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QLD Technical Presentation - 24 February 2010

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STORE 2009

Presenters: Barry Renaud and John Hoyle

12 noon (for 12.30pm) - Hawken Auditorium, Engineers House (447 Upper Edward St, Spring Hill)

Registration:  
EA QLD Division
Phone: 07 3832 3749
Email: qld@engineersaustralia.org.au

24.02.10 - Technical Presentation

2010 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Winner

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Mr. Victor Lorena and Ms. Clara Mulholland

Thesis: A Proposed Orbital Public Transport System for Melbourne.
Place of Study: La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria

The thesis examines the feasibility of adopting an orbital public transport system in Melbourne, with a particular focus on the most efficient means of linking the outer suburbs of Sunshine and Broadmeadows. The detailed findings of the thesis conclude that an orbital rail line along the Albion to Jacana Line is potentially viable and worthy of further detailed study.

2010 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Runner Up

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Mr. Clinton Smalley

Thesis: Preliminary Study into Fatigue of Insulated Rail Joints.

Place of Study: Monash University, Victoria.

2010 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Runner Up

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Messrs. Michael Herd, David Battersby and Jabulani Chiwawa

Thesis: KiwiRail Brake Tester

Place of Study: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Former RTSA Young Railway Engineer receives global recognition

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The 2008  RTSA Young Railway Engineer Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen has just received a  top PhD thesis award from the National Research Council of Thailand. He  received the first prize for the Engineering and Industrial Research category.  A fellow University of Wollongong (UOW)  Mathematics Ph D student  Dr Duangkamon Baowan was awarded the first prize for the Natural Science and Mathematics category.


Dr Kaewunruen is a joint winner of the Distinguished PhD Thesis award in the Engineering and Industrial Research category awarded together with a student from the University of California at Los Angeles.

RTSATube Video Competition 2009 winners

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The successful students in the RTSATube2009 video competition were:

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2009 Individual Award Winner

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Mr. Graham Tew has been awarded the RTSA Individual Award for 2009 in recognition of his outstanding contribution, initially to the work of the BHP-Melbourne Research Laboratories, and latterly to the Institute of Railway Technology at Monash University.

NSW Newsletter October 2009 - Out Now!

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The October 2009 NSW Chapter Newsletter is now available on the NSW Chapter Newsletter Page.

Check out what’s been going on and what’s coming up for the NSW Chapter.

RTSA 2009 Annual General Meeting

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The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Railway Technical Society of Australasia will be held on Tuesday 17 November 2009 between 1.00pm - 1.30pm at the AusRail Plus Conference
(Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide SA).

Notification

Agenda

Minutes of Previous Meeting

Nomination Form to Executive Committee

Martin Baggott presents RTSA Priorities to the RISSB Technology Workshop

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Presentation from 13-14 August - Hilton on the Park, Melbourne

Topic: Priorities of the RTSA

Presenter: Martin Baggott (Executive Chairman, RTSA)

August 2009 - Priorities for the RTSA (pdf 114kb)