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CALLS FOR PAPERS!

SAIEE Africa Research: Special issue on 'Decarbonisation of road transport in sub-Saharan Africa'. (link)

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I am Head of Sustainability at freight technology and sustainable freight transport provider Zeus Labs in London, and a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Wits University. Prior to joining Zeus, I was a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Cambridge University and a Fellow in Engineering at Robinson College (where I remain a Senior Member). I received my PhD from Cambridge University, and am a registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). I also serve as a Board Member and the Information Officer of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum). My primary interest is in the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles, but I have previously worked in the areas of vehicle dynamics, road safety and computer vision-based odometry and road-user detection systems for HGVs.

Have a look at my publications and bio for more details, or follow one of the links in the sidebar.

Updates

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2023-09-12 I presented Zeus' green intermodal case study at a webinar hosted by HFW and Panattoni for the launch of their European Logistics & Supply Chain Sustainability Report 2023 [link to report]
2023-08-08 I've been quoted in the RHA's Roadway Magazine's August 2023 issue in an article on electric trucking [link]
2023-08-02 My CIWM opinion piece on net zero trucking is the featured article in Freight Carbon Zero's weekly newsletter. [link]
2023-07-24 I've written a short opinion piece on net zero trucking in Circular Online (published by the CIWM). [link]
2023-06-26 I was quoted alongside alongside PepsiCo and Maersk in an article by Transport & Environment on a call for higher EU truck CO2 standards. Zeus was a signatory to the letter to the EU Commission. [T&E article] [Climate Group article]
2023-06-15 I chaired a panel discussion on "Roadblocks to sustainable freight - and how to overcome them" at Multimodal 2023 in Birmingham. [watch the session on YouTube] [session info]
2023-06-12 I've written a short blog post on Scope 3 emissions reporting for logistics. [link]
2023-05-30 The special issue of the journal Research in Transportation Business & Management on "Decarbonising freight transport: Transitions towards net zero" which I co-guest editted is now available online. Read the editorial here. The full volume can be found here.
2023-05-25I joined a panel discussion with Vertical Future at Innovation Zero. We discussed vertical farming opportunities and how this can benefit sustainable logistics and vice versa. [link]
2023-05-21 I've been quoted in one of the UK's most circulated newspapers on the UK's formal adoption of Longer Semi-trailers. [link]
2023-04-05 The Load Star article on Zeus joining GLEC. [link]
2023-04-04 I was interviewed by former Financial Times journalist Mike Scott for an article on net-zero trucking. The article features in Reuters Insight: Sustainable Business. [link] [pdf]
2023-02-01 I'm very pleased to share that I will soon be joining digital freight management start-up Zeus® - The Future of Freight! The announcement has featured in a number of media releases: [Business Leader] [Net Zero Professional] [Fleet News] [Multimodal] [Freight Business Journal] [Motor Transport] [Freight Carbon Zero] [Truck.co.uk] [TransportXtra]
2023-01-30 Presentations and recordings of our Electric Road System papers presented at the 9th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight are now available online. [publications]
2023-01-04 I contributed the 'My Robinson' column for the latest edition of Bin Brook, Robinson College's termly magazine. [pdf]
2022-11-21 I participated in a round table event with UK and Columbian colleagues as part of the Giro Zero initiative funded by the UK PACT Programme [link]
2022-11-16 I presented some preliminary work on a UK ERS demonstrator at the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference in Lisbon. [link to paper]
2022-02-15 I have been elected to the Fellowship of Robinson College, Cambridge, starting 1 March 2022 (Fellow in Engineering).
2022-01-31 I am guest editing a special issue of the SAIEE Africa Research journal on 'Decarbonisation of road transport in sub-Saharan Africa' (link)
2021-11-11 I presented on our UK electric road system project at the 8th SRF Workshop. The slides are available here.
