Eric was born and raised in Hengelo (O). After high school, where he received the diploma Gymnasium b, he went to the University of Twente to study Applied Mathematics. He received a BSc and MSc in Applied Mathematics from this university and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology. After a career as a software engineer at Cap Gemini he moved in 1988 to Goudappel Coffeng, a traffic and transport consultancy in Deventer. He worked there for 21 years in which he held several positions, mainly in research and in product and model development. His main research interest is on transport modelling, networks, travel behaviour and traffic management. In 1998 he became a part-time professor in traffic management at the Centre for Transport Studies at the University of Twente. In 2009 he left Goudappel Coffeng and became a full professor in Transport Engineering and Management and also head of the Centre for Transport Studies. From 2016-2021 he also was head of the Department of Civil Engineering as part of the Faculty of Engineering Technology.
Education
- 1993 PhD, Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology.
Thesis title: Impact of Information, Dynamics in Route and Departure Time Choice, supervisor: prof dr ir R. Hamerslag - 1984 MSc, Applied Mathematics, University of Twente.
Thesis title: Cross Decomposition and the Capacitated Facility Location Problem, supervisor: prof dr Y. Dirickx - 1982 BSc, Applied Mathematics, University of Twente.
Thesis title: Properties of Hamiltonian Random Graphs, supervisor: prof dr C. Hoede.
Expertise
Computer Science
- Models
- Multiobjective
- Traffic Management
- Dynamic Traffic
- Network Design Problem
Social Sciences
- Traffic
- Roads
- Behavior
Organisations
Ancillary activities
- KIVIvoorzitter afdeling Verkeer en Vervoer
- NCOIlid academic board
Publications
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Other contributions
Supervisor of PhD theses
- Oskar Eikenbroek: Variations in Urban Traffic (2023)
- Erwin Bezembinder: Junction design: Rules and network effects (2021)
- Bo Zhang: Taking Back the Wheel - Transition of Control from Automated Cars and Trucks to Manual Driving (2021)
- Amelia Huang: The influence of positive interventions on cycling (2020)
- Mariska van Essen: The potential of social routing advice (2018)
- Ties Brands: Multi objective optimization of multi modal transport networks (2015)
- Jaap Vreeswijk: The dynamics of user perception, decision making and route choice (2015)
- Anthony Ohazulike: Road pricing mechanisms. A game theoretic and multi-level approach. (2013)
- Luc Wismans: Towards sustainable traffic management (2012)
- Wendy Weijermars: Analysis of Urban Traffic Patterns using Clustering (2007)
- Collins Makoriwa: Performance of traffic networks. A mosaic of measures (2006)
- Bart Elbers: Development of an indicator for traffic flow stability with application to ramp metering (2005)
For more theses see this website
Research profiles
Coordinator of the Master Track Transport Engineering and Management and responsible for the Profile Transport and Logistics in cooperation with IEBIS (Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems)
Bachelor:
- coordinator of Module 8: Modelling & Analysis of Stochastic Processes
Master:
- coordinator of M-course Traffic Management (5EC)
- lecturer in M-course Transport Research Project (5EC)
- lecturer in M-course Intelligent Transport Systems (5EC)
- lecturer in M-course Network Modelling and Forecasting (5EC)
- lecturer in M-course Mathematical Optimization in Transport (5EC)
Affiliated study programs
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 191199152 - Internship
- 195439999 - CEM Master Thesis Traffic
- 195799152 - Internship
- 201800065 - Traffic Management
- 201800068 - Network Modelling and Forecasting
- 201800116 - Preparation Master Thesis
- 201800121 - Capita Selecta CEM-TEM
- 202000090 - BSc Research Assignment
- 202000250 - Internship
- 202200230 - Traffic Flows
- 202200232 - Project Sim. and Stochastic Modelling
- 202300353 - Internship (CSE/SET)
Current projects
Conductor (EU - HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01)
Fleet and Traffic Management Systems for Conducting Future Cooperative Mobility
PhD student Zakir Farahmand
SUM (EU - HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-04)
Seamless Shared Urban Mobility
PhD student Lianne Cortenbach
Talking Traffic TINA-4 (Province of Overijssel)
Finished projects
Junction design rules and strategies (NWO RAAK)
Via Nova (NWO)
The Potential of Social Routing Advice (NWO)
UMO (NWO)
Mocolodo (NWO ZonMW)
Empower (EU HORIZON2020)
ADAPTATION (NWO Complexity)
Behavioral Indicators for Traffic Safety
Optimal design of intersections in an urban transport network (NWO Raak)
Robust multi-objective multimodel network design (NWO )
Acceptability of traffic network management (Imtech)
PhD Jaap Vreeswijk
Incentive Zone - I-zone (City of Enschede)
Multi-objective optimization of traffic systems (Transumo & Goudappel)
Multi-objective road pricing (CTIT)
Multi-level optimization and game theoretical approach
PhD student Anthony Ohazulike
Towards a system optimal network state using personalized travel information (NWO)
ARTS (EU Cost)
Towards Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems
SUNSET (EU Horizon 2020)
Address
University of Twente
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room Z216
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Horst Complex Z216
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
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