Roger Dunn BE(Civil) NZ, BSc(Maths) Well, MEngSc(Transp) NSW, DipTP Auck, FITE, , FIPENZ Associate Professor Director of Transportation Engineering Traffic Engineering & Management including Intelligent Transport Systems, Transport & Land Use Planning, Planning and Managing Transport including Sustainable Transport (active modes, Walking and Cycling) ph 373 7599 ext 87714 rcm.dunn@auckland.ac.nz
Prof. Avishai (Avi) Ceder Bsc TIIT, Msc UCLA Ber., PhD UCLA Ber. Professor of transportation engineering Director of Transportation Research Centre Public Transport, Operations Research, Road Safety, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Control, Logistics. ph 373 7599 ext 85868 a.ceder@auckland.ac.nz
Dr. Douglas Wilson NZCE, BE(Civil)(Hons), PhD Auck. MIPENZ, PIARC, REAAA. Senior Lecturer Highway engineering, road safety, geometric design, economic evaluation, pavements and materials, surface characteristics, skid resistance and infrastructure asset management. ph 373 7599 ext 87948 dj.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
Dr. Theuns Henning Senior Lecturer Asset management, systems integration across all asset types, long-term pavement deterioration modelling, pavement design, unsealed roads, water pipe replacement and renewal planning, long-term procurement models. ph 3737599 ext 88181 t.henning@auckland.ac.nz
Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar BEng(Civil) T.U., MEng(Transp) A.I.T., PhD(Transp) Hokkaido Univ. Senior Lecturer Traffic operations and management, intelligent transportation systems, network modeling and simulation, traffic safety and applications of advanced technologies in transportation ph 373 7599 ext 83513 p.ranjitkar@auckland.ac.nz
Dr Seosamh Costello BE(Civil) NUI, MSc(Eng), PhD Birm, CEng MIEI Senior Lecturer Infrastructure asset management, pavement management systems, pavement deterioration modelling, performance management, road safety and driver behaviour, transportation impacts. ph 373 7599 ext 88164 s.costello@auckland.ac.nz
Bevan Clement Senior Research Associate ph 373 7599 ext 83191 b.clement@auckland.ac.nz
Vacancy - Pending.

Current Graduate Research - Transportation

PhD Students

CHAUDHRY, Mohsin Shahzad. “Micro-simulation: An alternative to Analytical Methods for Capacity and Delay Estimates”, Supervisors, Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar and Dr. Doug Wilson

BEZUIDENHOUT, Johannes Jurgens (Urie), “The influence of a new signal offset optimiser on travel reliability and drivers’ route choices” Supervisors, Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar and Dr. Judith Wang

CHOWDHURY, Subeh. “Public-Transport User Perception of the Importance of Coordination of Service and Willingness to Act Upon”, Supervisors, Professor Avi Ceder and Assoc. Professor Roger Dunn

HASSOLD, Stephan. “Modelling Different Vehicle Types for Public Transport Timetables and Vehicle Scheduling with Even Loads and Headways”, Supervisors, Professor Avi Ceder and Assoc. Professor Roger Dunn

HUSAIN, Jawad. “The moisture susceptibility of unbound aggregate materials under traffic loading”, Supervisors, Dr Doug Wilson and Theuns Henning.

KODIPPILY, Sachi. “Modelling the Flushing Mechanism of Thin Flexible Surfaced Pavements in New Zealand”, Supervisors, Dr. Theuns Henning and Dr. Jason Ingham

SCHLOTJES, Megan. “The Risk Associated with Pavement Failure in New Zealand”. Supervisors, Dr. Theuns Henning, Dr. John St George and Dr. Michael Borrow (University of Birmingham).

MILLER, Gary. “Methods of Improving Productivity in Construction & Engineering: Information Flow and Innovation” Supervisors, Dr Theuns henning, Dr Jim Bentley and Dr Andrea Raith.

KARNDACHARUK, Auttapone. “Performance and Perception of Shared Space Schemes in New Zealand” Supervisors, Dr Douglas Wilson and Associate Professor Roger Dunn.

RASHIDI ,Soroush "Evaluate Reliability of ITS Tools for Travel Time Estimation and Prediction on Road Networks" Supervisor, Dr Prakash Ranjitkar 

ME (Thesis) Students

TRUONG, Ngan Soai. "Synchronization and Prediction of User Travel Time and Incident on Motorway Network based on Multi-Detector Data”, Supervisor Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar

MA, Carol. “Site Specific Analysis on the LTPP Prorgamme” , Supervisor Dr TFP Henning

LOWE, Jason, “The Quality of fine Aggregates, Sands and Basecourses in New Zealand”, Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

SHI, James Kefei, “ Relative Repeatability of Different Detector Systems on Auckland’s Motorways” Supervisor Assoc. Prof. Roger Dunn.

