Centre for Optimal Planning and Operations
Analytics and Decision Support for Infrastructure, Transport, and Logistics
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C-OPT Centre for Optimal Planning and Operations Analytics and Decision Support for Infrastructure, Transport, and Logistics |
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About C-OPT
Founded in 2012, the Centre for Optimal Planning and Operations (C-OPT) brings together researchers with expertise and experience in using quantitative methods to develop innovative, customised solutions that help businesses streamline their processes and enhance their decision making, to reduce costs, increase productivity, and positively impact their triple bottom line.
C-OPT operates within the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) and is affiliated with the ARC Training Centre for Food and Beverage Supply Chain Optimisation, the International Centre for Balanced Land Use (ICBLU) , and the Priority Research Centre for Computer-Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications (CARMA).
Current Members
| Acting Director Emeritus Professor |
John O'Connor | <john.oconnor@newcastle.edu.au> | Physics Building P124, ext. 15439 |
| Professor | Regina Berretta | <regina.berretta@newcastle.edu.au> | Engineering Science Building ES229, ext. 18975 |
| Professor | Ricardo Campello | <ricardo.campello@newcastle.edu.au> | Room SR112, ext. 16762 |
| Senior Lecturer | Ali Eshragh | <ali.eshragh@newcastle.edu.au> | Room SR119, ext. 15521 |
| Associate Professor | Peter Howley | <peter.howley@newcastle.edu.au> | Room SR273, ext. 15518 |
| Senior Lecturer | Alexandre Mendes | <alexandre.mendes@newcastle.edu.au> | Engineering Science Building ES249, ext. 16173 |
| Professor | Rick Middleton | <richard.middleton@newcastle.edu.au> | Engineering A Building EAG03, ext. 16488 |
| Senior Lecturer | Hamish Waterer | <hamish.waterer@newcastle.edu.au> | Room SR221, ext. 15951 |
| PhD Student | Rasul Esmaeilbeigi | <rasul.esmaeilbeigi@uon.edu.au> | |
| PhD Student | Farshid Evazabadian | <farshid.evazabadian@uon.edu.au> | Room SR206 |
| Conjoint Professor | Natashia Boland | <natashia.boland@newcastle.edu.au> | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA |
| Conjoint Senior Lecturer | Thomas Kalinowski | <thomas.kalinowski@newcastle.edu.au> | University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia |
| Conjoint Professor | Martin Savelsbergh | <martin.savelsbergh@newcastle.edu.au> | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA |
Unless otherwise stated all School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences offices have been temporarily relocated to the Social Sciences Building SR until further notice.
Visitors and Past Members
| PhD Student | Parisa Charkhgard | October 2015—May 2020 |
| PhD Student | Hung Nguyen Khanh | October 2015—May 2020 |
| PhD Student | Sogol Mohammadian | May 2016—April 2020 |
| PhD Student | Parichehr Paam | January 2016—December 2019 |
| PhD Student | Mahdi Abolghasemi | March 2016—November 2019 |
| Research Fellow | Saman Eskandarzadeh | January 2017—February 2019 |
| Research Fellow | Mojtaba Heydar | June 2015—August 2018 |
| Visiting Academic | Masoud Talebian Sharif University, Iran |
January 2018 |
| Senior Lecturer | Thomas Kalinowski | 2013—January 2018 |
| Research Fellow | Jason Matthews | January 2016—August 2017 |
| PhD Student | Fabian Rigterink | March 2014—September 2017 |
| PhD Student | Rachel Bunder | 2011—August 2017 |
| Visiting Academic | Masoud Talebian Sharif University, Iran |
July 2017 |
| Visiting PhD Student | Tomas Lidén Linköping University, Sweden |
September 2016—January 2017 |
| Lecturer | Masoud Talebian | 2009—September 2016 |
| PhD Student | Hadi Charkhgard | February 2012—February 2016 |
| PhD Student | Riley Clement | March 2009—December 2015 |
| PhD Student | Reena Kapoor | August 2011—October 2015 |
| PhD Student | Simranjit Kaur | August 2011—July 2015 |
| Research Fellow | Mateus Rocha de Paula | August 2012—June 2015 |
| PhD Student | Mohsen Reisi | September 2010—March 2015 |
| Acting Director, Conjoint | Andreas Ernst | August 2014—December 2014 |
| Honours Student | Patrick Andersen | 2014 |
| Honours Student | Andrew Terry | 2014 |
| Research Fellow | Amir Salehipour | September 2013—August 2014 |
| PhD Student | James Foster | January 2009—August 2014 |
| Co-Director, Professor | Natashia Boland | 2008—June 2014 |
| Director, Professor | Martin Savelsbergh | October 2011—June 2014 |
| PhD Student | Luke Marshall | January—June 2014 |
| PhD Student | Alan Lee | —June 2014 |
| Administrative Officer | Daniel Urquhart | —June 2014 |
| Visiting Academic | Mike Hewitt Loyola University Chicago, USA |
May 2014 |
| Visiting PhD Student | Elias Temponi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
May 2013—January 2014 |
| PhD Student | Sebastian Ruther | 2008—August 2013 |
| Visiting Academic | Elin Halvorsen-Weare SINTEF, Norway |
February 2013—May 2013 |
| Visiting PhD Student | Mahmood Rezaei Université de Liège, Belgium |
March 2013—April 2013 |
| Summer Student | Fabian Rigterink | December 2012—March 2013 |
| Research Fellow | Olivia Smith | January 2012—December 2012 |
| Visiting Academic | Karen Smilowitz Northwestern University, USA |
January 2012—May 2012 |
| Lecturer | Faramroze Engineer | July 2009—May 2012 |
| Research Fellow | Thomas Kalinowski | February 2010—February 2012 |
| Visiting PhD Student | Abdolsalam Ghaderi | |
| Research Fellow | Damon Gulczynski | July 2010—August 2011 |
| Research Fellow | Lanbo Zheng | March 2010—February 2011 |