STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Sara Moridpour
Position:
Associate Dean Student Experience - Engineering
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Learning, Teaching and Quality
Phone:
+61399252407
Email:
sara.moridpour@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
Dr Sara Mordipour is an expert in traffic engineering and transportation modelling.
She works in the areas of driving behaviour modelling and analysis, road freight management, transport infrastructure maintenance planning and management, transport network modelling and simulation, and road safety.Areas of research and consulting expertise
- Driving behaviour modelling and analysis,
- Transport infrastructure maintenance planning and management,
- Road freight management,
- Transport network modelling and simulation,
- Traffic safety studies.
Achievements
- Winner of AutoCRC Postgraduate Top-Up Scholarships, June 2007.
- Awarded the David Willis Prize for the best paper by a young professional in the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, 2009 ($300).
- Winner of the PTV Vision Scientific Award, 2011 (€1,000).
- Winner of the RMIT University Teaching Award of Early Career Academics (Higher Education), 2012 ($5,000).
- Winner of the RMIT University Early Career Researcher International Travel award, 2014 ($4,600).
- Selected as one of the finalists for Young Professional of the Year (Victoria) Award by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia, Victoria Division, 2015.
- Selected as one of the finalists for Young Professional of the Year Award by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia, 2015.
- Winner of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Rising Star Award for Australia and New Zealand, 2016.
- Awarded the Executive Ready Leadership Scholarships for Women, 2016 ($4,000).
- Winner of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Pedestrian Committee (ANF10) Best Paper Award, 2016.
- Selected as one of the finalists for the Sixth Annual Australian Road Safety Awards, 2017.
- Selected as one of the finalists for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Research Impact Award, 2017.
- Awarded the Scholarship for Advanced Leadership Program for Higher Education, 2018, ($3,000).
- Awarded a place to attend the CSIRO Innovation Program-ON Prime4, 2018.
- Selected as one of the finalists for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Research Impact Award, 2018.
External research funding
- "Tram Track Maintenance Optimisation", Yarra Trams, 2014-2016, $90,000.
- "Traffic Management: Signal Coordination vs. Heavy Vehicle Restriction", Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Group Road Infrastructure and Operations Research Support Grants, 2014-2015, $50,000.
- The Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant, Round One, 2016, $2,500.
- Cyclists at roundabouts, Moridpour, S., Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd, 2016, $2,340.
- "Evaluating the Influence of Green Wave and Warning Signs on Cyclist Safety", Transport Accident Commission Community Road Safety Grants, 2016-2017, $24,992.
- "Identifying Vehicle-pedestrian and Vehicle-cyclist Traffic Conflict Hotspots around the RMIT University City Campus", Transport Accident Commission Community Road Safety Grants, 2016-2017, $24,983.
- "Transport Infrastructure Maintenance", Moridpour, S., CSIRO ON Prime Program, 2018, $1,750.
- Bavarian Funding Programme for the Initiation of International Projects Travel Grant, 2018, €8,133 (equivalent to AUD12,525)
- RMIT University Grant Scheme for Teaching and Learning Research (STeLR), College of Science, Engineering and Health, 2018, $8,400.
Teaching and coordinating
- Transport Engineering 1, CIVE1180,
- Transport Engineering 2, CIVE1157,
- Transport Engineering 3, CIVE1182,
- Advanced Transport Infrastructure, CIVE1253.
- B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 1998-2002.
- M.Eng. in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2002-2004.
- PhD in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Monash University, Australia, 2006-2010.
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University, Australia, 2011-2012.
- Graduate Certificate in Executive Ready Leadership Program, Women and Leadership Australia, 2017.
- Graduate Certificate in Advanced Leadership Program for Higher Education, Women and Leadership Australia, 2018.
Professional memberships
- Member of the Institute of Engineers Australia, 2006-2016.
- Technical and Organising Committee Member of the 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Failures and Consequences, 16-20 July 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
- Technical and Organising Committee Member of the RMIT Higher Degree by Research Student Conference, 17 October 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
- Programme Committee Member of IEEE Asia-Pacific World Congress on Engineering, 4-6 May 2015, Plantation Island, Fiji.
- Executive Board Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Australia and New Zealand Section Inc. (ITEANZ), 2015 to present.
- Technical Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, 6-10 July 2016, Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Editorial Board Member, The Open Transportation Journal, 2016 to present.
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, 2016 to present.
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, 2017 to present.
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2017 to present.
- Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, 2017 to present.
- Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Optimization Concepts in Traffic and Transportation Science", Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017.
- Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Sustainable and Resilient Transport Infrastructure", Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2018.
- Scientific Committee Member and Deputy 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.
Employment history
- Part-time Civil Engineer in Kongereh Sazan Co., Iran, June 2002 to July 2003.
- Research Assistant in Traffic and Transport Engineering/Science in the Institute for Transportation Studies and Research (ITSR) in Sharif University of Technology, Iran, August 2003 to August 2005.
- Traffic Engineer and Project associate in Rah Andishan-e-Pars Consulting Engineers, Iran, October 2005 to May 2006.
- Tutoring, demonstration and Marking in Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia, July 2006 to June 2010.
- Tutoring and Marking at Monash College Pty. Ltd., Australia, July 2009 to June 2010.
