Four papers were presented by students and consultant engineer at the CIHT Midland Branch paper evening 2011/12, at Coates Building, University of Nottingham on 20 September 2011:

 1.       Application of thermography for pavement compaction monitoring

Steve Arulanandam, Nottingham Trent University

 2.       Non-uniform tyre pavement contact pressures and surface distress

Dermot Casey, University of Nottingham

 3.       GPS controlled salt spreading on the Highways Agency network

Lucy Robinson, URS Scott Wilson

 4.       Forecasting slope failures affecting transportation infrastructure in a changing climate

Joanna Wilks, Loughborough University

 20 people from universities and engineering consultancies attended; and asked questions to speakers during the event regarding technical data, design implication, practice, and cost issues, etc.

 A judging panel made of three senior Branch Committee members scored each candidate against criteria such as subject, depth of research and analysis, quality of presentation, time keeping and performance in answering questions.

 Joanna Wilks, PhD student from Loughborough University won the 1^st prize which was presented by the branch chairman Bachar Hakim