2021-10-20 Papers presented at the HVTT16 symposium in Sep 2021 are now available online. My co-authored contributions are also available here.
2021-10-18 I've written an updated article on cycle commuting.
2021-07-07 Our paper on high capacity vehicles for the transport of power station coal has been featured in Mining Weekly.
2021-07-06 Several papers were presented today in the Freight and Logistics session of the Annual Southern African Transport Conference. The papers can be downloaded here.
2021-06-01 I have moved to the U.K. to take up a new role as Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at the University of Cambridge. [link]
2020-11-12 I hosted a panel discussion on the green tyres testing as part of the CSIR@75 Conference. [link to recording]
2020-04-24 More coverage of the green tyre trials by the CSIR. [video]
2020-03-09 More coverage of the green tyre trials by Focus on Transport. [article]
2020-01 More coverage of the green tyre trials by Wits. [article] [Curiosity magazine]
2019-11 More coverage of the green tyre trials by the Wits School of Mechanical Engineering. [article]
2019-12-20 Michelin have launched the official marketing video for the collaborative research effort between Wits, CSIR and Michelin to quantify the fuel saving and carbon emission benefits of low-rolling resistance tyres. [article] [video]
2019-11-08 The final report of the 2015-17 FALCON study has been published by CEDR. An overview of the full project and deliverables can be found here
2019-07-10 I presented a paper at SATC 2019, and co-authored a few other papers.
2018-10-04 I have been appointed to the Board of the International Forum for Road Transport Technology (HVTT Forum)
2018-08-01 I have been appointed a Visiting Lecturer in the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering at Wits University. I will be lecturing Applied Mechanics A (statics) to second year engineering students.
2018-07-09 I presented a paper at the 37th Southern African Transport Conference in Pretoria, outlining our lightweight GeoTrack simulation tool.
2018-06-12 I am now a registered Professional Engineer (Pr.Eng.) (Mechanical) in South Africa.
2018-01-29 I've published an article in Global Trailer Magazine, on the current state of the "Smart Truck" PBS project in South Africa.
2017-08-17 I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections!
2017-07-14 My PhD thesis has been submitted! The title is "Vision-based trailer pose estimation for articulated vehicles".
2017-03-21 I gave a talk on "Visual odometry for trailer off-tracking estimation" at the Vehicle Dynamics and Control Seminar at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
2016-11-15 I presented a paper on "Visual odometry for trailer off-tracking estimation" at HVTT14 in Rotorua, New Zealand.
2016-08-23 David Cebon, John Woodrooffe and I were part of a successful bid for a CEDR-funded project on "Freight And Logistics in a Multimodal Context" (FALCON). This work will be done as part of a consortium of partner organisations from Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France and Belgium.
2016-05-13 I gave a talk on "Trailer off-tracking estimation with stereo vision" at the Dynamics and Vibrations Tea-Time Talks in Cambridge.
2016-03-16 I gave a talk on "Trailer off-tracking estimation with wide-baseline stereo vision" at the Jesus College Graduate Conference at Jesus College, Cambridge.
2015-09-18 I presented a paper on "A visual template-matching method for articulation angle measurement" at ITSC 2015 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
2015-07-06 I gave a talk on "Camera-based articulation angle sensing for heavy goods vehicles" at the CUED Division C Graduate Conference at TWI, Cambridge.
2015-03-14 I gave a talk on "Vision-based articulation angle sensing" at the Jesus College Graduate Conference at Jesus College, Cambridge. (2nd prize, Science and Technology)
2015-03-06 I gave a talk on "Visual sensing and awareness for heavy goods vehicles" at the Dynamics and Vibrations Tea-Time Talks in Cambridge.
2014-10-30 A co-authored paper on "Vehicle safety performance improvements using a performance-based standards approach: four case studies" was presented at HVTT13 in San Luis, Argentina. (SAICE Best Paper Award, Transportation Engineering)
2014-07-18 I presented a poster on "Applications of computer vision systems to heavy goods vehicles" at the CUED Division C Graduate Conference at the Cambridge University Engineering Department.
2014-05-23 I gave a talk on "Visual sensing of articulation angle" at the Dynamics and Vibrations Tea-Time Talks in Cambridge.
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