200508 – Lowe – Educating Engineers for Railway Traffic Coordination and Control

The aim of this paper is to promote discussion regarding the ability of existing S&T organisations to adopt and implement new and emerging technologies and strategies, given the history and conservative nature of the S&T industry. The paper focuses on the attributes of the engineers within the S&T organisations and how those personal attributes have been developed. It provides a brief review of past and present personnel development opportunities that are available to engineers. Finally, it presents a scenario for future system requirements and discusses how those requirements can be met through personnel development.