Vehicle innovation lauded in Melbourne

The Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia recently hosted its prestigious 2014 Awards for Mobility Engineering Excellence

Technical innovation and safety were in the spotlight at the recent 2014 Mobility Engineering Excellence Awards, hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia in Melbourne on Wednesday, October 29.

A diverse panel of judges considered many high quality entries from a number of sectors of the mobility industry, including Automotive, Heavy Commercial Vehicles, Manufacturing and Student nominations.

The most prestigious award of the evening – also the overall winner of the professional awards category – was presented to Robert Bosch Australia for its highly innovative Automatic Emergency Braking Rear (AEB-Rear) product.

The AEB-Rear has significant export opportunities for many global platforms. AEB-Rear uses ultrasonic and radar sensing technologies combined with automatic braking to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities as well as unintended collisions caused when a vehicle is reversing.

Pictured is Nicholas Platt (right), RACV Acting Manager of Vehicle Engineering, presenting Mark Anderson (left) of Robert Bosch Australia with his award.

AutoTest Products Pty Ltd was awarded Gold in the Heavy Commercial Vehicle category for its AutoMonitor product, which is a Complete Vehicle Condition and Roll-Over Monitor for heavy vehicles.

vMould, an easy-to-access web application and software package from Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC), in collaboration with AutoCRC Ltd and Malaysia Automotive Institute, received a Gold award for the Manufacturing category, for its ability to automate plastic injection mould design and production process, reducing manufacturing time and costs.

In the Student category, Tyler Plowright of the University of Newcastle was awarded Gold for his work in Aerodynamics of Australian Coal Trains; a research project to help improve the energy efficiency and therefore reduce fuel consumption in these trains.

Marc Russouw of Monash University was Highly Commended for his project on the Development of a Vehicle and Tyre Model for Formula SAE, a model used by the Monash Formula team in the development of its overall vehicle model.

Vehicle innovation lauded in Melbourne

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