Maryam safarnezhad
PhD student from Iran
Container Relocation Optimsiation in Container Ports
(Sep 2024 - Ongoing)
Annisa
PhD stduent from Indonasia
Transition to Electric and Renewable Diesel Trucks: an Integrated Agent-based and System Dynamics Model
(Sep 2024 - Ongoing)
Fatemeh Hirbod
PhD student from Iran
Proactive Truck Appointment System Integrated with Synchormodality
(Feb 2025 - Ongoing)
RANDY FRANSTIARAJAH
PhD student from Indonasia
Real-Time Emissions and the Influence of Driving
Behaviour of Vehicle Emissions in Road Diesel Vehicles
(Sep 2025 - Ongoing)
Zhou Gao
PhD student from China
Multi-Objective Optimisation of Electric Freight Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Planning Based on Flow Demand
(Feb 2026- Ongoing)
Dr Jia Guo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
expertise: Optimsiation & OR
Masters by Research (Kesewa Opoku Agyemang from Ghana), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (2023 – 24), Sustainable Freight Transport Framework Assessment for Perishable Agricultural Products (Role: Primary advisor)
Master’s Coursework - research thesis (Lifeng Ni, from China), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (2022 – 223), LogisticChain: a Blockchain-based Supply Chain Model (Role: Primary advisor). Lifeng is currently undertaking his PhD in Structure Engineering at UNSW.
Master’s Coursework - research thesis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (2023 – 24), Agent-based simulation of Port Container Terminals (Role: Primary advisor)
Master's Coursework - research thesis, School of Economics (Dingli Xi from China), University of Queensland (2019), Time-series analysis of social media impact on cryptocurrency investment behaviour (Role: Main advisor). Dingli is currently a PhD student in Economics at the University of Bristol, UK.
Postgraduate Course:
CVEN9421: Transport Logistics Engineering (Focus: Logistics Engineering and Modelling)
Undergraduate Course for all engineering students:
ENGG1400: Infrastructure Systems Engineering (Focus: Operation Research and Systems Modelling)
Undergraduate Course for Environmental Engineering students:
CVEN3402: Transport Engineering and Environmental Sustainability ( Focus: Transport Emission Modelling)
In 2016 I received training in “Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)” at UQ. This GTA program is designed to foster the next generation of great teachers and includes face-to-face workshops, online modules, three teaching observation and reflections, receiving mentoring, and developing a final teaching portfolio.
Guest Lecturer at the University of Queensland
Mathematical Techniques for Economics (2018)
Tutor at the University of Queensland
Introduction to Project Management (2014)
Traffic Flow Theory and Analysis (2015, 2016)
Transport system Engineering (2015, 2016)
Advanced Transport Engineering (2015, 2016)
Tutor at Iran University of Science and Technology
Geometric design: Autodesk Land Desktop (Civil 3D) (2007)