How Sound is Making Railways and Infrastructure Safer

In 2023, a 9,300-foot freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, OH, causing chemical fires, evacuations, and major disruption. This disaster was largely attributed to outdated brake regulations and the shortcomings of the current railroad safety and operations protocols. Since 2020, over 4,000 trains have derailed in the U.S., with nearly 70 percent […]

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Glenn Sjoden And A Career that Propelled a Program

After more than four decades of military, federal, and academic leadership in nuclear engineering, Dr. Glenn Sjoden will retire this summer as the EnergySolutions Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair in Nuclear Engineering and Director of the Utah Nuclear Engineering Program (UNEP) in the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering. Since joining the University of Utah […]

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