Research Associate in Electric Road Freight System
Academic Division: Mechanics, Materials and Design
Email: prd41@cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Research Activities:
- Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
- TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation
- Project JOLT - Joint Operators Logistics Trial
Areas of interest:
- Sustainable road logistics
- Vehicle dynamics and control
- Electric vehicles
- Autonomous vehicles
- Transportation and traffic flow
- Energy systems
Strategic themes
Energy, transport and urban infrastructure
- Technology choice for road freight electrification
Teaching activity
- Lab instructor for IA and IB labs
- Supervisor for engineering modules: 3C5 Dynamics, 3C6 Vibration, 2P1 Mechanics, 2P6 Linear Control Systems / Communication, 1P1 Mechanical Vibrations
Other positions
- College Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge (College Webpage)
- Board Member, International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum)
Biography
Parth Deshpande is a Research Associate in Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He works with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight on investigating the roll-out of electric heavy goods vehicles in-operation. This helps logistics companies strategise their transition to electric vehicles.
Parth serves as a Board Member of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum) and as peer reviewer for several international journals and conferences.