International Society on Underground Freight Transportation

by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems

(ISUFT)

 

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ISUFT focuses on underground freight transport by automated transportation systems or capsules, moving through underground tunnels or pipelines.

 

The purpose of ISUFT is to present, by organising events like the international symposia, the research progress in developing underground freight and capsule pipeline transportation concepts.

Topics at the international symposia include:

  • technological developments
  • potential area of application and its characteristics
  • transport performance
  • costs and benefits
  • implementation and construction aspects

 

The international steering committee welcomes new ideas or research on underground freight transport and/or capsule pipelines. We invite you to join the ISUFT network.

 

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NEWS

 

Delft, 14 december 2009

 

Dear Members of the International Society for Underground Freight Transportation,

 

We are so sorry to have to announce that Dr. Henry Liu, president of ISUFT died December 1st 2009.

 

Dr. Liu began teaching in the civil engineering department at MU in 1965 at age 29. He started as an assistant

professor, eventually became a chaired professor and finally director of Capsule Pipeline Research Center. He then

took an early retirement in 2001 to create the Freight Pipeline Co., a research and development firm in Columbia.

 

Dr. Liu was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

He most recently helped organize the International Society for Underground Freight Transportation and was the

organization's president.

 

A memorial service was held Dec. 19, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, Columbia (Missouri, USA)

 

 

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Delft, January 2010

 

A newsletter how we continue will send around soon!

 

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Upcoming ISUFT events are announced on this website!

 

An ISUFT event is a good forum to present your results. It is also an excellent opportunity to promote underground freight transport and capsule pipelines as a sustainable mode of transport in your country.