land
subdivision including hydraulic analysis for stormwater management and road
design. Estimation of quantities for
land development.
EDUCATION:
1998
Master
Business Administration
Rowan University
1990 Master of Civil Engineering
University of Delaware
1988 Bachelor of Civil Engineering
University of Delaware
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
Registered Professional Engineer:
New Jersey
Member, American Railway Engineering
Maintainence-of-Way Association
HONORS AND
AWARDS:
Recipient of the Davis
Fellowship from University of Delaware
Member of Tau Beta Pi and
Chi Epsilon honor societies
Recipient of AAR Fellowship
in Railroad Engineering
Software
Packages: Microsoft Office, MathCad,
TurboCad, Databases, Lotus, Corel, Photoshop, Adobe, Origin, and many others
Programming
Languages Visual Basic 5.0, Visual
Basic for Applications, Visual C++ 5.0, FORTRAN, Borland C++, third party
controls for visual and object oriented programming.
PUBLISHED
PAPERS:
Masters Thesis, "The
Analysis of Structures Supported by Visco-Elastic Foundations", September
1990.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Palese, J.W., “SelecTie II
Helps Railroads Make Solid Economic Designs”, Crossties Magazine, May/June 1997.
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 Conrference, Accepted
for Publication, 1998.
Palese, Joseph W., “RTA
Introduces Tie LifeTM Program”, Crossties
Magazine, May/June 1998.
Zarembski, A. M., Palese,
Joseph, J. W., Katz, Leonidm “Implementation of a Dynamic Rail-Highway Grade
Crossing Transition:, Transportation
Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1999.
Palese, Joseph W., Holfeld,
Donald R., “Tie Planning Tools for the Track Inspector”, American Railway Engineering Maintenance Association Track &
Structures Annual Conference, 1999.
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.
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.
Palese, Joseph W., “Temperature
Effects on Welded Rail”, Live Stream, September/October
1998.
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.
Palese, Joseph W., & Zarembski, Allan M., “BNSF
Tests Risk-Based Ultrasonic Detection”, published Railway Track &
Structures Magazine, February 2001.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.