The Future of Rail: Young Engineers' Presentation Competition 2024 and Railway Division AGM

Each year, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Division holds a competition of technical presentations. The competition is open to all young railway engineers including apprentices, undergraduates, and those in the early stages of their career. Entrants will present to a panel of judges and other attendees in a competition format at the home of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the heart of Westminster.

Winners of the seven regional heats compete for a prize of £1000. Watch this webinar to hear seven presentations from the winners of our regional heats which give a fascinating insight to work going on within the rail industry across the country, by talented engineers, who are the Future of Rail.
Hear innovative research insights from these competing railway engineers:

HydroSHUNTER: Designing safe on-vehicle hydrogen systems
Callum Nicolson, Vanguard STS

Single Wire (without catenary support) OLE Systems
Supakorn Suttidarachai, Sheffield Hallam University

Development of a high-pressure air cannon for windscreen impact testing on 92TS trains
Berke Cam, Transport for London

Commissioning of the LUL-5SSB-21-02 5-Sleeper Spreader Beam
Gordon Potin, Balfour Beatty

Merseyrail Breaking Buffers
Richard Harmer, Network Rail

Using rapid 3D capture to support condition reports
Nick Miljkovic, Angel Trains

Sicat SX Basic Design: My Experience
Ethan Giles, Siemens