RVID 2018

RVID, the Industrial Designers Society of Railway Vehicles, hosts the 2018 International Workshop on Railway Vehicle Industrial Design from November 21-23. This is the most important event in China for research and development in railway design. Organised by china's largest state rolling stock manufacturer - CCRC Qingdao Sifang.

http://www.rvid.org.cn/en/

CRRC Sifang-Imperial Centre for Rail Transportation Manufacturing Technologies

The CRRC Sifang-Imperial Centre will focus on developing rail technologies to streamline the construction and testing of high speed trains, so that they are safer, more cost effective and environmentally friendly. Using the latest manufacturing techniques, the researchers aim to create trains that are made from advanced materials and fewer components, making them lighter and more fuel efficient.

The new Centre will be based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and headed by Professor Jianguo Lin, a world-leading expert in using materials processing and moulding or plasticity technologies for the production of structural components, with applications in the transport industry.