2023 Undergraduate Student Industry Program video competition
As part of our annual Undergraduate Student Industry Program participants in the program take part in workshops on presentation, networking, and media skills, and at the end of the program make a short video showcasing their projects. Listed below are the winning videos from the 2023 edition of the program.
We congratulate not only the winners, but all who took part in this year’s program, and we look forward to seeing where you take your work, and your careers in transport.
THE WINNERS
The standard of videos produced by students in the program continues to impress, Take a look at the winning videos for the 2023 program below!:
1st place: Smart kerbside parking utilisation app
Students: Autumn Tan, Hoang Minh Nguyen, Tien Duc Nguyen, Jasmine Shrestha, and Patrick McCaffrey – Swinburne University of Technology
Supervisor: Dr Hadi Ghaderi
Industry partner: Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) Senior Engineer
Background
The smart kerbside parking utilisation app will be designed to reduce the time and hassle of finding parking spaces, while also improving the utilisation of kerbside parking. The app will use historical parking data, providing drivers with accurate and up-to-date information on available parking spots in their vicinity. In addition to providing a seamless user experience, the app will also allow city authorities to monitor and manage parking more efficiently, thereby reducing congestion and improving safety on the roads. The development of the smart kerbside parking utilisation app has the potential to revolutionise the parking experience for drivers and improve the efficiency of kerbside parking management for city authorities.
Purpose
This project aims to provide a platform that offers parking demand management.
Project benefits
- Reduced time and hassle of finding parking spaces for drivers
- Improved utilisation of kerbside parking spaces
- Increased efficiency in parking management for city authorities
- Reduced congestion and improved safety on the roads
2nd place: Simulation of public transport routing and service load analysis
Students: Lachlan Slattery, Daniel O’Donnell, James Taylor, Isabella Ronald, U Schwee Thowai, Nathan Jackson – Swinburne University of Technology
Supervisor: Sajjad Shafiei
Industry partner: Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) Senior Engineer
3rd place: VR and simulation to test human/vehicle interactions
Student: Grace Piroscia – University of Sydney
Supervisor: Dr Stewart Worrall
Industry partner: Transport for NSW
Background
New vehicle technology promises to improve safety and efficiency for passengers as well as nearby vulnerable road users. One of the remaining challenges is understanding the interactions between these technologies and humans, particularly focused on estimating the intentions, and communicating this to the people involved to generate trust and acceptance.
Purpose
By better understanding the intentions of the people operating in the vicinity of the vehicles, this information can be used to improve navigation. This could result in improved safety and a comfortable interactions.
4th place: Solar/battery application opportunities for EV charging
Students: Mackensie D’Alton, Sumedh Chakma – Edith Cowan University
Supervisor: Dr Asma Aziz
Industry partner: Red Dog Renewables
Background
Red Dog Renewables have built a 6Kw solar array on an 8×3 metre tri axle trailer with 28Kw of batteries and a single-phase inverter. This offers reasonably fast charging for electric vehicles. The problem is it is large, heavy, expensive, and oversize for transporting requiring permits. etc.
One of the biggest barriers to a large uptake to EVs in the resource sector is the ability to re-charge off grid whilst they transition their typically gas fired power grids. Resource companies have also got well established and scaled diesel tanks for the use in just about every machine on site. Diesel’s abundance and cost on site in comparison lack’s the energy density and coupled with the cost of batteries, makes the ROI difficult to absorb for some companies.
Purpose
To make mobile EV off-grid charging, cheaper smaller and cost comparative to diesel equivalent per km.
Past winners
This is the 5th year for these awards, and just in case you missed them, here’s the winners from the first four editions of the iMOVE Undergraduate Student Industry Program awards:
- 2018: Cognitive load impact of Human Machine Interface of C-ITS | How technology can be used to encourage cycling | Human Machine Interface of C-ITS | Tyres for electric motorcycles
- 2019: UAVs in emergency situations | UAV delivery drones | SHIFT: Shifting you to more comfortable spaces
- 2020: Buddy: Helping the elderly on public transport | How pedestrians will interact with autonomous vehicles | Australian Freight Carbon Calculator (Cargo2) | The last mile delivery problem
- 2021: Development of a low-cost IoT solution to monitor the localisation of electric bikes in real-time | Socially-attentive pedestrian tracking in shared spaces | Autonomous steering
- 2022: Smart kerbside parking utilisation app | Simulation of public transport routing and service load analysis | VR and simulation to test human/vehicle interactions | Solar/battery application opportunities for EV charging
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