SHAHIN, Amin, “An Investigation into the variability of the NZ Vibrating Hammer Compaction Test’ Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

ZAFAR, Rabia, “Crash Risk and Traffic flows on Auckland Motorways’ Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

YUVARAJAN, Dushyandhan, “Crash Barriers and Motorcycle Injuries’ Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

WOO, May "Guidelines to calibrate and validate micro-simulation model”, Supervisor Dr Prakash Ranjitkar

YUKICH, Hollie "A study on critical and follow up gaps at priority controlled intersections in New Zealand”, Supervisor Dr Prakash Ranjitkar

PAUDEL,Kripa , "Improving Techniques for Roughness Measurement Reporting " ,Supervisor, Dr Theuns henning,

MEngSt/GradDipEng (Project) Students

HINTON, Matthew. "Developing a Time Charge Approach to gain Transport Efficiency in the Auckland CBD", Supervisor Assoc. Professor Roger Dunn

MUSLIM, Laith. "Speed estimation using single loop detector", Supervisor Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar

RAMASUBRAMANIAM, Prakash. "Safety and Geometrics: Optimising Cost and Benefit of Improvements in a Rural Environment", Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

BURROWES, Ben "The Development of an Asset Management System for Temporary Traffic Signs" Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

NEWCOMBE, Daniel "Auckland Bus lanes and Vulnerable Road User Crashes" Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

SALARPOUR, Hassan "Evaluation and Validation of High Speed Instrumented Vehicle for measuring Road Geometry data" Supervisor Dr Doug Wilson

ZHANG, Xu (Sam). "Improving Bus-Rail Coordination and Connectivity in Auckland", Supervisor Professor Avi Ceder

TAO Yi, Joanne, "Improving Reliability of Public-Transport Journey in Auckland", Supervisor Professor Avi Ceder

BE (Civil) 2009 - 4th Year Project Students

ALDRIDGE, Josh and HARPER , Ross. “Analysing Crashes on Auckland’s Motorways”, Supervisor Assoc. Prof. RogerDunn

ABEYSEKARA, Ashein and WU, Herson. “Understanding Life Cost for New Zealand Resurfacing Practices” Supervisor Dr Theuns Henning

PERERA, Supun and Islam, Mohammed, “Investigate the Applicability of Newly Developed Structural Indices for Road Conditions reporting, monitoring and Pavement Deterioration Modelling” Supervisor Dr Theuns Henning

SINGH, Harry and MADHAVAN, Karthik, “Improving techniques related to high-speed data (HSD) collections, processing and reporting” Supervisor Theuns Henning

HUANG, Hu Cheng and ZIJIAO, Wu “Measuring the Overlap Between Bus Routes in NZ Cities Using TransCad GIS System”, Supervisor Professor Avi Ceder

WAN, Nigel and SUNDARAPPERUMA, Dumindu “A Feasibility Study of Skycabs Monorail Between the CBD and the Airport of Auckland”, Supervisor Professor Avi Ceder

MCLOVER, Michael and ANG, Albert, “Transfer synchronization of public-transport network: simulation and optimization” , Supervisor Professor Avi Ceder

WIN, Htut and Zhang, Ken “The Effect of Suport Strata on Achieveable Lower Pavement Layer Properties” Supervisor Dr Douglas Wilson

NATAADMADJA, Adelia and CAO, Qinxin “Correlating Laboratory Based Accelerated Polished Surface samples to in-field Skid Resistance of a South Auckland Greywacke Aggregate” Supervisor Dr Douglas Wilson

MAK, Ruby and PARKIN, Sam “Investigating the Skid Resistance of Motorway Interchange Surfacings” Supervisor Dr Douglas Wilson

RABEL,Thanura and RANATUNGA ,Dhimantha Chetiya Samarawickrema ,"Modelling Traffic Operations of Ramp Signals on Auckland Motorway using Micro-Simulation" ,Supervisor Dr Prakash Ranjitkar

PROSEE, Simon  and RAJASOORIYA, Anusha ,"Operational Efficiency of Different Intersection Types" ,Supervisor Dr Prakash Ranjitkar

KARIYAWASAM, Nilini and JIA ,Moru "A Comparative Study of Analytical and Micro-Simulation Approaches to Model Roundabout",Supervisor Dr Prakash Ranjitkar

Last updated: 9 July 2010