The Annual Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) Student Excellence Awards give recognition to students who have demonstrated excellence in their performance during the academic year whilst undertaking specialist technical postgraduate units offered by CPEE and our partner University, the University of Tasmania. The judging for the 2018 Student Excellence Awards has just been completed following ratification of student results across ten eligible units throughout Semesters 1 and 2...

Thank you to our Students! Well we can officially call an end to the second semester of the year and with it a much needed break! We hope you are well and that over the coming holiday period you will find some time to rest, relax and recharge. We at CPEE would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to you, our students for your understanding during the most challenging periods of change that has been thrust upon us, it has ben humbling. As many of you are aware we are...

The Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) is excited to launch the new online ‘Graduate Certificate in Asset Management’, starting Semester 1, 2021. With the massive number of infrastructure programs being introduced by federal and state governments, and with many being fast tracked in the current environment, there is high and increasing demand for quality and competent infrastructure management specialists. To help meet this demand CPEE will expand its online offerings in 2021 with...

Boost Your Career Prospects with CPEE in 2023 Welcome to 2023! Significant infrastructure projects are underway across Australia, and with more in the pipeline, there is an increasing need for engineers to upskill and increase their capability and knowledge. The key technical areas associated with the design, construction, maintenance and optimisation of road pavements and major infrastructure assets offer tremendous opportunities for skilled engineers.A growing number of CPEE graduates...

Professor Philip Evans - a key member of the CPEE Academic Board and author and Unit Chair of the CPEE Unit Contracts: Principles, Management and Risks (“Construction Contract Law”) - has just had a prestigious honour bestowed upon him by the Australian Academy of Law. The Academy of Law has advised that Professor Evans has been invited to become a Fellow of the Academy in recognition of his being a “person of exceptional distinction in the discipline of law who is demonstrably committed to the...

A decade and a half of distinguished service to CPEE Bob Andrews has been awarded a CPEE Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of over a decade and a half of distinguished service to CPEE. This was formal recognition of his lengthy and valuable contribution to CPEE across a range of activities, inclusive of Academic Board involvement and multiplicity of roles including Unit Chair, Unit Writer, Unit Reviewer, Presenter (short courses) and Reviewer of course material. The Short Course role...

Early Advice for CPEE Alumni on 2020 Short Course Program This is early advice for the CPEE Alumni on next year’s short course program. As a CPEE Alumni member, you will have access to special offers including a discount on CPEE short courses in 2020. The CPEE short course program for 2020 is currently under construction but once again courses will be available in capital cities and regional centres.  As a guide, the first dates for the Flexible Pavement Design, Mechanistic Pavement...

Mr. Nick Koukoulas Chief Executive of Austroads Chief Executive of Austroads since November 2014, has retired with his last day of service being 15 April 2020. The Austroads Board acknowledged Nick’s leadership in moulding business units and program areas into focused teams and stated in its April communique that “his leadership in commercialisation of NEVDIS and the acquisition of TCA by Austroads was outstanding.” Nick was also an active member of the CPEE Board, and the Board...

Do you remember a supportive teacher, co-worker or manager that boosted your learning and development? If so, then you know the value of mentoring and importance of having someone you can trust to talk to and get helpful advice from. One of the final units that students undertake in their Centre for Pavement Education (CPEE) higher education programs is a capstone unit involving a project relevant to their work. Workplace mentors play an important role by keeping in contact with students throughout...

One of the final units that students undertake in their Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) higher education programs is a capstone unit involving a project relevant to their work with support from a formal work-based mentor – student link. For Semester 1, 2020 we would like to acknowledge the valuable help given by the following mentors to the success of our students who studied the Industry Research unit or the Work Based Project unit: Martin Anderson: Principal Engineer, Program...