Dr Sara Mordipour is an expert in traffic engineering and transportation modelling.

She works in the areas of driving behaviour modelling and analysis, road freight management, transport infrastructure maintenance planning and management, transport network modelling and simulation, and road safety.

Awards:
Leadership Awards and Scholarships:
Veski Inspiring Women in STEM Sidebyside Leadership Award, 2023.
The School of Engineering at RMIT University Leadership Award, 2021.
Position for Wattle Program for Academic Leaders, 2021.
Scholarship for Advanced Leadership Program for Higher Education, 2018.
The Executive Ready Leadership Scholarship for Women, 2016.

Teaching Awards
The Executive Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award for the Greatest Teaching Practice Innovation, 2020.
The School of Engineering at RMIT University Teaching Award for the Highest Teaching Performance, 2019.
The RMIT University Teaching Award of Early Career Academics (Higher Education), 2012.

Research Awards:
The Article of the Year Award, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022.
The School of Engineering at RMIT University Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Supervision Award for Outstanding HDR Supervision, 2019.
The Best Paper Award from the 19th International Conference on Transportation Networks and Transportation Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 2017.
The Institute of Transportation Engineers Rising Star Award for Australia and New Zealand, 2016.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Pedestrian Committee (ANF10) Best Paper Award, 2016.
The RMIT University Early Career Researcher International Travel award, 2014.
The PTV Vision Scientific Award, 2011.
The David Willis Prize for the best paper by a young professional in the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, 2009.