MIAD FAROKHSIAR

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: miad.farokhsiar@uniroma1.it
building: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy
room: DICEA-RM 31- Area Trasporti - L010

supervisor: Prof. Riccardo Licciardello
co-supervisor: Prof. Stefano Ricci
co-supervisor (2): Prof. Mahnam Saeednia

Research: Innovative operation of rail freight terminals

I am a third-year PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome (DICEA) working on simulation-based KPI assessment and economic evaluation of automation and digitalisation technologies at intermodal rail freight terminals, within the MOST/PNRR Task 4.2 programme.

My research develops a two-layer ETA and decision-support framework combining a physical ETA engine with uncertainty modelling and a trust-based priority score implemented in AnyLogic hybrid simulation with Python data pipelines and a R-learning agent for disruption handling.

My main case study is the Trieste Campo Marzio intermodal termina, with a secondary case at Marcianise–Maddaloni. I am currently on a five-month research exchange at TU Delft, Department of Transport & Planning.