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2008 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Winner

October 2, 2008 – 5:46 pm

Mr. Brendon Gill

Thesis: Developing the Single Sleeper Push Test Device used to determine Track Lateral Resistance

Place of study: Griffith University (Queensland) and in association with Queensland Rail.

The thesis makes determinations regarding the lateral resistance of a variety of railway sleepers in a range of ballast conditions. The results of the tests are used to understand better, and predict, the behaviour of sleepers under lateral loading.

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2005 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Joint Winners

March 13, 2008 – 10:24 am

Mr. David Caldwell

Thesis: Improving Performance & Safety of the Sydney Metropolitan Railway with Alternative Signaling

Place of study: University of New South Wales.

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