- Lecturer, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia, July 2010 to December 2014.
- Senior Lecturer, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia, January 2015 to present.
- Lecturer, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, 2010 - 2014.
- Senior Lecturer, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, 2015 - Present.
Formal talks and training courses
- Moridpour, S., Rose, G. and Sarvi, M. 2010. Lane Changing Behaviour of Heavy Vehicle Drivers. The PTV Vision Asia-Pacific Users Group Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 18-19 November. (Invited Speech)
- Moridpour, S., Rose, G. and Sarvi, M. 2011. Lane Changing Behaviour of Heavy Vehicle Drivers. The 21st PTV Users' Group Meeting, New York, U.S., 13-14 September. (Invited Speech)
- Moridpour, S. 2013. Microsimulation of Driving Behaviour in Congestion. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, 3 April. (Invited Speech)
- Moridpour, S., Lay, M. and Li, C. Q. 2013. Influence of Heavy Vehicles on their Surrounding Traffic Characteristics. The 2nd International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), Wuhan, China, 28 June-1 July. (Invited Speech)
- Lay, M., Moridpour, S. and Li, C. Q. 2013. New Understandings of Traffic Behaviour. The 2nd International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), Wuhan, China, 28 June-1 July. (Keynote Speech)
- Interview on "Transport and Road Research" published in Engineers Australia Journal, Civil Edition, 86(10):56, October 2014.
- Moridpour, S. 2017. Measuring Accessibility and Accident Risk in Melbourne Metropolitan Area. The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC), Sydney, Australia, 11 July. (Invited Speech)
- Organising and running a three day training course "Transport Infrastructure and Safety" for Henan Transport Investment Group from Wuhan, China, 4-6 September 2012.
- Organising and running the "RMIT University Transport Career Talk" for undergraduate and postgraduate students as the representative of ITEANZ, second semester, 2015 to present.
- Organising and running the ITEANZ Transportation Seminar titled "Learning from History" at RMIT University, 4 April, 2018.
- Organising and running the ITEANZ Transportation Seminar titled "Sustainable Transport" at RMIT University, 1 May, 2018.
- Organising and running the ITEANZ Transportation Seminar titled "Transport Pricing" at RMIT University, 26 June, 2018.
- Organising and running the ITEANZ Transportation Seminar titled "On Your Bike" at RMIT University, 24 July, 2018.
- Aminpour, M.,Alaie, R.,Khosravi, S.,Kardani, N.,Moridpour, S.,Nazem, M. (2023). Slope stability machine learning predictions on spatially variable random fields with and without factor of safety calculations In: Computers and Geotechnics, 153, 1 - 18
- Shtayat, A.,Moridpour, S.,Best, B. (2022). Using e-bikes and private cars in dynamic road pavement monitoring In: International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 11, 132 - 143
- Shtayat, A.,Moridpour, S.,Best, B.,Rumi, S. (2022). An Overview of Pavement Degradation Prediction Models In: Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022, 1 - 15
- Farshid Afshar, F.,Seyedabrishami, S.,Moridpour, S. (2022). Application of Extremely Randomised Trees for exploring influential factors on variant crash severity data In: Scientific Reports, 12, 1 - 19
- Mayo, F.,Maglasang, R.,Moridpour, S.,Taboada, E. (2022). Impact of transport policies to commuter safety in urban cities of a developing country: A sustainability and system perspective In: Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10, 2138 - 2152
- Fatima, K.,Moridpour, S.,Saghapour, T. (2022). Development of a Public Transport Accessibility Index for Older Commuters: A Time-Based Approach In: Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022, 1 - 15
- Karimi, S.,Aghabayk, K.,Moridpour, S. (2022). Impact of driving style, behaviour and anger on crash involvement among Iranian intercity bus drivers In: IATSS Research, 46, 457 - 466
- Mayo, F.,Maglasang, R.,Moridpour, S.,Taboada, E. (2021). Exploring the changes in travel behavior in a developing country amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from Metro Cebu, Philippines In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 12, 1 - 20
- Akhtar, M.,Moridpour, S. (2021). A Review of Traffic Congestion Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence In: Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2021, 1 - 18
- Moridpour, S.,Falamarzi, A. (2021). Hook Turns: Implementation, Benefits, and Limitations In: International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Elsevier, Netherlands
3 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
5 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions
5 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions
Driving behaviour modelling and analysis, Transport network modelling simulation, Transport network optimization, Freight management strategies, intelligent transport systems.
- Soil dynamics at extreme deformations. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2020 from (2020 to 2023)
- Enhancing the young pedestrians' perceived risk of distraction. Funded by: Justice and Community Safety Directorate - competitive from (2020 to 2022)
- Identifying the pedestrian and cyclist crash black spots in ACT road network. Funded by: Justice and Community Safety Directorate - competitive from (2020 to 2022)
- Investigation of the impact of age and gender on spatial and temporal distributions of vehicle-pedestrian crashes in the ACT. Funded by: Justice and Community Safety Directorate - competitive from (2019 to 2020)
- Improvement of systematic road maintenance by means of vibration monitoring and image analysis (Verbesserung der systematischen Strassenerhaltung mittels SchwingungsÜberwachung und Bildauswertung). Funded by: Bavarian Research Alliance from (2018 to 2018)