Rail Vehicle Mechatronics
暫譯: 鐵路車輛機電一體化

這本獨特且最新的著作調查了機電一體化在鐵路車輛中的應用，特別是在牽引、制動、通訊、數據共享和控制方面。其結果包括提高安全性、舒適性和燃油效率。

Maksym Spiryagin is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Railway Engineering and a Professor of Engineering at Central Queensland University. He received his PhD in the field of Railway Transport in 2004. Professor Spiryagin's involvement in academia and railway industry projects includes many years of research experience in locomotive design and traction, rail vehicle dynamics, contact mechanics, wear, mechatronics and the development of complex systems using various approaches. He has published four books, including 'Design and simulation of rail vehicles' in 2014 and 'Design and simulation of heavy haul locomotives and trains' in 2017, and he has more than two hundred other scientific publications and twenty patents as one of the inventors. Professor Spiryagin is a Chartered Professional Engineer and RPEQ in Australia and a Chartered Engineer in the UK.

Stefano Bruni is full professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he teaches applied mechanics and dynamics. He is the leader of the "Railway Dynamics" research group, carrying out research on rail vehicles and their interaction with the infrastructure. Prof. Bruni authored over 270 scientific papers, mostly related to rail vehicle dynamics, train-track interaction, wheel/rail contact forces, damage and wear of wheels and rails, active control and condition monitoring of rail vehicles, and pantograph-catenary interaction. He is / has been lead scientist for several research projects funded by the railway industry and by the European Commission. He is Vice-President of the IAVSD, the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics, and was chairman of the IAVSD'05 International conference held in Milano in 2005. He is Editorial Board member for some international journals in the field of Railway Engineering.

Chris Bosomworth has worked for the Centre for Railway Engineering at Central Queensland University for over 15 years, firstly on software engineering for railway applications in direct employment and then as a subcontractor as a part of Insyte Solutions Pty Ltd on various simulation, instrumentation and mechatronic projects related to train, locomotive and wagon dynamics. He has a deep expertise in high quality code writing, data acquisition, field testing, instrumentation and microprocessor-based system design and development services.

Peter Wolfs is Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at CQU. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a senior member of IEEE and an associate member of the Centre for Railway Engineering. His special fields of expertise include electrical power distribution, power quality and harmonics, railway traction power supply, renewable energy supply, solar and hybrid electric vehicles and intelligent systems applications in power systems and railways. He received his PhD in the area of High Frequency Link Power Conversion in 1992 from the University of Queensland. He has more than two hundred scientific publications, four book chapters and five patents as one of the inventors.

Colin Cole is the Director of the Centre for Railway Engineering at CQU. He has worked in the Australian rail industry since 1984, starting with six years in mechanized track maintenance for Queensland Railways. Since then, he has focused on a research and consulting career involving work on track maintenance, train and wagon dynamics, train control technologies and the development of on-board devices. He has been extensively engaged with industry via the past nationally funded Rail CRC programs and the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation. His PhD was in Longitudinal Train Dynamics Modelling. He has authored and/or co-authored over two hundred technical papers, two books, numerous commercial research and consulting reports, and has developed two patents relating to in-cabin locomotive technologies.

Maksym Spiryagin 是中央昆士蘭大學鐵路工程中心的副主任及工程學教授。他於2004年獲得鐵路運輸領域的博士學位。Spiryagin教授在學術界及鐵路產業專案中的參與包括多年在機車設計與牽引、軌道車輛動力學、接觸力學、磨損、機電一體化及使用各種方法開發複雜系統的研究經驗。他出版了四本書籍，包括2014年的《鐵路車輛的設計與模擬》及2017年的《重載機車與列車的設計與模擬》，並擁有超過兩百篇其他科學出版物及二十項專利，作為其中一位發明人。Spiryagin教授是澳大利亞的特許專業工程師及RPEQ，並且是英國的特許工程師。

Stefano Bruni 是米蘭理工大學機械工程系的全職教授，教授應用力學與動力學。他是「鐵路動力學」研究小組的負責人，進行有關軌道車輛及其與基礎設施互動的研究。Bruni教授撰寫了超過270篇科學論文，大多與軌道車輛動力學、列車與軌道互動、輪軌接觸力、輪子與軌道的損壞與磨損、軌道車輛的主動控制與狀態監測，以及受電弓與接觸網的互動有關。他是多個由鐵路產業及歐洲委員會資助的研究專案的首席科學家。他是國際車輛系統動力學協會（IAVSD）的副會長，並曾擔任2005年在米蘭舉行的IAVSD'05國際會議的主席。他是一些國際鐵路工程期刊的編輯委員會成員。

Chris Bosomworth 在中央昆士蘭大學的鐵路工程中心工作超過15年，最初從事鐵路應用的軟體工程，後來作為Insyte Solutions Pty Ltd的分包商，參與各種與列車、機車及貨車動力學相關的模擬、儀器及機電專案。他在高品質程式碼撰寫、數據採集、現場測試、儀器及基於微處理器的系統設計與開發服務方面擁有深厚的專業知識。

Peter Wolfs 是中央昆士蘭大學的電機工程兼任教授。他是澳大利亞工程師協會的院士、IEEE的高級會員及鐵路工程中心的副會員。他的專業領域包括電力分配、電力品質與諧波、鐵路牽引電力供應、可再生能源供應、太陽能與混合電動車輛，以及在電力系統與鐵路中的智能系統應用。他於1992年在昆士蘭大學獲得高頻鏈路電力轉換領域的博士學位。他擁有超過兩百篇科學出版物、四章書籍及五項專利，作為其中一位發明人。

Colin Cole 是中央昆士蘭大學鐵路工程中心的主任。他自1984年以來一直在澳大利亞鐵路產業工作，最初在昆士蘭鐵路從事六年的機械化軌道維護。此後，他專注於研究與諮詢事業，涉及軌道維護、列車與貨車動力學、列車控制技術及車載設備的開發。他曾廣泛參與過去由國家資助的鐵路CRC計畫及澳大拉西亞鐵路創新中心的產業合作。他的博士論文是關於縱向列車動力學建模。他已撰寫及/或共同撰寫超過兩百篇技術論文、兩本書籍、眾多商業研究與諮詢報告，並開發了兩項與駕駛艙機車技術相關的專利。