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Marcus Dersch
Sr. Research Engineer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Marcus Dersch is a Senior Research Engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2009 and 2010 respectively, during which time he completed research in Railroad Engineering focusing on fouled railroad ballast performance and ballast performance improvement techniques. During the summer of 2008 he worked for Union Pacific Railroad as an engineering intern. Marcus has worked for the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center since 2011 and is currently the Vice Chair of Committee 30 - Ties. His research interests are railway crosstie and fastener design and railroad ballast performance.

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