Laura Martinez

PhD Scholar

BEng (Industrial Engineering), MScEng (Industrial Engineering) (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)

Laura has delivered ground-breaking advances with experience using a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, applied in collaboration with universities, research centres and industry.

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

“Designing equitable interactions between Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) and Cooperative and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)”

THESIS SUPERVISORS

Professor Andry Rakotonirainy, Associate Professor Deanna Grant-Smith, and Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios (External Supervisor)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Human Factors
• Transport equity
• Industrial and organisational psychology

AWARDS

2021 – iMove CRC  Scholarship and QUT International HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship

2018-2019 – Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme Scholarship: Global Human Resource Management Training at National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development