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We are delighted to announce the Finalists for the Young European Arena of Research 2010 competition. The Finalists listed below will travel to the TRA2010 conference in Brussels from 7th – 10th June where they will display their work in the YEAR2010 exhibition space for approx 1,200 delegates to view. On Sunday 6th June the final judging phase will take place and the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners of each Pillar will be announced during the Opening Ceremony of the Conference on Monday 7th June.

A PDF of the winners can be downloaded here.

Safety & Security

• Mario Marinelli, Technical University of Bari, Italy - A fuzzy logic-inspired model to simulate pedestrian dynamics in emergency and panic situations
• Tianjiao Wang, University of Southampton, UK - Study of pedestrian-vehicle interaction behaviour at unsignalised urban road areas
• Catherine Harvey, University of Southampton, UK - Evaluating the usability of in-vehicle information systems (IVISs)
• Ganesh Mohan, Cranfield University, UK - Electric Active Roll Control (EARC)
• Kiswendsida Abel Ouedraogo, LAMIH, Universite de Valenciennes et du Hainaut, Cambresis, France - Resilience and learning of a driver facing critical situations
• Maria Th. Kamargianni, University of the Aegean, Greece - Exploring teenagers' driving behavior in rural areas
• Yuxue Qin, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany - Mitigation of real world injury risk in frontal impact
• Simon Murray, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Ireland - Machine vision system for road delineation analysis
• Senad Omerovic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Simulation of whiplash injuries

Energy, Environment & Resources

• Alex Sutton, University of Leeds, UK - Investigating if altering the route of a daily commute will change the exposure to particulates
• Noel Hathorn, Cranfield University, UK - Development of an off-road environment simulator based on dynamometer technology
• Trica George Marian, University of Pitesti, Romania - A new way to reduce consumption and environmental pollution by automobile engines - Laser ignition
• Lucyna Slawik & Aleksandra Ligienza, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland - Bioethanol and bioediesel production
• Ramón Botella, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain - Evaluation of high Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) rates in the variability and the mechanical properties of the asphalt mixtures
• Xue Yang, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - A contribution to dynamic methods of calculating the energy demand of mobility in mega city Shanghai, China
• Pieter Coulier, K.U.Leuven, Belgium - Vibrational discomfort in buildings

Mobility & Intermodality

• Rodrigo Castelan Carlson, Technical University of Crete, Greece - A local feedback controller for mainstream traffic flow control using variable speed limits
• Manabu Tsukada, MINES ParisTech & INRIA Paris, France - IPv6 based inter-vehicle communication
• Oded Cats, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden & Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Sweden - Improved transit performance and level of service with dynamic simulation modelling
• Romain Gallen, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), France - Vehicle infrastructure integration for road safety
• Johnny Wennberg, Halmstad University, Sweden - SpotSmart - intelligent parking using wireless sensor networks
• Polyvios Polyviou, University of Southampton, UK - Intelligent transport systems and simulation modelling of dynamic bus fleet management
• Duy Hung Ha, The French National Institute for Transport Network and Safety Research (INRETS), France - Exogenous effects on microscopic traffic distributions
• Anastasia Spiliopoulou, Technical University of Crete, Greece - Queue management techniques for metered freeway on-ramps

Design & Production of Vehicles & Infrastructure

• Michael McLernon, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK - Effect of near surface processes on the management of risks associated with the long-term stability  of road and rail cuttings in glacial tills
• Patrick McGetrick, University College Dublin, Ireland - Identification of bridge dynamic properties using a moving vehicle
• Tara Reale, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - State based Markovian bridge condition estimation
• Alessandro Lipari, University College of Dublin, Ireland - Simulation of live loads on long-span bridges
• Eanna Fallon, University College Dublin, Ireland - Performance assessment of a 14mm stone mastic asphalt containing high quantities of reclaimed asphalt
• Sifiso Nhleko, University of Oxford, UK - A novel virtual method to determine the lateral walking force coefficient
• Alan Dunford, University of Nottingham, UK - Measuring skid resistance without contact

Societal Importance of Transport

• Odette Lewis, University of Malta, Malta - Collaboration strategies for the development of an integrated road transport information platform - A stakeholders' network analysis and an attempt to overcome information integration barriers
• Gesa Matthes, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany - Reurbanisation and its impact on passenger transport development - an interdisciplinary case study
• Michael Sorani, Politecnico di Torino, Italy - Multivariate statistical analysis of travel users' behaviour: the role of attitudinal variables
• Candice Howarth, University of Southampton, UK - Can information on climate change overcome perceived barriers to behaviour change and lead to sustainable travel choices?
• Md. Kamruzzaman, University of Ulster, UK - Examination of activity spaces: identifying transport disadvantage in rural Northern Ireland
• Kobe Boussauw, Ghent University, Belgium - Spatial variations in destination proximity: a regional case study
• Alexandros Nikitas, University of the West of England, UK - Examining the attitudes, pro-social value orientations and social norms of older people to road pricing
• Eda Ustaoglu, University College Dublin, Ireland - Scenario-based impact evaluation of rapid rail infrastructure investments on urban form and development in Greater Dublin Area

Future Visions

• Francesco Pilla, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Virtual personal exposure assessments: a better informed citizen
• Sergey Kamenchenko, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga, Latvia - Development of intellectual transport traffic management IP network based on the next-generation wireless technologies
• Nizar Fakhfakh, French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS), France - Detection and 3D localization of obstacles at level crossings
• Eugénie Lioris, CERMICS, École des Ponts-ParisTech & & Équipe LARA, INRIA, France - Collective taxis in cities: a simulation tool fot optimal real time operation and design
• Aingaran Sellaiya, University of Southampton, UK - Weather proof transport infrastructure
• Yinyi Ma, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Allocating departure time slots to optimize dynamic network capacity
• Maiju Lintusaari, Tampere University of Technology, Finland - The benefits and foundations of post-pay public transport ticket
• Ludovico Spagnolo, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy - I want to bike free: a futuristic kit to enhance bicycles safety and riders' awareness
• Patricia Baptista, IDMEC - Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal - Evaluation of the impact of new energy sources and vehicle technologies in the Portuguese road transport sector