Transportation Research Group

Our people

Meet our researchers and learn more about their expertise.

Mr Fraser McLeod

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Transport
  • Freight logistics
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Dr Ioannis Kaparias MEng, PhD, FHEA, MCIHT

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Ismail Aydemir

Research interests

  • Intelligent Transportation and Logistics Systems
  • Sustainable Urban Logistics
  • Shared-Fleet Logistics
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Mr Jiaxi Li

Research interests

  • Railway Operation
  • Capacity
  • Timetabling
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Miss Jingjing Zhao

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Dr John Armstrong

Snr Res Fellow in Engineering Economics
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Professor John Preston

Professor in Rail Transport

Research interests

  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustainable choices.
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
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Dr Katie Plant

Associate Professor
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Mr Kimoon Jang

Research interests

  • (1) Construction such as supply of all facilities regarding container ports: How much and how timely the facilities should be supplied considering the port's role and feature, demand and supply phenomena, What facilities are needed such as terminals, hinterlands, and near port transportation system which is constituted by road, rail, etc
  • (2) Operation of container terminals: enhancing the productivity of ports, the operating structure of the port which means how the governance of port is and how many terminals are operated in the port, and how much the players make synergy effects
  • (3) Global container logistics in maritime focused on transshipment network in the area of North East Asia: trends and main flows as time goes by especially before and after the Pandemic
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