The RailStaff Awards 2024

Nominations for Rail Engineer of the Year

Peter Musgrave

Said the following about Mohamed Wehbi:

““Since Mohamed has joined the Network Rail Track Bed Investigation Team (TBI), he completely transformed the perception around Track Bed in Network Rail with his innovative research work and award-winning journal publications which placed the TBI team at the forefront of the industry. He successfully managed to transfer knowledge from academia through his PhD to the rail industry with careful consideration to the practical engineering aspects of railway infrastructure. Mohamed introduced the concept of advanced numerical modelling & artificial intelligence techniques as an effective tool to design track bed which was key to the introduction of new technologies, leading to significant money saving projects such as the Under-Sleeper-Pads, Micro-piling stabilisation and Geocells. Furthermore, his ground-breaking work on the introduction of a new design philosophy for track stiffness transition zones has successfully led to the treatment of complex problematic sites in a cost-effective manner. ““