Proceedings 2002/2003 - IRSE

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Institution Awards
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
The President’s Award is made only rarely as it
recognises truly exceptional, meritorious service to
the membership and work of the Institution or a
major contribution to a significant achievement in
the field of railway control and communications.
The President’s Award has been conferred on Dr
Peter Winter, of Swiss Federal Railways. The award
is made in recognition of his significant personal
commitment, leadership and efforts for more than
ten years in encouraging and supporting the work of
signal engineers of European railways and the
supply industry in the development of the concept,
specification, testing and implementation of the
European Train Control System.
During this time Dr Winter directed work on
specification and simulation by the Union International
de Chemin de Fer (UIC) and the European
Rail Research Institute (ERRI), and supported the
European Commission projects on development,
test and pilot installation projects for both ETCS and
Dr Peter Winter (left) receives the President’s Award from
Peter Stanley at this year’s Annual General Meeting
Photo: C H Porter
GSM-R, its supporting communications infrastructure.
As Infrastructure Director of Swiss Federal
Railways he participated in the planning of a tenyear
national implementation programme that
produced the first resulting new line in passenger
operation between Olten and Luzern in April 2002.
DELL AWARD
Matt Shelley (right) receives the Dell Award, which includes
an engraved plaque, from Peter Stanley at the Annual
Dinner held at the Savoy Hotel in London Photo: K W Burrage
The winner of the Dell Award this year is Matt
Shelley of Metronet Rail BCV Ltd. Matt graduated
from Exeter University with a MEng in Electronic
Engineering in 1998. He joined London Underground
in the same year as a Graduate Trainee. On completion
of his training, he specialised in automatic
train operation (ATO).
Matt became an enthusiastic member of the team
involved with the introduction of ATO on the Central
Line and made a significant contribution to the
successful commissioning of the system. In 2002 he
was appointed to the role of Senior ATO Engineer
taking over the leadership of the Automatic Train
Control Team within his Infraco. Since then he and
his team have played a major role in the successful
completion of ATO so that it now operates reliably
over the entire Central Line. Matt has contributed to
past conferences of the IRSE Younger Members’
Section.
WING AWARD FOR SAFETY
Mr Aidan Nelson, Director Policy & Standards at
Railway Safety, was selected as the winner this year
for the Wing Award. The selection was made in
recognition of his substantial influence upon, and
contribution to, improvements achieved in trackside
safety behaviour in recent years and especially in the
context of the present disaggregated nature of the
mainline railway structure. The award was presented
by the President at the Annual Track Safety Quiz and
Awards held in Birmingham in April.
The Wing Award for Safety was introduced in 1994
to commemorate the life and work of the late Peter
Wing, a Fellow of this Institution and an employee of
British Rail, who, during his career, made a major
contribution to the cause of lineside safety. Peter
Wing, whose career in BR spanned 31 years, spent
much of his working life dedicated to the safety of
President Peter Stanley (left) with Aiden Nelson (centre) and
John Armitt, following presentation of the Wing Award
Photo: courtesy Network Rail
his colleagues.
It was his care and concern that became the
driving force behind the national campaign in 1992/3