SMART Academic Staff

Professor of Infrastructure Economics

Professor Henry Ergas

Henry Ergas is an accomplished economist and an established opinion leader in the national infrastructure debate. Professor Ergas’ research is concerned with identifying more holistic analytical approaches to the design, procurement and operations of infrastructure systems. 

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Professor of Infrastructure Governance

Professor Geoff Cohen

Dr Geoff Cohen has been appointed to SMART as Professor of Infrastructure Governance.

Geoff has extensive experience as a senior development and project manager across all facets of major property development in the public and private sectors.

He has a cross-disciplines research focus on behavioural information processing and decision-making leading to a richer understanding of organisations, performance and change.

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Professor of Modelling and Simulation

Professor Pascal Perez

Professor Pascal Perez is a world leader in participatory modelling in complex systems. He will be responsible for the management and delivery of all aspects of infrastructure modelling and simulation at SMART. 

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Professor of Infrastructure Systems

Professor Peter Campbell

Professor Peter Campbell is a world authority on agent-based modelling. He is the former Director, Advanced Computer Applications at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago.  Dr Campbell will play a key role in shaping a strong interdisciplinary collaboration culture at SMART and provide project leadership on commissioned research areas.

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Mark Harrison

Dr Harrison is part of Professor Ergas’ infrastructure economics team at SMART and a Lecturer at the ANU College of Business and Economics..  

Mark has 28 years experience in undertaking applied economic research and providing policy advice as a public servant, academic and consultant. He has been a visiting researcher at the Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU, the George Stigler Centre for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago and the Productivity Commission and Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the Australian Government. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago (USA)

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Senior Research Fellow

Dr Matthew Berryman 

Dr Matthew Berryman completed his PhD in complex systems modelling and analysis at the University of Adelaide in 2007. From 2007-2009, he worked for the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation before joining the University of South Australia in 2009.

Matthew has extensive experience in systems engineering and agent-based modelling of complex systems.  At the SMART Infrastructure Facility, he applies these skills  to model Australia’s future infrastructure needs and to make existing infrastructure smarter though the use of technology.

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Research Fellow

Dr Nam Huynh

Nam Huynh received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Vietnam National University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam in 2004. He received his Master of Engineering Practice degree in Mechatronics in 2005, and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 from the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. His research interests include modelling of engineering systems (eg with finite element method - FEM), logistics and supply chain systems, and agent based simulation.

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Senior Research Fellow

Garth Crawford

Garth Crawford is part of Professor Ergas’ infrastructure economics team at SMART and a Principal Adviser, Economic Regulation at the Energy Networks Association. Garth specialises in the economic regulation of utility infrastructure and has previous experience consulting on economic and strategy issues across a range of infrastructure sectors. He has a Bachelors of Arts/Law and postgraduate qualifications in regulatory economics from the Australian National University.

Associate Research Fellow

Albert Munoz

Albert Munoz is currently in the final stages of completing a PhD in Supply Chain Management at the University of Wollongong. His previous accomplishments include a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, as well as Masters in Business Administration and Environmental Engineering.  Albert has extensive experience in discrete event and system dynamics simulations of manufacturing systems and supply chains.

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Research Statistician

Mohammad-Reza Namazi-Rad

Appointed as the Research Statistician in the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong in July 2011. Mohammad designs and applies statistical principles and techniques for collecting, organising and interpreting quantifiable data, and uses statistical methodologies to produce statistical reports and analyses for government, commercial and other purposes. The core of his work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it.

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Associate Research Fellow
Nagesh Shukla

Dr. Nagesh Shukla is a well-known researcher in the Industrial & Systems Engineering domain, particularly in the areas of Simulation Modelling and Optimisation.

He has research experience in working with large hospitals in United Kingdom and major OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) such as General Electric, to develop tools and techniques for analysis of workflow issues in delivering specialised care services to patients. He has contributed more than 18 research publications in conferences, journals, book chapters, and technical reports. His one patent is in review with USA Patent Office based on his research work related to Variations Modelling Healthcare.

Data Mining Scientist
Jun Ma