Congratulations to Hamed Mehranfar on Successfully Defending His Doctoral Thesis!
Prof. Bryan Adey's Chair of Infrastructure Management is delighted to announce the successful defense of Hamed Mehranfar’s doctoral thesis titled “Digitalised Railway Infrastructure Management: Algorithms to Identify and Sequence Upcoming Multi-Component Interventions.”
The thesis aimed at providing infrastructure managers with digital tools for making more informed decisions in the early and later phases of the railway intervention planning process. For the early phase, two methodologies were developed to estimate component-level intervention requirements for railway infrastructure networks taking into account the concerns of asset managers such as the evolution of service loss risks. For the later phases of the intervention planning process, two methodologies were developed to determine multi-component intervention programmes taking into account interdependencies of different types, costs, possession windows, and service loss risks.
The doctoral defense took place at ETH Zürich together with a committee of experts, including:
Prof. Francesco Corman – Chairperson, ETH Zürich
Prof. Bryan Adey – Examiner, ETH Zürich
external page Prof. Claudia Fecarotti – Co-examiner, Eindhoven University of Technology
external page Prof. Maria Nogal – Co-examiner, Delft University of Technology
external page Prof. Daijiro Mizutani – Co-examiner, Tohoku University
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Hamed Mehranfar and wish him continued success in his future research at the external page Sihltal-Zurich-Uetliberg Railway (SZU).
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