About
Career
Professional Certificate of Academic Practice, 2005
National and International Certificates of Professional Competence in Road Haulage Operations, 1989
Professor of Logistics and Transport Management Sept 2015
Associate Professor – University of Southampton (May 2015-August 2015)
Senior Lecturer – University of Southampton (Mar 2009-May 2015)
Lecturer – University of Southampton (Oct 2002-Feb 2009)
Senior Research Fellow – University of Southampton (Mar 2000-Sep 2002)
Senior Consultant Oscar Faber (Aug 1999- Mar 2000)
Research Fellow – University of Southampton (Jun 1998-Jul 1999)
Research Assistant – University of Southampton (Aug 1994-May 1996)
Graduate Trainee – Wincanton Distribution (Aug 1991- Aug 1993)
Qualifications
Ph.D. University of Southampton, 1998 (Congestion and driver response)
B.Sc. (Hons) 2:1 Transport Management and Planning, 1991
Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Understanding and improving the distribution of goods and the management of freight vehicles in urban areas, including the supply of goods to hospitals and the use of consolidation centres;
- How optimisation techniques can be used to improve system efficiency and in what ways Intelligent Transport Systems (smart tagging of assets and the use of smartphones) can improve operating efficiency;
- Approaches to more effectively collect and manage the movement of waste in terms of both household domestic waste collection strategies, Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) management and joint domestic/commercial waste collection strategies. He has worked on a number of research projects in these specific areas: (Department for Transport grant PPAD 9/142/034, ‘Optimising vehicles undertaking waste collections' GR/S79626/01, SUE project 55 ‘Transport and Logistics'; EP/D043328/1, ‘Green Logistics'.
- Using smartphones to manage transport operations. This has developed a prototype app for Oxfam to help them better visualise where their paid and volunteer drivers are, and allow communities of shop managers and their volunteers, area managers and drivers communicate through a social network.
- Using smartphones to manage transport operations. This has developed a prototype app for Oxfam to help them better visualise where their paid and volunteer drivers are, and allow communities of shop managers and their volunteers, area managers and drivers communicate through a social network.
Current research
CITYLAB (City Logistics in Living Laboratories)
CITYLAB is a project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport and started in May 2015.
Southampton DSP (Delivery and Servicing Plans)
The Southampton Delivery and Servicing Plans (Southampton DSP) project works with public bodies and private businesses to develop a sustainable strategy for managing their freight vehicle activity.
STRAIGHTSOL (Strategies and measures for smarter urban freight solutions)
The project is being led by the Institute of Transport Economics at the Norwegian Centre for Transport Research and involves 15 partners. The University of Southampton is working with Oxfam to investigate how remote monitoring technology could be used to better optimise collection schedules from textile donation banks.
Solent Future Transport Zone
The Solent FTZ is a multidisciplinary research and development project undertaken in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and Solent Transport, comprising Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Isle of Wight Council, and Hampshire County Council. Theme 1 on passenger mobility is led by Professor John Preston and Theme 2 on Sustainable Urban Freight is led by Professor Tom Cherrett.
SASICE - Safety and Sustainability in Civil Engineering
Centre for Sustainable Travel Choices
MPhil/PhD Supervision
Last four completions as lead supervisor:
Craig Rafter - Integrating Connected Vehicles into Urban Traffic Management Systems (2020) - EPSRC
Amanda Haylett - The effective presentation of travel information to meet the travel information needs of UK public transport travellers (2018) EPSRC
Anthony Velazquez Abad - Selecting Low Carbon Technologies for Heavy Goods Vehicles (2016) EPSRC
Ben Norton - Strategies for greener logistics in the charity sector (2015) EPSRC
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Tom Cherrett is Professor of Logistics and Transport Management within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
He is currently Head of the Transportation Research Group and teaches freight and logistics operations management, transport planning and construction management to Masters level and Undergraduate students. He is also Co-ordinator of the SUCCESS Scholarship Scheme.
Tom has been a member of the Transportation Research Group since 1994. His key research interests include i) understanding and improving the distribution of goods and the management of freight vehicles in urban areas, including the supply of goods to hospitals and the use of consolidation centres; ii) how optimisation techniques can be used to improve system efficiency and in what ways Intelligent Transport Systems (smart tagging of assets and the use of smartphones) can improve operating efficiency; iii) approaches to more effectively collect and manage the movement of waste in terms of both household domestic waste collection strategies, Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) management and joint domestic/commercial waste collection strategies. He has participated in many EU and UK projects, having over 130 journal and conference papers published.
Prizes
- The logistics of managing hazardous waste. A case study analysis in the UK retail sector. Best Paper – Logistics Research Network Conference, Cardiff 2009 (2009)
- The logistics of managing hazardous waste. A case study analysis in the UK retail sector. Best Paper – Logistics Research Network Conference, Cardiff 2009 (2009)