Welcome to Future!

 

Don't miss the opportunity to learn from international experts

 

The Future of Freight Transportation

by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems

 

 

The International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation

 

The University Of Texas At Arlington

The University Of Texas At Arlington

ISUFT 2008

 

Thursday through Saturday, March 20-22, 2008

at

 

The University of Texas at Arlington

Room 100 Nedderman Hall

416 South Yates Street

Arlington, Texas, 76010 USA

(Near Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport)

 

Sponsored by:

 

Department of Civil Engineering

College of Engineering

Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE)

Benjamin Media

 

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the symposium is to draw federal and state government agencies and DOTs, design and consulting engineers, municipalities, pipeline owners, manufacturers and contractors, transportation companies, economists, environmentalists, legal experts, and end-users for discussion of recent developments in underground freight transportation as well as of the technical, economical, and legal possibilities, opportunities, and challenges. The symposium will present both new and existing technologies and consider future technologies for using pipelines for freight transportation.

***Online Registration is Now Open***

Click Here to Register

or contact Michelle Magyar at Benjamin Media, Inc. at 330.467.7588 or

 

mmagyar@benjaminmedia.com

 

***NOTE: Early Registration Ends February 15th, 2008***

 

Click Here for Registration Fees             Click Here for UPDATED Technical Program

 

Reserve your room at  Hilton Arlington by Friday, March 7, 2008, and save!  Just mention UTA ISUFT 2008 to receive a room rate of $85 + tax per night.

 

 

 

Symposium Brochure

Symposium Invitation

 

SPONSORS (as of January 18, 2008):

    UTA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

 

Northwest PipeISO 9001

CP&Y

 

 

ISUFT focuses on underground freight transport by automated transportation systems or capsules, moving through underground tunnels or pipelines.

 

The purpose of ISUFT is to present, by organizing events like the international symposia, the research progress in developing underground freight and capsule pipeline transportation concepts.

 

Topics at the international symposia include:

  • technological developments
  • potential area of application and its characteristics
  • transport performance
  • costs and benefits
  • implementation and construction aspects

 

The international steering committee welcomes new ideas or research on underground freight transport and/or capsule pipelines. We invite you to join the ISUFT network.

 

 

An ISUFT event is a good forum to present your results. It is also an excellent opportunity to promote underground freight transport and capsule pipelines as a sustainable mode of transport in your country.

 

International Steering Committee of ISUFT 2008

 

Professor John H. Matthys, Director of  the Construction Research Center (CRC), The University of Texas at Arlington, USA. (Chairman)

Dr. Nur Yazdani, Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, (Co-Chairman)

Dr. Mohammad Najafi, Director, Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE), The University of Texas at Arlington, (Co-Chairman)

Dr. Henry Liu, President, Freight Pipeline Company, USA, (Co-Chairman)

Mr. Claude Bérenguier, Secretary General of International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA), Lausanne, Switzerland

Professor Zhilong Chen, Nanjing Engineering Institute, China

Dr. Teimuraz Gochitashvili, Professor, Director, Planning & Development, Ltd "GeoEngineering," Tbilisi, GEORGIA

Professor Mikhail Lourie, Russian State Oil and Gas University, Russia

Professor Baosong Ma, China University of Geosciences, China

Dr. Roger Miles, Mole Solutions Ltd., London, UK

Professor Anand J. Puppala, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A.

Professor Qihu Qian, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China

Dr. Stephen S. Roop, Director, Texas A & M University, U.S.A.

Professor Emeritus Dietrich Stein, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany

Professor E. Taniguchi, Kyoto University, Japan

Professor Yuji Tomita, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Professor Yutaka Tsuji, Osaka University, Japan

Mr. William (Bill) Vandersteel, Ampower Corp., U.S.A.

Dr. Johan Visser, Research School for Transport, Infrastructure, and Logistics (TRAIL), Delft, University of Technology, Netherlands

Professor Pavel Vlasak, Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Science of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

 

ISUFT 2008 Important Dates

Important dates to mark in your calendar:

June 30, 2007                               Abstract submission deadline  (Closed)

October, 30 2007                          Submission of draft papers (Closed)

February 15, 2008                        Symposium early registration deadline

January 31, 2008                          Final papers due

February 15, 2008                        Accommodation booking deadline

 

***Thursday through Saturday, March 20-22, 2008, ISUFT 2008 on the Campus of the University of Texas at Arlington***

 

Symposium Topics

*         Structural, Geotechnical, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Electrical, and Architectural Aspects

*         Capsule pipelines, especially pneumatic capsule pipelines (PCP)

*     Pipeline transport

*         Underground freight transport systems

*         Underground construction technology

*         Trenchless technology

*         Modern tunneling technologies

*         Design of capsules and vehicles used in underground freight transport

*         Cost and economics of underground freight transport systems

*         Legal and environmental aspects of underground freight transport

*         Safety and security of underground freight transport systems

*         Geology and Geotechnical Issues

*         Political and institutional issues regarding underground freight transport

*         Case studies of major underground freight transport systems in different nations

*         Other topics related to underground freight transport

*         Field Trips

 

ISUFT 2008 Invitation for Exhibitors

 

The ISUFT 2008, 5th International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and other Tube/Tunnel Systems, will be held on campus of The University of Texas at Arlington, USA, Thursday through Saturday, March 20-22, 2008.

 

The indoor-exhibition will be in the foyer directly in front of the lecture hall, and, in order to create an excellent publicity for the exhibitors, the symposium registration as well as the coffee breaks and lunches will be placed within the exhibition area.

 

The organizers cordially invite your organization to attend the symposium and also participate in the exhibition activities.

 

For more information:

 

Dr. Mohammad Najafi, P.E.

Coordinator, Construction Engineering & Management

Director, Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE)
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19308
438 Nedderman Hall
Arlington, TX 76019-0308

Phone: 817-272-0507
Fax:   817-272-2630
Email: najafi@uta.edu

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