Associate Professor Sara Moridpour

Research Expertise

• Transport Modelling
• Sustainable Transport and Accessibility
• Transport Infrastructure Maintenance
• Traffic Safety
• Driving Behaviour Simulation

Teaching Expertise

• Traffic Engineering
• Transport Modelling
• Road Design
• Road Infrastructure Maintenance

Awards

Leadership Awards and Scholarships

• Veski Inspiring Women in STEM Sidebyside Leadership Award, 2023.
• The School of Engineering at RMIT University Leadership Award, 2021.
• Position for Wattle Program for Academic Leaders, 2021.
  
• Scholarship for Advanced Leadership Program for Higher Education, 2018.
• The Executive Ready Leadership Scholarship for Women, 2016.

Teaching Awards

• The Executive Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award for the Greatest Teaching Practice Innovation, 2020.
• The School of Engineering at RMIT University Teaching Award for the Highest Teaching Performance, 2019.
• The RMIT University Teaching Award of Early Career Academics (Higher Education), 2012.

Research Awards

• The Article of the Year Award, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022.
• The School of Engineering at RMIT University Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Supervision Award for Outstanding HDR Supervision, 2019.
• The Best Paper Award from the 19th International Conference on Transportation Networks and Transportation Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 2017.
• The Institute of Transportation Engineers Rising Star Award for Australia and New Zealand, 2016.
• The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Pedestrian Committee (ANF10) Best Paper Award, 2016.
• The RMIT University Early Career Researcher International Travel award, 2014.
• The PTV Vision Scientific Award, 2011.
• The David Willis Prize for the best paper by a young professional in the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, 2009.
  

Memberships

• Executive Board Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Australia and New Zealand Section Inc. (ITEANZ), 2015 - present.
• Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, 2017 - present.
• Executive Committee Member of the Australian Association for Engineering Education, 2019 - present.

Editorial Board Memberships

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, 2018 - present.
• Editor, Scientific Reports, 2021 - present.
• Editor, Sustainability Journal, 2020 - present.
• Editor, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020 - present.
• Editor, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2017 - present.
• Editor, International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, 2016 - present.
• Editor, The Open Transportation Journal, 2016 - 2020.

Guest Editorial Membership of Special Issues

• Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Impact of COVID-19 on Pedestrian Behavior, Road Safety and Sustainable Transportation”, Sustainability Journal, 2022.
• Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Pedestrian Safety and Sustainable Transportation”, Sustainability Journal, 2019.
• Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Sustainable and Resilient Transport Infrastructure”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2018.
• Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Optimization Concepts in Traffic and Transportation Science”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017.

Technical/Organising Committee Memberships

• Technical Committee Member of the 10th International Conference on Traffic and Logistic Engineering, 12-14 August 2022, Macau, China.
• Technical Committee Member of the 11th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 27-29 December 2022, Wuhan, China.
• Technical Committee Member of the 9th International Conference on Traffic and Logistic Engineering, 9-11 August 2021, Macau, China.
• Scientific Committee Member and Deputy Chair of “Traffic Engineering, Management and Safety” Committee in the 42nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Conference, 8-10 December 2021, Brisbane, Australia.
• Technical Committee Member of the 10th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 24-26 December 2021, Chengdu, China.
• Technical Committee Member of the 9th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 29-31 December 2020, Naples, Italy.
• Scientific Committee Member and Chair of “Traffic Engineering, Management and Safety” Committee in the 41st Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Conference, 30 September to 2 October 2019, Canberra, Australia.
• Technical Committee Member of the 8th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 19-21 December 2019, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Scientific Committee Member and Deputy Chair/Leader of “Traffic Engineering and Management” Committee in the 40th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Conference, 30 October-1 November 2018, Darwin, Australia.
• Technical Committee Member of the 7th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 21-23 December 2018, Beijing, China.
• Technical Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 6-10 July 2016, Lucerne, Switzerland.
• Programme Committee Member of IEEE Asia-Pacific World Congress on Engineering, 4-6 May 2015, Plantation Island, Fiji.

RMIT University Leadership

• Associate Dean of Student Experience (School of Engineering), 2021 - present.
• Program Manager, Bachelor of Engineering - BH126, 2019 - 2021.
• Program Manager, Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) - MC257, 2016 - 2021.
• Program Developer, Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering)-MC257, 2015 - 2016.
• Onternational Coordinator and Selection Officer, Bachelor of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (BH077 and BH088), 2010 - 2015.

Teaching and Coordinating

• Transport Engineering 2 -CIVE1157, Undergraduate Course, 2011 - present.
• Transport Engineering 3 - CIVE1182, Undergraduate Course, 2011 - 2019.
• Advanced Transport Infrastructure - CIVE1253, Postgraduate Course, 2018 - 2022.
  
  

• Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University, Australia, 2012.
• PhD in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Monash University, Australia, 2011.
• M.Eng. in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2004.
• B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2002.