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Arthur De Oliveira Lima

University of Illinois


Arthur de Oliveira Lima obtained his BS in Civil Engineering in 2015 from the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil with a portion of his studies conducted at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He obtained his MS in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017 focusing on rail infrastructure research. He currently serves as a Research Engineer with RailTEC at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he helps manage rail infrastructure research. Mr. Lima is an active member of AREMA Committee 30 – Ties and of the APTA Track/Noise and Vibration Technical Forum and his research interests involve all aspects of rail civil infrastructure, from either the materials, components, or structures perspective.