Wednesday, October 28
12:00 p.m. AEDT
Guest Speaker: Rachel Michaud – Chief Engineer at Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia
Rachel has been in the Transport Industry for over 15years, with much of this time spent specialising in Heavy Vehicle Electronic Braking, Roll Stability and Driver Assistance Systems. She has been fortunate enough to travel to New Zealand and Europe to attend multiple electronic braking workshops held by global experts, and apply this knowledge to the design and improvement of Australian braking systems and standards.
Rachel holds her Multi-Combination drivers’ licence for Heavy Vehicles from her time at Knorr-Bremse. A highlight of her career was doing rollover test driving with Kenworth’s, Mack’s, Isuzu’s, and other vehicles on the Skid Pan in Shepparton. This testing validated a reduction in the vehicle and/or combinations likelihood to roll when the safety systems were fitted and operational.
At HVIA, Rachel advocates for positive change in the industry, supports members with technical enquiries and contributes to improvements in diversity, education, efficiency, and innovation within our industry.