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2026 Award Winners and Finalists Announced
Thank you to everyone who joined SME-A at Leonda By The Yarra to celebrate the 2026 Mobility Technology Excellence Awards. It was a fantastic evening
recognising outstanding innovation, collaboration, and achievement across the mobility engineering sector.
Congratulations to all the award winners and finalists, and special outstanding achievement and contribution recognition.
The SME-A awards encompass all areas of mobility engineering including electric, autonomous and combustion engine technology, aerospace and defence, heavy commercial vehicles (on-and-offroad), rail and rolling stock, recreational, micro-mobility and specialty vehicles, mobility industry supply chains, research and development (R&D) agencies and service organisations.
Corporate Awards
Leader in Innovation – Small Business
Winner
Robert Bosch Australia Victoria
Trailer Safety Control for Electrohydraulic Disc Brake Systems fitted to Caravans and Trailers (TSC-H)
Finalists
FMP Group – Bendix, Victoria
Walkinshaw Automotive Group, Victoria
Leader in Innovation – Medium Business
Winner
MoTeC, Victoria
MoTeC STW195 Steering Wheel
Finalists
Premcar, Victoria
Segula Technologies, Victoria
Leader in Innovation – Small Business
Winner
Lockelec Rolling Stock, Victoria
Mobility Access Lift (or the MAL) system
Finalists
Professional Awards
Young Mobility Engineer of the Year
Winner
Tanzila Momin Dix, Metro Trains, Victoria
Leading change through engineering
Finalists
Woman Mobility Engineer of the Year
Winner
Stella Butzkueven, Segula Technologies, Victoria
Outstanding contribution to supporting women in industry
Finalists
Significant Services to the Mobility Sector
Winner
Chris Murphy, Relativity Engineering, Victoria
Hands-on safety-critical systems engineering, large-scale autonomous-systems leadership, and the founding of an independent Australian test-instrumentation capability
Finalist
Leader in Innovation Excellence - Under Graduate
Winner
Harrison Croft, Monash University - sponsored by Robert Bosch Australia
Hardware design, verification and test system development for multiple automotive ECUs for various OEMs
Outstanding Achievement and Contribution
Associate Professor Scott Wordley, Monash University
For his outstanding contribution to the Formula SAE-A competition since its inception, firstly as a foundation student, then throughout his entire adult life as a mentor, lecturer and now Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Monash University