2021 Navsimran Singh and Elizabeth Kalou
Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award 2021
THERE ARE TWO WINNERS OF THE 2021 RAILWAY ENGINEERING STUDENT THESIS AWARD: ELIZABETH KALOU AND NAVSIMRAN SINGH
2021 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award
Joint winners
Elizabeth Kalour
Thesis: A comprehensive review of railway sleepers and comparative testing of pre-stressed concrete and fibre-reinforced sleepers
Place of Study: Western Sydney University
Elizabeth’s thesis included a comprehensive review of railway sleepers and comparative testing of pre-stressed concrete and fibre-reinforced sleepers She is an honours student in Civil Engineering at Western Sydney University and has had work experience on the Western Sydney airport project working for Bechtel.
Navsimran Singh
Thesis: How Australian-developed low-cost printable photo-voltaic panels could be integrated into the architecture of railway infrastructure
Place of Study: Monash University
Navsimran is completing an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering at Monash University. His innovative thesis explored how Australian-developed low-cost printable photo-voltaic panels could be integrated into the architecture of railway infrastructure to provide quantifiable carbon-reduction benefits in an unobtrusive manner.