Reducing logistics related energy demand through shared human and autonomous interventions over the last mile

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Tom Cherrett

Head of Department

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'.

Email: t.j.cherrett@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor James Scanlan

Professor of Design

Email: j.p.scanlan@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Computational Engineering and Design Group

Our research group is a centre for multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design, combining a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques.

Transportation Group

We're helping to secure sustainable transport for the UK and the world. We are interested in how society influences technological developments in transport.