Overview
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 regional heats will compete for a prize of £1000 at the National Final taking place on 13 May 2026 at One Birdcage Walk, London. The winning presentations will give a fascinating insight to work going on within the Rail Industry across the country, by talented engineers, who are the Future of Rail.
Competing 2026 finalists:
Automated Railway Wheel Flange Measurement from Images Using Deep Learning
Mujadded Alif, Research Associate in Computer Vision, University of Huddersfield (NW Centre)
AI Enabled Predictive Maintenance for Rolling Stock Critical Systems: A Case Study of an EMU Fleet in Scotland
Mahabubur Rahman, PhD Researcher in Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland)
Door Speed Measurement to Combat Trap and Drag Incidents
John Thomas, Infrastructure Engineer, RSSB (SE Centre)
Why bother with fleet engineers?
James Fitzmaurice, Class 707 Fleet Engineer, Angel Trains (SW Centre)
Interoperability, CSM and collaboration: The AC 225
Caspar Schlüter, Project Engineer, Enspired Consulting Ltd (Midlands)
How UAV (drone)-based photogrammetry and 3D Point Cloud data can be used to drive OHL Asset Management and Improve Maintenance Capabilities to deliver Safety and Performance Improvements
Danny Evans, Overhead-Line Asset Engineer (Maintenance Support), Network Rail (North East)
This lecture is free to attend, book your place via this website to join this event in-person or online.
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