ALLAN M. ZAREMBSKI Ph.D., P.E.

 

President

 

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Summary of Qualifications:

 

            Over twenty-five years of professional engineering responsibility. Extensive experience in all areas of rail operations to include freight operations, transit, commuter and inter-urban. Inter­nationally recognized expertise in the area of railway track and structures, railway operations, and maintenance. Consulting services provided to virtually all major rail operations in North America together with numerous operations worldwide.

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

 

1984                            ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ

to Present                     President

Directed activities in track maintenance planning and planning software, rail and track analyses, economic analyses of railroad operations, and railway costing. Special areas of activity include railroad track structure, transit systems, and transportation planning.

 

1981 -                          Pandrol Inc./Speno Rail Services Co.

1984                            Director Research & Development

Dual responsibility for both companies in directing all research and de­velopment activities for new products, new systems, and future corpo­rate activities. Reported directly to the President. Responsible for all rail­road technology activities including product application, advertising, and technical support.

 

1976 -                          Association of American Railroads

1981                            Manager - Track Research Division

December 1978 to September 1981

Directed Division Responsible for conducting major research programs on railroad track. Directed AAR Track Laboratory. Conducted extensive field and laboratory tests as well as analytical research programs.

 

Assistant Manager - Track Research Division

August 1978 to December 1978

Initiated major research programs in Track Strength, Rail Fatigue, Bal­last Failure Mechanisms, etc.

 

 

Senior Research Engineer

August 1976 to August 1978

Responsible for research programs on freight car fatigue design, rail overturning, and track gage widening. Developed test plans and proce­dures for AAR Track Laboratory.

 

1975 -                          Princeton University

1976                            Research Associate - Dept. of Civil Engineering

Conducted research activities in the area of lateral (railroad) track de­formation and track buckling. Conducted laboratory tests at civil engi­neering laboratory.

 

1971 -                          Grumman Aerospace Corp.

1973                            Engineer

Responsibility for design and analysis of military aircraft structural com­ponents. Also conducted dynamic analyses of aircraft structures.

 

EDUCATION:

 

Sept. 1975                   Ph.D. Civil Engineering; Princeton University

 

June 1974                    M. A. Civil Engineering; Princeton University

 

Jan. 1973                     M. S. Engineering Mechanics; New York University

 

Jan. 1971                     B. S. (Magna Cum Laude) Aeronautics and Astronautics; New York    University

 

Short Courses:

Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Executive, The Wharton School, 1983.

The Art of Negotiation; The Negotiations Institute, 1982.

Managing People; The Wharton School, 1981.

Improving Your Management Performance; American Management As­sociation 1981.

The Effective Engineering Manager; New York University, 1979.

Time Management for Engineers; American Management Association, 1979.

Effective Communications for Engineers; New York University, 1978.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

Registered Professional Engineer: NJ, NY, PA, IL, MD

 

MEMBER:

 

American Railway Engineering Association

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

1992 Rail Transportation Award, American Society of Mechanical Engi­neers

 

Associate Editor, Railway Track and Structures Magazine, January 1985 to present. Author of monthly column; "Tracking R&D"

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology 1980 - 1981

 

Instructor: Railroad Engineering Continuing Education Courses

Institute for Railroad Engineering; 1984 - 1995

George Washington University; 1980 - 1981

University of Wisconsin at Madison; 1978 -1981

 

Member: National Academy of Sciences, National Materials Advisory Board; Committee on Nondestructive Testing of Longitudinal Force in Rails

 

Member: Office for Research and Experiments of the International Union of Railway; Committee D150

 

Delegate: American Railway Engineering Association Railroad Delega­tion to the Peoples Republic of China, 1983

 

Deputy Director - International Government Industry Research Program on Track Train Dynamics

 

Author of over 60 papers on railroad track analysis and behavior, rail fa­tigue, and freight car design and analysis

 

Author of over 130 articles on railway operations and maintenance, pub­lished in all of the major U.S. and international (English speaking) indus­try publications

 

Author of the book Tracking R&D; Research and Development, Sim­mons Boardman, Omaha, NE, 1993