SIG B5 – Freight Transport Modelling
Upcoming Events
Understanding & Advancing Freight Modeling: From Urban Simulations to National Digital Twins
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
• United States: 8:30–10:20 AM CST | 9:30–11:20 AM EST | 6:30–8:20 AM PST
• Europe: 3:30–5:20 PM CET
• Asia: 8:00–9:50 PM IST|10:30 PM–12:20 AM SGT/CST|11:30 PM–12:20 AM JST
For additonal event details, please see the PDF flyer
Freight Transport Modeling in Emerging Countries edited by Ioanna Kourounioti, Lorant Tavasszy and Hanno Friedrich available to purchase now through the WCTRS/Elsevier Book series
The latest title in the WCTRS/Elsevier Book Series, Freight Transport Modeling in Emerging Countries edited by Ioanna Kourounioti, Lorant Tavasszy and Hanno Friedrich, a SIG B5 initiative is now available to purchase. Please see the Elsevier webpage for further information.
Group Objective
This Special Interest Group’s (SIG) objective is to support the sharing and discussion of the advances in a range of mathematical models relating to freight transportation.
Membership
Membership of the Group is open anyone with a commitment to the subject area. Membership of the WCTRS is encouraged but not required. To join the Group, or for more information, please contact either of the Chairs listed below.
SIG B5 Chair- Sushant Sharma (Texas A&M University)
SIG B5 Co-Chair- Lori Tavasszy (Delft University of Technology)
SIG B5 Co-Chair- Anna Pernestål (KTH, Sweden)
Current Members
| Member | Affiliation |
| Abate, Megersa | VTI – Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute |
| Alho, André | |
| Balster, Andreas | KLU |
| Beuthe, Michel | UCLouvain Mons |
| Cardenas, Ivan | University of Antwerp |
| Carmona, rafael | U Anahuac Mexico |
| Celebi, Dilay | Istanbul Technical University |
| Chow, Joseph | Ryerson University |
| Clausen, Uwe | TU Dortmund University, Institute of Transport Logistics |
| Combes, Francois | IFSTTAR |
| Comi, Antonio | Department of Enterprise Engineering, Tor Vergata University of Rome |
| Dahmen, Benjamin | Allego |
| Dalla Chiara , Giacomo | |
| Davydenko, Igor | TNO |
| de Bok, Michiel | |
| de Jong, Gerard | ITS-University of Leeds/Significance |
| de Jong , Gerard | |
| Duan, Liwei | |
| Dugundji, Elenna | CWI – Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica |
| Elbert , Ralf | |
| Fei, Jiang | |
| Figliozzi, Miguel Andres | |
| Frazzon, Enzo Morosini | Federal University of Santa Catarina |
| Friedrich, Hanno | KLU |
| Friesz, Terry | |
| Gonzalez-Calderon, Carlos | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Goodchild, Anne | University of Washington |
| Havenga, Jan | |
| Heidl, Udo | PTV |
| Holguin-Veras, Jose | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Hua, Wang | |
| Hyodo, Tetsuro | |
| Indriastiwi, Fitri | Research and development for Ministry of Transportation |
| Jia Hao, Wu | |
| Jourquin, Bart | |
| KEDIA, ASHU | UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY |
| Klauenberg, Jens | German Aerospace Center, Institute of Transport Research |
| Leerkamp, Bert | University of Wuppertal |
| Liedtke, Gernot | DLR |
| Limbourg, Sabine | |
| Mahmassani, Hani | Northwestern University |
| Marcucci, Edoardo | University of Rome |
| Matteis, Tilman | DLR |
| Meersman, Hilde | University of Antwerp |
| Mészáros, Ferenc | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Nuzzolo, Agostino | Department of Enterprise Engineering, Tor Vergata University of Rome |
| Palmer, Andrew | Heriot Watt University |
| Park, Dongjoo Park | The University of Seoul |
| Patil, Gopal Patil | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai |
| Qiang, Meng | |
| Raphael, Piendl | DLR |
| Rezaei, Jafer | TU Delft |
| Rolko, Kevin | TU Darmstadt |
| Roorda, Matthew | University of Toronto |
| Russo, Francesco | |
| Sanchez-Diaz, Ivan | Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute/ Chalmers University of Technology |
| Santos, Bruno | Delft University of Technology |
| Schröder, Stefan | Graphhopper |
| Segura , Esther | |
| Sharman, Bryce | INRO |
| Shuaian, Wang | Old Dominion University |
| Tapia, Rodrigo | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
| Tavasszy, Lóránt | TU Delft |
| Thaller, Carina | DLR |
| Thoen, Sebastiaan | |
| Trepanier, Martin | Polytechnique Montreal |
| van de Voorde, Eddy | University of Antwerp |
| Vasco, Reis | Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa |
| Vassallo , Reis | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
| Vierth, Inge | VTI – Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute |
| Wisetjindawat, Wisinee | |
| Wolfermann, Axel | German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Transport Research |
| Yoshizaki, Hugo | |
| Yuquan, Du | National University of Singapore |
| Zhang, Dezhi | Central South University |
| Zhiyuan, Liu | |
What are SIGs?
WCTRS encourages a continuous exchange between experts all over the world and in order to facilitate this exchange of ideas between researchers interested in the same topic area, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been created.