Staff profile

Chapter in book

• Towards a sustainable digital railway
  
  Steele, H., & Roberts, C. (2022). Towards a sustainable digital railway. In S. Blainey & J. Preston (Eds.), Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations (Transport and Sustainability) (pp. 239-263). https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000014014

Conference Paper

• Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories
  
  Hamid, H. A., Nicholson, G. L., Douglas, H., Zhao, N., & Roberts, C. (2016). Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation (ICIRT) (pp. 460-468). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588769
• Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways
  
  Douglas, H., Schmid, F., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016, October 11). Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2016, Birmingham. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588721
• Optimising energy saving in metro systems through characteristic evaluation
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016). Optimising energy saving in metro systems through characteristic evaluation. In The International Conference on Railway Engineering (ICRE) 2016. IET. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0517

Journal Article

• A Novel Multi-Agent-Based Approach for Train Rescheduling in Large-Scale Railway Networks
  
  Liu, J., Chen, L., Tian, Z., Zhao, N., & Roberts, C. (2025). A Novel Multi-Agent-Based Approach for Train Rescheduling in Large-Scale Railway Networks. Applied Sciences, 15(14), Article 7996. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15147996
• Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges
  
  Steele, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2019). Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(5), 526-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409718800523
• Method for validating the train motion equations used for passenger rail vehicle simulation
  
  Douglas, H., Weston, P., Kirkwood, D., Hillmansen, S., & Roberts, C. (2017). Method for validating the train motion equations used for passenger rail vehicle simulation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(4), 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409716631784
• Method to evaluate solutions for complex systems: Rail energy
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016). Method to evaluate solutions for complex systems: Rail energy. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport, 169(5), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.16.00017
• An assessment of available measures to reduce traction energy use in railway networks
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., Hillmansen, S., & Schmid, F. (2015). An assessment of available measures to reduce traction energy use in railway networks. Energy Conversion and Management, 106, 1149-1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.053