The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (CSRF), which the University is a partner member of, has won the 2022 IEEE TSSS Presidential Prize for Sustainability in Transportation.
The CSRF Research Project was founded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to help industry and Government minimise carbon emissions from the road freight sector. It aims to make road freight socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.
Its partners are the University’s Freight and Research Logistics Group, Cambridge University’s Engineering Department and Heriot Watt University’s Logistics and Research Centre, alongside industry and government partners. The Westminster team leads the policy and urban logistics research in the project.
The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (IEEE ITSS) is a professional society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Its Presidential Award for Sustainability in Transportation is presented to recognise sustainable innovative approaches and efforts that contribute to accelerating climate-neutral transport.
This achievement underlines the University’s outstanding logistics and transport research and training, and its commitment to environmental sustainability.
Dr Maja Piecyk, Professor of Logistics and member of the CSRF’s Executive Team, said: “I am delighted to receive this prestigious award. It demonstrates the strength of teamwork and cross-sectoral collaboration in addressing the challenge of decarbonising logistics and supply chain systems.
“I would like to thank my colleagues Julian Allen, Mengqui Cao, Marzena Piotrowska and Allan Woodburn for their outstanding work and contributions to the project.”
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