In 2009 the award has been made to two awardees, Mr David Coker and Mr Chris Gordon.
Mr David Coker
Mr Coker is a Technical Manager with the Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation and he was involved recently with the final stages of construction and commissioning of the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link. He has considerable experience as a specialist tunnel engineer acquired in Australia, Singapore and the UK. He graduated from Sydney University with a bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree and, in his final year, he received the prize for the best honours thesis.
Mr Coker is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Member of Engineers Australia and a Sydney Committee member of the Australasian Tunneling Society.
Mr Chris Gordon
Mr Gordon is a Senior Signals Engineer with Coffey Rail Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. In this role, he is responsible for a variety of train operation and signaling projects, which notably have included the Regional Fast Train, the Diamond Creek Resignaling Scheme and the Vic Track Level Crossing Up-grade Project. In addition, he has compiled VicSig, the largest single database of Victoria rail related information in Australia. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a double degree in Engineering (Civil) and Science (Computer Science) and, since then, he has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Railway Signaling offered by the Central Queensland University.
Mr Gordon is a Member of Engineers Australia, a Member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers and a Member of the RTSA.
