Research Title: Optimal green on-demand transportation systems in mutual interaction with urban traffic dynamics
Main supervisor: A/Prof. Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani
• Other supervisors: Dr. Cong Quoc Tran
• Email: cameron.davis@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
• Social URLs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronpauldavis/
• Base degree: BE(Hons) in Civil Engineering from University of Canterbury in 2022
Research Interests:
Cameron is a PhD student in the Complex Transport Systems Laboratory. His research centres around the modelling and optimisation of shared on-demand transportation services, particularly considering urban traffic dynamics and interactions between the on-demand fleet and surrounding traffic. He is also interested in how transportation systems will evolve with new developments such as autonomous electric vehicles and mobility as a service.
Personal Interests:
Cameron is a baritone and violinist, performing regularly as a member of multiple local music groups, including the Christchurch Youth Choir. Since 2023, he has been a member of the New Zealand Youth Choir, which in 2025 toured Singapore, Denmark, and the UK, and was named Choir of the World. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, he was awarded a University of Canterbury Tohu Kahurangi | Blues Award as recognition of his achievements in music.
Academic history:
After earning a BE(Hons) in Civil Engineering from UC in 2022, Cameron chose to stay at UC to begin his PhD under the supervision of Associate Professor Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani. Cameron and his project partner, Chelsea Sole, were awarded the SFPE UC Undergraduate Award for Fire Engineering Project and UC CNRE First Prize for Final Year Project for their honours project "Investigating movement through smoke in virtual reality". In 2022, Cameron was awarded the New Zealand Automobile Association Prize in Traffic Engineering, and in 2024, he was awarded the Transportation Group Tertiary Study Grant.
Publications:
Davis, C., & Keyvan-Ekbatani, M. (2027). On the impact of charger queues and traffic dynamics on electric dial-a-ride services. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 194, 106037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106037
Davis, C., & Keyvan-Ekbatani, M. (2026, March 9). On-Demand Pooling in Christchurch: Benefit or Bane? [Best Student Paper]. Transportation Conference 2026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404755117_On-Demand_Pooling_in_Christchurch_Benefit_or_Bane
Davis, C., & Keyvan-Ekbatani, M. (2025). Dynamic Electric Dial-a-Ride Problem Considering Traffic and Charging Congestion. 2025 IEEE 28th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 590–594. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC60802.2025.11423472
Davis, C., Tran, C. Q., & Keyvan-Ekbatani, M. (2025). Dynamic Dial-a-Ride Problem with Fleet-Private Traffic Interactions. 2025 9th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/MT-ITS68460.2025.11223572
Davis, C., Tran, C. Q., Jiang, S., & Keyvan-Ekbatani, M. (2024). Real-time multi-depot dial-a-ride problem considering traffic dynamics and EV fleet. Conference in Emerging Technologies in Transportation Systems (TRC-30). https://trc-30.epfl.ch/list-of-accepted-papers/
Davis, C., Sole, C., Khan, H., & Nilsson, D. (2023). Investigating movement through smoke in virtual reality. Fire Safety Journal, 140, 103890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103890
