On the 21 July 2017 at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium we are gathering to celebrate the best of the best of our industry. Finalists are:
• Associate Professor Stuart Newstead, Deputy Director of Monash University Accident Research Centre
• Dr Barry Watson, Global Road Safety Consultant & Adjunct Professor at CARRS-Q
• Professor David Hensher, Professor of Management at the University of Sydney Business School and Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
• Dr Rahmi Akcelik, Director of Akcelik & Associates Pty Ltd (trading as SIDRA SOLUTIONS)
• Dr Ahmad Shayan, Chief Research Scientist (Concrete Materials) at ARRB
• Geoff Jameson, Chief Research Scientist (Pavement Technology) at ARRB
• Simon Harrison (Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads - QDTMR) for the High Risk Roads process, initiated by QDTMR
• Gerhard van Blerk (New Zealand Transport Agency - NZTA) for the ‘Hi-Lab” construction technique, initiated by NZTA
• Dr Michael Moffatt (ARRB) for investigating the Influence of multiple axles on pavement design, initiated by Austroads
• John Catchpole (ARRB) for ‘Evaluation of the Victorian Enhanced Graduated Licensing System (GLS)’
• Professor Graham Currie & Dr Alexa Delbosc (Monash Institute of Transport Studies) for ‘A Global Shift in Public Transport Revenue Compliance Using Cross Disciplinary Research in engineering, Psychology and Operations’
• Dr Sara Moridpour (RMIT University) for ‘Traffic Management: Signal Coordination vs Heavy Vehicle Restriction’
• Dr Robert Urquhart (ARRB) for 'Bituminous Binder properties and resolution to the concerns on segregation-susceptible binders'
• Dr Didier Bodin (ARRB) & Graeme Newman (VicRoads) for 'application of the wheel tracker to determine the suitability of marginal granular materials for VicRoads’ application'
Female finalists:
• Dr Farhana Naznin, Research Fellow at Monash University: Institute of Transport Studies
• Melissa Dias, Engineer (Pavements & Surfacings) at ARRB
• Phuong Chau, Graduate Engineer (Safe Systems) at ARRB
Male finalists:
• Dr Reza Mohajerpoor, Engineer (Network Operations & Management) at ARRB
• Arooran Sounthararajah, PhD Candidate at Monash University - Dept of Civil Engineering
• Andrew Beecroft, Professional Engineer (Pavement Technology) at ARRB
This award category was open to ARRB only in 2017
• Paul Hillier, National Technical Leader (Incident Investigations & Reviews) at ARRB
• Jerome Carslake, Manager of National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP) at ARRB
• Jon Roberts, Principal Research Engineer (Asset Management) at ARRB
If you’re as intrigued as we are to know the winners, make sure you book your tickets today - only limited places still available.
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