It is announced that nominations have been opened for the 2012 RTSA Individual, Railway Project and Young Railway Engineer Awards. For more information about these Awards, including Nomination Forms and on-line registration forms, please follow the Awards/Honours tab. The closing date for the receipt of nominations for these prestigious awards is Friday 24th February 2012.
Articles About - Award
2011 Individual Award Winner
30 Nov 2011
The recipient of the prestigious 2011 RTSA Individual Award for his outstanding contribution to the Australian rail industry is Mr. David Marchant.
RTSA 2012 Awards NOW OPEN
14 Aug 2011
The following 2012 Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) Awards are NOW OPEN for nominations!!!
THE RAILWAY ENGINEERING STUDENT THESIS AWARD
Presented by the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA), and in celebration of the outstanding achievements of undergraduate engineering students, the Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award is presented to the author of an exceptional final year project on a topic of Railway Engineering.
2011 Young Railway Engineer Award Winners
18 May 2011
In 2011 the RTSA Young Railway Engineer Award has been made to two awardees, Mr. Sean Myers and Mr. William Street.
2011 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Winner
08 Mar 2011
Mr. Ross McGovern
Thesis: Development of Longitudinal Train Dynamics Simulation Package.
Place of Study: University of Newcastle
The thesis examines opportunities to improve and increase, from first principles, the functionality and accuracy of a proprietary train simulator by modeling newly introduced technology and other products not previously available due to a lack of processing power. The development of the new simulator has lead to a greater understanding of train behaviour and vehicle design and also provides the ability to model features of distributed power and electronically controlled pneumatic braking. Use of the simulator also may improve energy efficiency.
2011 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Runner Up
08 Mar 2011
Mr. Adrian Lai
Thesis: The Design and Development of an Operator Enable Device for the Rail Network.
Place of Study: University Of New South Wales.
Mr. Ishara Howpe Liyanage
Thesis: Structural Analysis and Validation of No.2 End Headstock for the Perth Suburban A Series Railcar.
2011 Wheel-Rail Interface Award Winner
08 Mar 2011
Mr. Mark Dobrovits
Thesis: A Study into the occurrence of Subsurface Rolling Contact Fatigue Cracks in the Wheels of RailCorp’s Outer Suburban Car Fleet.
Place of Study: University of Wollongong.
The thesis describes a static finite element analysis and stress distribution study that was carried out on the wheels of part of the RailCorp Outer Suburban Car (OSCAR) fleet as part of a process designed to address the incidence of some rolling contact fatigue cracks that had initiated below the wheel treads. The results of the study have contributed towards a better understanding of the propagation and behaviour of these rolling contact fatigue cracks and they have assisted in the development of optimised wheel re-profiling activities.
2012 Thesis Awards Advanced Notification
16 Feb 2011
Advanced notification is given of the Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award and the Wheel-Rail Interface Award both of which are to be made in 2011. Nominations will not close until 24 November 2011 and the official Call for Nominations will not be made until later this year. However, early notice now is given so that suitable railway-related topics might be selected for final year theses. For further details please refer to Awards/Honours.
Call for Nominations!
13 Dec 2010
Nominations have opened for the RTSA Annual Individual Award and the Young Railway Engineer Award.For further information and nominations forms please visit Awards/Honours.
Nominations close on Friday 25th February 2011.
2010 Young Railway Engineer Award Winners
12 Oct 2010
In 2010 the Young Railway Engineer Award has been made to two awardees, Mr. Peter Munro and Mr. Daniel Headifen.
Mr. Peter Munro
is a Project Manager with Downer EDI Works Rail Project Division in Sydney where presently he is involved with the Port Botany Yard Reconfiguration and Upgrade project for the ARTC. Throughout his career, he has been associated with project management of a variety of significant rail initiatives both in Melbourne and Sydney.
