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Tan, Y., Chen, Y., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “Monitoring and Detecting Fouled Ballast using Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer (FLIR) Technology,” The First Annual Symposium on Railroad Infrastruc- ture Diagnosis and Prognosis Symposium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Radmehr, A., and Ahmadian, M., “VT-FRA Roller Rig: Designed and Commissioned to Serve the Railroad Industry,” The First Annual Sym- posium on Railroad Infrastructure Diagnosis and Prognosis Symposium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Afzalan, M., Jazizadeh, F. K., and Ahmadian, M., “Towards Automated Monitoring of Track Using Machine Learning,” The First Annual Sympo- sium on Railroad Infrastructure Diagnosis and Prognosis Symposium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Mast, T., Neighborgall, C., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “The Application of Laser Technology for Railroad Top of Rail (TOR) Friction Modifier Detection and Measurements,” The First Annual Symposium on Railroad Infrastructure Diagnosis and Prognosis Symposium, Univer- sity of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Dama, N., Jain, A., and Ahmadian, M., “Advanced Modeling of Railway Ballast for Improving Railroad Tamping Operation,” The First Annual Symposium on Railroad Infrastructure Diagnosis and Prognosis Sympo- sium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Jazizadeh, F. K., Afzalan, M., and Ahmadian, M., “Developing Machine Learning Methods for Facilitated Track Condition Assessment using Repeated Inspection Data,” The First Annual Symposium on Railroad Infrastructure Diagnosis and Prognosis Symposium, University of Ne- vada, Las Vegas, NV, October 16 – 17, 2018. Chen, Y., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “A Case Study on Lateral Characteristics of Trucks with Double and Triple Trailers,” SAE Com- mercial Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Rosemont, IL, September 11 – 13, 2018. Chen, Y., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “Development of a Simulation Model for Evaluating Lateral Characteristics for Trucks with Double and Triple Trailers,” SAE Commercial Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Rosemont, IL, September 11 – 13, 2018. Chen, Y., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “A Simulation-based Comparative Study on the Low-speed Offtracking of Long Combina- tion Vehicles,” SAE Commercial Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Rosemont, IL, September 11 – 13, 2018. Chen, Y., Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “Achieving Pneumatic Antiroll Bar through Re-designing a Commercial Airspring Suspension for Semi-truck,” SAE Commercial Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Rosemont, IL, September 11 – 13, 2018. Peterson, A. W., and Ahmadian, M., “Design and Implementation of a Shaft-mounted Steering Robot for Repeatable and Limit-steer Testing of Commercial Vehicles,” SAE Commercial Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Rosemont, IL, September 11 – 13, 2018. Hosseinian, A. H., Melzi, S., and Ahmadian, M., “Integrated Vehicle Dynamics System through Coordinating Active Aerodynamics Control, Active Rear Steering, Torque Vectoring, and Hydraulically Intercon- nected Suspension,” International Journal of Automotive Technology, accepted, in print. Ahangarnejad, A. H., Melzi, S., Ahmadian, M., “Numerical comparison of two methods for integration of active rear steering, torque vectoring and hydraulically interconnected suspension,” International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, accepted, in print. Ghodrati, M., Ahmadian, M., Mirzaeifar R., “Studying the Effect of Tangential Forces on Rolling Contact Fatigue in Rails Considering Microstructure,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. Radmehr, A., Tajaddini, A., Marquis, B., and Ahmadian, M., “Virginia Tech-Federal Railroad Administration Roller Rig Measurement Capabili- ties and Baseline Measurements,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. Radmehr, A., Kothari, K., and Ahmadian, M., “Evelauting the Effect of Natural Third Body Layers on Friction Using the Virginia Tech Roller Rig,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. Neighborgall, C., Mast, T., Peterson, A. W., Ahmadian, M., and Holton, C., “Development of Laser/LED-based Instrument for Optical Detec- tion of Railroad Top-of-rail (TOR) Friction Modifiers and Lubricity Conditions,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. Afzalan, M., Jazizadeh, F. K., and Ahmadian, M., “A Machine Learning Approach for Track Condition Assessment Through Repeated Historical Data Analysis,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. Tan, Y., Chen, Y., and Ahmadian, M., “Monitoring and Detecting Fouled Ballast using Forward-Looking Infrared Radiometer (FLIR) Aerial Tech- nology – Possibilities and Limitations,” Proceedings of the 2019 Joint Rail Conference, Snow Bird, UT, April 10 – 12, 2019. KAVEH AKBARI HAMED K. Akbari Hamed, V. R. Kamidi, W-L. Ma, A. Leonessa, and A. D. Ames, “Hierarchical and safe motion control for cooperative locomotion of robotic guide dogs and humans: A hybrid systems approach,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, In Press, August 2019, doi: 10.1109/ LRA.2019.2939719 K. Akbari Hamed, B. Safaee, and R. D. Gregg, “Dynamic output controllers for exponential stabilization of periodic orbits for multi- domain hybrid models of robotic locomotion,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, In Press, July 2019, doi:10.1115/1.4044618 K. Akbari Hamed and R. D. Gregg, “Decentralized event-based control- lers for robust stabilization of hybrid periodic orbits: Application to underactuated 3D bipedal walking,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 2266-2281, June 2019 Revised and Corrected, Nov. 2019 43