The AREMA student chapter at North Dakota State University (AREMA@NDSU) was established in November 2017. There are now 25 members registered with the chapter. Asif Arshid, a Ph.D. student within the civil engineering department, is the current and founding president of the chapter. The chapter began fully functioning in the fall of 2018. A three-member group was facilitated to attend the AREMA 2018 Annual Conference & Exposition in Chicago in September of 2018, and one member participated in the Graduate Student Poster Competition. In addition, the chapter has organized two guest speaker lectures from industry professionals in October and November. The first guest speaker was Franco Fanucci, PE, from Loram Maintenance of Way, and the other speaker was Bryan Remer, PE, associate, project manager at SEH. Another industry professional, Dan Peltier, project engineer at BNSF, lined up for a lecture on Nov. 20 at NDSU. The chapter leaders are looking forward to invite three industry professionals in the upcoming Spring semester along with a field trip to a railway yard or construction site.
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