Student Projects
SUMMIT Student Projects
Our Masters and undergraduate students frequently undertake individual projects aligned with SUMMIT’s goals. Recent examples by theme include:
Shared governance
Identification of the determinants of bicycle ownership in Ireland – the development of a bike ownership model
Modelling the demand for electric vehicles
Examining the potential of hydrogen to decarbonise urban bus networks
Decarbonisation of the Irish taxi fleet
An Exploration of Feasible Use Cases of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in Dublin City
Assessing the Impact of Mobility on the Incidence of Covid – 19 in Dublin City
Predicting the usage of a bike share scheme during covid-19
The costs of not investing in public transport projects
Nowcasting: Predicting Elements of Key Economic Indicators using Road Traffic Data
Influencing personal and societal mobility practices
Investigating the sustainability of travel mode choices after the influence of a nudge
In with the old; A Theory of Planned Behaviour approach towards understanding consumer purchase intentions and behaviour in a circular fashion context
Realistic Simulation of Pedestrians in SUMO
The Relationship between Values and Acceptability of Environmental Policies via Self-Identities
Evaluating Synthetic Notification Trained Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Notification Management Systems
Cooperative travel planning
Deriving and implementing a model to predict the most energy efficient route for a solar powered vehicle
ARPA: Accessibility-focused Route Planning Assistant
Using SUMO and Unity 3D to analyse the effect of roadside obstacles on the safety and performance of bicycles in Dublin
Using Digital Twin Cities to Investigator Older Walkability in Dublin
“Congestion-Aware Pathfinding Within Public Transit Networks”
“Privacy Aware Travel Assistant”
System optimisation
"Safe and efficient lane changing in autonomous vehicles using artificial intelligence"
"A Communication Architecture for Transportation Digital Twins using Apache Kafka“
"The Managed Motorway: Studying the Effectiveness of a Dedicated Lane for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Motorways“
“Evaluating the Benefits of Speed Harmonization with Lane Specific Speed Limits on a Motorway”
"Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Intersection Management“
“Intelligent Ramp Metering Control using Federated Reinforcement Learning”
"Game Theory Decision-Making For Cooperative Merging At On-Ramps Considering Traffic Fairness“
"Lane Changing within Connected and Autonomous Vehicles“
“A Framework for Building Digital Twins of Motorway Scenarios”
"A Simulated Parking Assistance System Using Slot-based Driving“
“Management of Transitions of Control in Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles in Mixed Traffic”
“Using Deep Reinforcement Learning to increase Traffic Safety in Urban areas whilst maintaining Traffic Flow and Efficiency”
“Highway Merging for Vehicle Platoons in Non-Ideal Conditions”
“Quantifying the efficiency and safety impact of low penetration rates of autonomous vehicles”
“Coordinating Connected Autonomous Vehicles to Improve Traffic Safety and Efficiency”