AREMA 2016 Exposition

Marcus Dersch
Principal Research Engineer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Marcus Dersch is a Principal Research Engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2009, 2010, and 2022 respectively, during which time he completed research in Railroad Engineering focusing on fouled railroad ballast performance, ballast performance improvement techniques, and fastening system failure analysis. Marcus worked for Union Pacific Railroad as an engineering intern in 2008, obtained his Professional Engineer’s License in 2015, is the Chairman of AREMA Committee 30 (Ties) and has worked with RailTEC since 2011. Marcus’ current research interests are railway crosstie and fastener design and railroad ballast performance.

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