Staff profile

• Transport Systems, Railway Systems
• Modelling and Simulation, Data Analysis
• Energy Efficiency, Operations and Optimisation

Chapter in book

• Towards a sustainable digital railway
  
  Steele, H., & Roberts, C. (2022). Towards a sustainable digital railway. In S. Blainey & J. Preston (Eds.), Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations (Transport and Sustainability) (pp. 239-263). https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000014014

Conference Paper

• Obtaining a fit-for-purpose train planning process for a sustainable railway: Perspectives from Great Britain and Germany
  
  Hoodbhoy, N., Nicholson, G., Steele, H., Sturm, I., & Sohlke, A. (2025, April 1 – 2025, April 4). Obtaining a fit-for-purpose train planning process for a sustainable railway: Perspectives from Great Britain and Germany [Conference paper]. Presented at RailDresden2025, Dresden, Germany.
• Analyses of finance trends for transport infrastructure in LICs and LMICs against future climate targets
  
  Steele, H., Blumenfeld, M., & Plummer, P. (2024, September 20). Analyses of finance trends for transport infrastructure in LICs and LMICs against future climate targets. Presented at European Transport Conference 2024, Antwerp.
• Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories
  
  Hamid, H. A., Nicholson, G. L., Douglas, H., Zhao, N., & Roberts, C. (2016). Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation (ICIRT) (pp. 460-468). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588769
• Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways
  
  Douglas, H., Schmid, F., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016, October 11). Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2016, Birmingham. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588721
• Optimising energy saving in metro systems through characteristic evaluation
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016). Optimising energy saving in metro systems through characteristic evaluation. In The International Conference on Railway Engineering (ICRE) 2016. IET. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0517

Journal Article

• A Challenge-Led Digital Twin Federation Architecture For Urban Passenger Transport Decarbonisation
  
  Li, J., Steele, H., Preece, J., Kirkwood, D., Sun, S., Jiang, W., Logan, A., Das, S., Almeida, R., Sevegnani, M., Easton, J., Roberts, C., Flynn, D., & Greening, P. (2026). A Challenge-Led Digital Twin Federation Architecture For Urban Passenger Transport Decarbonisation. Procedia Computer Science, 280, 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2026.04.040
• A Co-Created Framework to Define Digital Twinning Use Cases for Urban Transport Decarbonisation
  
  Steele, H., Duvnjak, J., Byron, P., Matyas, M., Easton, J., Roberts, C., Flynn, D., & Greening, P. (2026). A Co-Created Framework to Define Digital Twinning Use Cases for Urban Transport Decarbonisation. Urban Science, 10(3), Article 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci10030140
• Determining future high speed rail review topics through bibliometric analysis
  
  Steele, H., Blumenfeld, M., & Plummer, P. (2024). Determining future high speed rail review topics through bibliometric analysis. High-Speed Railway, 2(1), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hspr.2024.01.005
• Review of Data Analytics for Condition Monitoring of Railway Track Geometry
  
  Peinado Gonzalo, A., Horridge, R., Steele, H., Stewart, E., & Entezami, M. (2022). Review of Data Analytics for Condition Monitoring of Railway Track Geometry. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(12), 22737-22754. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3214121
• Editorial for the journal of rail and rapid transit high speed rail: Education interchange conference special edition
  
  Steele, H., & Jack, A. (2022). Editorial for the journal of rail and rapid transit high speed rail: Education interchange conference special edition. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 236(2), 137-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097211065864
• Improved epicentral distance estimations for railway earthquake early warning
  
  Steele, H., Noda, S., Yamamoto, S., & Korenaga, M. (2020). Improved epicentral distance estimations for railway earthquake early warning. Quarterly Report of RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute), 61(3), 222-227. https://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.61.3_222
• Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges
  
  Steele, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2019). Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(5), 526-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409718800523
• Method for validating the train motion equations used for passenger rail vehicle simulation
  
  Douglas, H., Weston, P., Kirkwood, D., Hillmansen, S., & Roberts, C. (2017). Method for validating the train motion equations used for passenger rail vehicle simulation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(4), 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409716631784
• Method to evaluate solutions for complex systems: Rail energy
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016). Method to evaluate solutions for complex systems: Rail energy. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport, 169(5), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.16.00017
• An assessment of available measures to reduce traction energy use in railway networks
  
  Douglas, H., Roberts, C., Hillmansen, S., & Schmid, F. (2015). An assessment of available measures to reduce traction energy use in railway networks. Energy Conversion and Management, 106, 1149-1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.053