Nautical Traffic Modelling for Safe and Efficient Ports

Curriculum Vitae Yang Zhou (1989, Chinese) started her PhD research at Delft University of Technology from September 2013. In June 2014, she graduated as a master majoring in Traffic Information Engineering and Control from Wuhan University of Technology in China. And she got her bachelor degree with the major Maritime Management in June 2011. During the undergraduate and postgraduate study, she has a solid knowledge foundation in the field of vessels navigation technology, especially in collision avoidance of vessels. Her PhD research topic is nautical traffic modelling for safe and efficient ports. The aim is to develop a maritime traffic model which can simulate the vessels behaviour in different external conditions, including natural environment, vessels encountering situation and human factors. The simulation model is expected to be further applied in the assessment of safety and capacity for both newly designed ports and existing ports. This PhD research is based on the project ‘Simulation model to improve safety and efficiency of port traffic’ coordinated by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Chinese counterpart National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Her promoters are Prof. Tiedo Vellinga from Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Prof. Serge Hoogendoorn from Department of Transport & Planning, and Dr. Winnie Daamen from Department of Transport & Planning is her daily supervisor. Since Prof. Tiedo Vellinga is also the director of environmental monitoring in Maasvlakte 2 in port of Rotterdam, he is familiar with the characteristics of this port area, which is also the study area of this PhD research. Prof. Serge Hoogendoorn and Dr. Winnie Daamen specialize in the simulation modelling of vehicular traffic and pedestrian behaviour, which is similar with the vessel behaviour in port area.