NRC Centre for Surface Transportation Technology (NRC-CSTT)

(Ottawa, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta)

Improving and Protecting Human Life through Mobility

NRC-CSTT is a financially self-supporting business division of the National Research Council of Canada. NRC-CSTT does proprietary research, technology development, engineering, and testing of civilian and military vehicles and vehicle systems under contract to the rail and road transport industries, defence departments, and a wide range of vehicle and equipment manufacturers. NRC-CSTT serves Canadian and international clients in a world market.

The range of NRC-CSTT's services is extensive:

• Contract research
• Technology development
• Computer-based modeling and simulation of vehicles and systems
• Vehicle systems prototyping and integration
• Field and laboratory testing
• Technology visioning and project management

At the heart of NRC-CSTT's business model are three business divisions, each specializing in a particular aspect of transportation technology.

NRC-CSTT's Rail Division supports rail industry clients with railway car and track design improvement, vehicle/track systems optimization, problem-solving, cost-avoidance, and product testing and evaluation. It develops and implements leading new maintenance strategies for track and rolling stock.

The Road Vehicle and Military Systems Division designs, develops, prototypes, and integrates new vehicle on-board systems; it conceives and develops performanceenhancing hardware; and does a wide range of engineering, problem-solving, testing and characterization of military and civilian heavy vehicles and their systems and components.

NRC-CSTT's Climatic Engineering Division tests the performance of vehicles and equipment under an exceptionally wide variety of climatic conditions, and provides problem-solving support for vehicles and on-board systems including HVAC, coldstarting, defrosting, de-icing, anti-icing, fuel, condensation, humidity management, snow ingestion, snow and ice accumulation, and a host of other climate-related problems.

NRC-CSTT's Advanced Products and Technology Division does research, technology development, and proprietary IP development, partnering, licensing, and other forms of commercialization in a wide range of railway, military, and civilian vehicles and systems. Its products extend from hardware to software. They can be prototyped and evaluated in NRC-CSTT facilities as well as client applications.