The finalists for the inaugural Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Awards have been revealed.
The awards aim to recognise and celebrate research excellence, in the roads and transport industry – within Australia and internationally.
Winners from each of the five award categories will be announced at the ARRB Gala Dinner & Awards Night, held at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium on 21 July.
The finalists are:
Lifetime Research, Development & Implementation Award Category
- 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
Implementing Agency Applied Research Award Category
- 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
Research Impact Award
- 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’
New Research Talent Award
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
Knowledge Transfer Commitment Award
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
For more information on the awards and to book tickets to the 2017 Gala Dinner and Awards Night, click here.