Current HDR projects

Kendall Banfield
Degree: PhD
Working title: Parking policy for transit-oriented development (TOD) in Sydney
Supervisors: Stephen Greaves, John Nelson

Chamila Tharangani Danthanarayana
Degree: PhD
Working title: Revitalizing Rail Freight Transport for Economic Growth: An Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Decline in Sri Lanka and Strategic Model for Sustainable Development
Supervisors: John Nelson, Geoffrey Clifton

Sara Haider
Degree: PhD
Working title: Quantifying Behavioural Factors to Optimise Sustainable Transport Infrastructure that drives Mode Shift
Supervisors: John Nelson, Jennifer Kent

Mohammad Rahiminia
Degree: PhD
Working title: Leveling the flow of passengers in the airport network using queueing theory
Supervisors: Michiel Bliemer, Rico Merkert

Ashikur Rahman
Degree: PhD
Working title: Development of a Comprehensive, Decision Support System for Evaluating Urban Walkability Strategies
Supervisors: Chinh Ho, Stephen Greaves

Arkar Than Win
Degree: PhD
Working title: Investigating the Impact of Covid-19 on the Mode Choice Behaviour of Autonomous Vehicle. Is Autonomous Vehicle Solution for Adequate Social Distancing
Supervisors: Chinh Ho, John Nelson

Chia-Jung Yeh
Degree: PhD
Working title: A Systematic Evaluation of the Context for On-demand Transport Service Considering the Environmental and Social Sustainability
Supervisors: John Nelson, Chinh Ho

Sam Zareh Andaryan
Degree: PhD
Working title: A Utility Function for Shared Spaces integrating Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisors: Michael Bell, Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya

Muhammad Fawad Afraz
Degree: PhD
Working title: The Impact of Supply Chain Innovation and Green Supply Chain Management on Competitive Advantage and Sustainable Supply Chain Performance with Mediating Effects of Robustness and Resilience Capabilities
Supervisors: John Nelson, Rico Merkert

Siavash Farzadnia
Degree: PhD
Working title: Improving the Experience of Passengers in Using Brisbane Airport Services for Olympics and Paralympic 2032: An Unsupervised Text Analytics Approach
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Matthew Beck

Syed Mujtaba Hussain
Degree: PhD
Working title: An empirical analysis of a drone ecosystem in logistics: A fourth-party logistics (4PL) framework for warehouse operations and last-mile delivery
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Michiel Bliemer

David Li
Degree: PhD
Working title: Building a More Sustainable Future with Customers and Supply Chain Partners in the Airline Sector
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Matthew Beck

Mosleh Amiri
Degree: PhD
Working title: Enhancing sustainability in SCM: bi-objective electric vehicle routing problem with selective backhauls
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell

Jzolanda Tsavalista Burhani
Degree: PhD
Working title: Green Liner and Feeder Shipping Network Design
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell

Haiwei Gu
Degree: MPhil
Working title: Green Liner Shipping Network Design Leveraging Zero-Carbon Fuels
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell

Veronica Schulz
Degree: PhD
Working title: Circular Economy (CE) at Coal Ports
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell

Ze Wang
Degree: PhD
Working title: Logistics and the circular economy
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell

Niklas Kimo Bruns
Degree: PhD
Working title: National Competitive Advantage in the Upstream Battery Supply Chain An Australian Perspective
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Behnam (Ben) Fahimnia

Yawen Jiang
Degree: PhD
Working title: How customers value different physical distribution service (PDS) services attributes using WTP at e-tailer selection under the circumstance of COVID-19
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Andrew Collins

Gareth Jude
Degree: PhD
Working title: Consumer Motivation to Collaborate in Last Mile Logistics
Supervisors: Pennie Frow, Behnam (Ben) Fahimnia

Jinadari Prabodhika
Degree: PhD
Working title: Managing Risk Tradeoffs in Upstream Supply Chain Management
Supervisors: Andrew Collins, Behnam (Ben) Fahimnia