Academic Webinar__given by Dr. Lynette Cheah
Dr. Lynette Cheah, who is Professor and Chair of Sustainable Transport at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, is invited by Dr. Jian Zhou to give an academic webinar on December 29. The activity is sponsored by the IEEE Reliability Society Nanjing Section Chapter.
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Comparative Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Alternative Powertrains for Heavy-duty Commercial Trucks
Dr. Cheah of University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lynette Cheah is Professor and Chair of Sustainable Transport at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. She directs the Sustainable Mobility Research Laboratory, which develops innovations and pathways towards sustainable cities, particularly in the area of mobility. Her research focuses on developing data-driven models and digital tools to assess and reduce the environmental impacts of passenger and freight transport. Areas of expertise include smart cities, intelligent transport, urban freight, transport modelling and simulation, technology and policy assessment, life cycle assessments, and material flow analysis.
Lynette publishes actively in Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Transportation Science, Travel Behaviour and Society, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Resource, Conservation and Recycling, and other academic journals. She has won several best paper awards, including the 2023 Best Applied Research Paper Award from the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Urban Freight Transportation. Her work has been profiled on ChannelNewsAsia, CNN and Nature.
Lynette's work on smart and sustainable mobility brings together perspectives from different disciplines. She collaborates readily with urban planners, architects, geographers, computer scientists and psychologists. Research partners include transport and land planning authorities, logistics service providers, and mobility companies.
Lynette is a strong believer in translating research into real-world impact. She is Coordinating Lead Author for the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) report and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. From 2019 to 2024, she was a member of Singapore’s Public Transport Council, promoting sustainable, affordable, and inclusive public transport for all.
Prior to joining UniSC, Lynette was a tenured faculty member at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. As an active member in her academic communities, Lynette Cheah was Co-Chair of the 12th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2025) and is an Editor for npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport. She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering Systems from MIT and Master’s in Management Science from Stanford University.
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