Phil’s academic focus has been the development of ITS – the use of information, communications and computing technology applied to transport. His research portfolio covers a wide range of areas where ITS has been applied to transport including: road to vehicle communications; road user charging systems; ITS for assistive mobility, smartcards and radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless / smartdust technologies, electromobility and future intelligent infrastructure.

His research is also forward-looking and attempts to bridge the technology-policy gap in terms of what technologies may evolve to meet future policy objectives or influence future policy thinking to meet the challenges.

Phil chairs the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)’s Transport Policy Panel, is a member of their Lectures Committee and supports the IET in the UK and abroad in areas such intelligent transport, connected and autonomous vehicles, electro-mobility and smart cities and on the Big Data / Internet of Things agendas. In March 2012 Phil was awarded the Reece-Hills Medal for a lifetime personal contribution to ITS.

Juliet is a civil engineer with over 20 years’ experience on a broad range of infrastructure projects both in the UK and overseas.  She focuses on delivering specialist advice relating to the assessment and mitigation of risks to infrastructure to deliver future resilience. Juliet has a strong interest in the application of new research and innovation to our client’s needs.   

Juliet is Technical Director of the Resilience Shift, the global initiative to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure, supported by Lloyd's Register Foundation and hosted by Arup with a diverse range of grantees.

Juliet is a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) and a Chartered Engineer.

As a chartered transport planner and qualified project manager, Rebecca is particularly interested in the role of transport in city shaping. She has recently led ground-breaking strategies for cities and city regions to take a role in future mobility, and is currently working to deliver ultra-low emission buses in South Yorkshire.

Broadly, her current research direction investigates ‘the future of the car’ – bringing together socio-technical developments including electrification, new mobility services and the psychology of car owning and driving to explore the concept of ‘car usership’ to assess the potential impact of these on the energy system. She has led large interdisciplinary research teams and projects mainly funded by UK Research Councils (RCUK), the Energy Technologies Institute, the UK Department for Transport, Scottish Government and the European Union. She has sat on a number of advisory boards and strategy panels for UK Government Departments, the Climate Change Committee, US Dept. of Energy, HoL Science and Tech Committee, RCUK and NGOs, including currently acting as Chair to the Research and Evidence Group for the Scottish National Transport Strategy Review.

Peter started his career as a trainee Civil Engineering Technician and has always supported CIHT since he became a member in 2004, and proud to become a Fellow in 2018 and an elected CIHT council member and trustee in 2019. CIHT has done a great job raising the profile of our industry and being an advocate for the excellent professionalism of its members. He believes it is now time to build on this substantive work, to broaden its membership, and to challenge and promote the industry and the transformational aspects of our work, which often goes unnoticed. We need to be seen as enablers of economic growth, improving opportunities for all, and leaders in the environmental sustainability. The work we do can transform people’s lives.

Chloe has been a member of CIHT since graduating in 2017 and believes that the industry needs to move towards the future and embrace technology to combat climate change. She is passionate about bridging the gap between experts and the general public, knowing that public understanding is key to making change happen.

For his final research project, Alex investigated the lessons learnt from Exeter’s Co-bikes, the first city-wide electric bike share scheme. Alex has since presented his findings in Devon, Oxford (2019 Transport Practitioners Meeting) and Thessaloniki, Greece (Interreg Europe Innova SUMP project).

Alex has experience working on a broad range of local authority projects, ranging from traffic modelling for major scheme business cases, to local transport policy and strategy development. More recently, Alex has been seconded part time to Exeter City Futures, a Community Interest Company, who are trying to help co-ordinate the city’s aspirations to become carbon-neutral by 2030.

In his spare time, Alex is a keen sportsman who enjoys staying active and making the most of living in the beautiful South West.

Kris has held a range of posts in DFI covering, procurement, bridge design and feasibility reports, drainage schemes, junction design, park and ride/ share sites, structures maintenance and inspections and his current role reviewing geometric departures from standards applications.  

In 2016, he successfully passed his professional review to become a Chartered Civil Engineer and took up an active voluntary role in introducing a new Apprenticeship Scheme within DfI. As of 2019 he has hired over 32 Apprentices from a range of backgrounds and experience and provided assistance and support when required. He also agreed to take on the role of the Graduate Trainee scheme administrator for DfI, providing support to current Graduates actively working towards professional review as well as the general up-skilling of existing staff looking for professional qualifications.

As of Oct 2019 he has also agreed to undertake a part time PhD research project into the development of a department wide asset management database initially focussing on bridges.

Kris has been a member of the CIHT Northern Ireland Regional Committee since 2018 and has recently taken up the post of Chair of the Young Professionals sub-committee.

Having worked in other areas of Tarmac, India now works with the senior leaders in the Contracting business and is working with them to drive a positive culture across a diverse workforce where they want all of their people to be proud to work.

Helen later worked in the field of asphalt recycling and tar remediation before joining TRL in 2012. During her time at TRL Helen contributed to an international team and undertook work across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Since leaving TRL in 2015, Helen has set up her own consultancy, Driven, which allows her to remain an active part of the industry she loves, and is also programme leader for all asphalt programmes within the Centre for Mineral Products at the University of Derby, UK.  Helen is a Chartered Engineer with the CIHT (Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation) and IAT (Institute of Asphalt Technology).

With significant experience in asset management, lifecycle modelling, pavement design and investigation, James is passionate about best practice to enhance performance, benefiting sustainable, financial and social outcomes of Pavement Engineering.

James is currently undertaking a part-time PhD at the University of Nottingham focusing on Skid Resistance, as well as a member of the BSI B/510/05 Standards Committee for Surface Characteristics.

Stephanie joined WSP after graduating from Law at the University of Liverpool. During her time at WSP, she has worked on initiatives including Smart Motorways (SM) and improvements to the wider Strategic Road Network (SRN), gaining experience in operational regime assessment and operational safety and hazard analysis. Stephanie’s key projects include the M1 J28 to J35a, one of the largest operational SM schemes currently implemented on the UK SRN valued in excess £300 million.

Most recently and alongside her current role, Stephanie has joined WSP’s global innovation programme team, Future Ready as a Business Analyst. As part of the team, she will be working to achieve the Future Ready vision: to work with clients to design both for today’s needs and the needs of the future by using key trends in climate change, society, technology and resources.