2022 Bryan Law and Andrew Smertherham
Graduate Engineer Award 2022
THE JOINT RECIPIENTS OF THE 2022 RTSA GRADUATE ENGINEER AWARD ARE BRYAN LAW AND ANDREW SMERTHERHAM
Bryan Law
Bryan Law has completed both a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Australian National University, majoring in Mechanical and Material Systems with a Minor in Project Management, as well as completing his Masters of Systems Engineering from the University of New South Wales, majoring in Test and Evaluation. Bryan has held previous roles as a Signalling Engineer and SESA (Systems Engineering and Safety Assurance) Engineer with WSP Australia and Arch Artifex where he worked on the Cross River Rail (CRR)’s European Train Control System (ETCS) project, Rio Tinto’s Next Gen Level Crossing Systems Project, Inner Armadale Level Crossing Removal Project, METRONET Platform and Signalling Upgrade Program, Sydney Metro, and the City Rail Link. Bryan currently works as a Senior Systems Engineer for Queensland Rail on the CRR’s ETCS project.
Bryan is also an active mentor in the ABCN (Australian Business and Community Network) program, volunteers on the RTSA Queensland Chapter Committee, was a mentor in the ARA Mentoring program and volunteered for the Australian National University throughout his undergraduate degree for 4 years. Bryan’s goal is to continue encouraging the younger generation to be more innovative and enter into STEM.
Bryan Law accepting the 2022 Undergraduate Thesis Award in Melbourne, June 2023 at CORE2023 (also pictured Roy Unny, National Executive Chair of the RTSA and Amy Lezala-Zahr, Chief Engineer, Victoria Department of Transport and Panning)
Andrew Smetherham
Andrew Smetherham has completed a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) at Curtin University, majoring in Civil and Construction. Andrew currently works as a Rail Engineer for Arup where he has worked on a number of key projects such as detailed design of Morley Ellenbrook Line in Perth. Andrew has experience in an array of rail engineering activities ranging from track design and modelling to project management and coordination. Andrew has created and co-created several FME track modeling and design automation tools including Kinematic Rollingstock Outline FME tool and Sleeper Modelling FME tool.
Andrew is proactive in the rail industry, attending CORE2021 and AusRAIL2020 as a Young Professional Scholarship winner. He has hosted technical knowledge sharing sessions for the Arup WA office, which he has also presented on the topic of rail automation tools. Andrew actively mentors and supports fellow graduates and vacation students across multiple disciplines and is building CPD for his Engineers Australia chartership.
