Mrs Maliheh Tabasi
Research Associate
- 2021- 2025 Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering (Transport), University of New South Wales
Thesis: Investigating the Value of Travel Time of Sydney Residents by Developing Time-use Activity-based Models
Supervisors: Prof. Taha H. Rashidi, Dr. Ali Najmi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Andrea Pellegrini
- 2017- 2020 Master of Science, Civil Engineering (Highway and Transportation), University ofTehran
Thesis: A New Micro-simulation Multi-class On-street Parking Search Model
Supervisor: Dr. Mahdi Samadzad
GPA: 18.96 out of 20 (3.93 out of 4)
- 2013-2017 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Tehran
GPA: 18.43 out of 20 (3.92 out of 4)
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
I am a research associate at the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW. I earned both my Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (2017) and my Master's degree in Civil Engineering – Road and Transportation (2020) from the University of Tehran, Iran. I conducted my PhD research at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
My research interests include travel behaviour and choice analysis, transport demand modelling and simulation, discrete choice modelling, MDCEV modelling and simulation, econometric time-use modelling, travel data collection, and activity-based modelling.
Building on the knowledge and skills I gained during my academic journey in research and transport modelling, I strive to develop innovative solutions to transport challenges. My goal is to conduct research on emerging transport issues and contribute to the development of a more sustainable and efficient transport network.
E-mail
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20), Level 1, Room 111
- Publications
- Media
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- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Winner of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) student paper award for the paper with the highest impact factor published in the first quarter in 2024 (link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.12.006 )
- Winner of the Best rCITI Student Paper in 2023 issued by Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) (link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TBS.2023.100632 )
- Received tuition fee waiver scholarship from University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Straight admission from bachelor to master’s degree at the University of Tehran (due to being in top three graduated students)
- Received the Faculty of Engineering Fellowship Award for being an exceptionally talented student for two successive years (2014, 2015)
- Received full scholarship from University of Tehran (tuition waiver)
Journal Publications
- 2024
Tabasi, M., Siripanich, A., Khan, N.A., Auld, J., Rashidi, T.H., 2024. GPS-supported smartphone app-based integrated travel diary and time-use data collection: challenges and lessons learned. Transp. 2024 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11116-024-10546-W
- 2024
Tabasi, M., Najmi, A., Miller, E.J., MacIntyre, C.R., Rashidi, T.H., 2024. Effectiveness of vaccination, travel load, and facemask use control strategies for controlling COVID Delta variant: the case of Sydney Metropolitan Area. Transportation (Amst). 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10471-y
- 2024
Tabasi, M., Rose, J.M., Pellegrini, A., Hossein Rashidi, T., 2024. An empirical investigation of the distribution of travellers’ willingness-to-pay: A comparison between a parametric and nonparametric approach. Transp. Policy 146, 312–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TRANPOL.2023.12.006
- 2023
Tabasi, M., Raei, A., Hillel, T., Krueger, R., Rashidi, T., 2023. Enriching a revealed preference survey with a supplementary stated preference survey: demonstration of willingness-to-pay estimation within a mode choice case study. Travel Behav. Soc. 33, 100632. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TBS.2023.100632
Conferences
- 2025
Tabasi, M., Rose, J., Khan, NA, Auld, Rashidi, T., 2025, “Appropriate approaches to collect travel, time-use and expenditure data for microeconomic time-use modelling”, 13th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods (ISCTSC), Da Nang, Vietnam– accepted for oral presentation.
- 2025
Tabasi, M., Rose, J., Khan, NA, Auld, Rashidi, T., 2025, “Designing a Comprehensive Survey Structure with an Innovative Stated Preference Time-Use Survey to Estimate Components of Value of Travel Time Saving”, Transportation Research Board annual meeting (TRB), Washington, USA – poster presentation.
- 2024
Tabasi, M., & Rashidi, T., 2023, “Designing a Comprehensive Survey Structure with an Innovative Stated Preference Time-Use Survey to Estimate Components of Value of Travel Time Saving within the Econometric Time-use and Expenditure Framework”, Transport Research Association for New South Wales (TRANSW) Symposium, Sydney, Australia – oral presentation.
- 2024
Tabasi, M., Siripanich, A, Khan, NA, Auld, J, Rashidi, T, 2024, “GPS-based smartphone integrated travel diary and time-use data collection: lessons learned and preliminary results”, 17th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), Vienna, Austria – presented by the co-author.
- 2024
Greenlee, J., Raei, A., Barry, S., Tabasi, M., Siripanich, A., Rashidi, T., Shankari, K., 2024, “From Simple Labels to Time-Use Integrations: Supporting the Spectrum of Qualitative Travel Behavior Data”, Transportation Research Board annual meeting (TRB), Washington, USA – presented by the first author.
- 2024
Tabasi, M., Rose, J., Pellegrini, A., Rashidi, T., 2024, “An Empirical Investigation of the Distribution of Travellers’ Willingness-to-pay: A Comparison between a Parametric and a Non-parametric Approach”, Transportation Research Board annual meeting (TRB), Washington, USA – poster presentation.
- 2023
The Australasian Transport Research Forum conference (ATRF), 2023, Perth, Western Australia – attended.
- 2023
Tabasi, M., & Rashidi, T., 2023, “Investigating the Value of Travel Time of Sydney Residents by Developing Time-use Activity-based Models”, Transport Research Association for New South Wales (TRANSW) Symposium, Sydney, Australia – oral presentation.
- 2023
Tabasi, M., Rose, J., Pellegrini, A., Rashidi, T., 2023, “An Empirical Investigation of the Distribution of Travellers’ Willingness-to-pay: A Comparison between a Parametric and a Non-parametric Approach”, Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) seminar, Sydney, NSW, Australia – oral presentation.
- 2023
Tabasi, M., Raei, A., Hillel, T., Krueger, R., Rashidi, T., 2023, “A joint SP-RP transport mode choice model for smartphone travel diary data”, 16th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Montréal, Québec, Canada – oral presentation.
- 2022
The Transport Research Association for New South Wales (TRANSW) Symposium, 2022, Sydney, NSW, Australia– attended.
- 2020
Maliheh Tabasi and Mahdi Samadzad, 2020, “A new micro-simulation multi-class on-street parking search model,” 18th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Tehran, Iran – oral presentation
- 2018
Mahyar Razi, Mahdi Samadzad, and Maliheh Tabasi, 2018, “The effect of parking availability on the propensity towards public transportation: a case study of a Tehran business district,” 11th international congress on civil engineering, Tehran, Iran – oral presentation