Students from nearly two dozen universities entered the 2008 IRF Essay Competition. Each student was asked to submit an essay which addressed a topic under this year's theme of road safety The winner was Allison Daniello, a junior mechanical engineering student at Virginia Tech. She completed her paper, titled 'Motorcycle-Guardrail Crashes: How can the risk of severe injury and fatality be reduced?' under the supervision of Dr Clay Gabler. Her work was selected by a panel of international judges with expert
Allison Daniello
Students from nearly two dozen universities entered the 2008 2462 IRF Essay Competition. Each student was asked to submit an essay which addressed a topic under this year's theme of road safety
The winner was Allison Daniello, a junior mechanical engineering student at Virginia Tech. She completed her paper, titled 'Motorcycle-Guardrail Crashes: How can the risk of severe injury and fatality be reduced?' under the supervision of Dr Clay Gabler. Her work was selected by a panel of international judges with expertise in the road industry.
Daniello will receive her grand prize of US$3,000 during the IRF Awards Program being held 12 January, 2009 at the Mayflower hotel in Washington DC. As her academic supervisor, Dr Gabler will be awarded the $1,000 prize for professors.
The three $1,000 runners-up in the competition were: Christopher Lindsey from Georgia Tech; Christine Conron and Chiara Silvestri from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and, Chung-Jen Hsu from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
An abridged version of Allison Daniello's essay is reproduced here.
The winner was Allison Daniello, a junior mechanical engineering student at Virginia Tech. She completed her paper, titled 'Motorcycle-Guardrail Crashes: How can the risk of severe injury and fatality be reduced?' under the supervision of Dr Clay Gabler. Her work was selected by a panel of international judges with expertise in the road industry.
Daniello will receive her grand prize of US$3,000 during the IRF Awards Program being held 12 January, 2009 at the Mayflower hotel in Washington DC. As her academic supervisor, Dr Gabler will be awarded the $1,000 prize for professors.
The three $1,000 runners-up in the competition were: Christopher Lindsey from Georgia Tech; Christine Conron and Chiara Silvestri from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and, Chung-Jen Hsu from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
An abridged version of Allison Daniello's essay is reproduced here.
