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Professor Roderick Smith

Research Activities

Railways research in the Department is focussed on the Future Railway Research Centre (FRRC), which conducts technical railway related research in four broad areas: vehicle-track interaction, sustainable energy systems, vehicle design and materials integrity, particularly the fatigue of vehicles and infrastructure. The FRRC has three aims:

  • To provide leading edge research to improve the knowledge and technical capabilities of the railway sector.
  • To facilitate the UK's ability to migrate to the most energy-efficient, safe, high-speed, and cost-effective railway network.
  • To provide a supply of high level technically trained staff of the railway industry world-wide.

For further information visit the Future Railway Research Centre website at www.imperial.ac.uk/MErailways