Sae Chi

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Biography

Dr Chi is a transport economist at Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC). She holds a PhD in Transport Economics and is specialised in cost-benefits analysis (CBA), economic analysis, transport infrastructure, investment assessment prioritisation, freight transport, freight costs and transport externalities. She is currently leading the iMOVE CRC Project 3.007 Managing transport system investment risk: enhancing patronage predictions and adapting strategic asset management and appraisal processes to account for emerging trends and uncertainty Subproject 4 for WA Transport Portfolio. Also, she has been involved in the iMOVE CRC Project 2.001 Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth.

Before joining PATREC, she has conducted a number of economic analyses of various transport projects for Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, Building Queensland and Infrastructure Australia as a consultant.

Research interests:

Cost-Benefit Analysis, infrastructure investment assessment and prioritisation, freight and port, Transport Economics and Engineering

Recent work:

Economic assessment of Your Move program
Rapid appraisal model for Active Travel Infrastructure initiatives
iMOVE CRC Project 2.001 - intermodal freight planning, freight generation modelling using land-use data, and reviewing technology trends in freight context
iMOVE CRC Project 3.007 - Assessing uncertainties of future mobility and transport within a transport infrastructure investment decision making framework

Industry experience:

Economic assessment of Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor (TEARC) Project
Freight demand forecasting of Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor (TEARC) Project
Economic assessment and prioritisations of Bruce Highway Link Flood Study
Economic assessment of Hamilton Plains Flood Immunity Upgrade Project
Economic assessment of Foster Road and Bruce Highway Upgrade Project

Teaching experience (between 2014-2017):

EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems
ENB372 Design and Planning of Highways
ENB376 Transport Engineering
ENB476 Civil Engineering Design Project

Awards:

High Degree Research Student Award
Australasian Prize (Best Student Researcher at an Australian University)
Young Researcher Award
Regional Student Researcher Prize (Queensland and Northern Territory)

Languages

English

Japanese

Education/Academic qualification

Transport Economics, PhD, Queensland University of Technology

Jan 2014 → Apr 2017

Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology

Feb 2010 → Dec 2013

Industry keywords

Transport
Government
Built Environment

Research expertise keywords

Cost-benefit analysis
Project risks
transport infrastructure
Transport economics
Project appraisal
business case
Major infrastructure
Transport projects
economic analysis
infrastructure investment
investment assessment
investment prioritisation
freight demand forecast
Freight Transport
freight costs

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Research Output

2 Citations
1 h-Index
3 Other output
2 Conference paper
1 Conference presentation/ephemera
1 Article
1 More
- 1 Non-UWA Thesis

Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth: Global Supply Chain Trends and Local Perspectives

Hoffman, T., Standing, S., Standing, C., Chi, S., Biermann, S. & Jie, F., 2020, Perth: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC). 55 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other output

Open Access

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Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth: Intermodal Systems for Perth

Hoffman, T., Chi, S. & Biermann, S., 2019, Perth: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC). 84 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other output

Open Access

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RailSmart Planning Wanneroo Technical Report

Robson, L., Biermann, S., Cardell-Oliver, R., Olaru, D., Martinus, K., Smith, B., Chi, S., Sun, C., Reed, T., Jie, F., Standing, C. & Parsons, C., 2019, Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC). 50 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other output

Open Access

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Developing a methodology for evaluating privately operated toll road projects using stochastic cost-benefit analysis

Chi, S., 2018, Queensland: Queensland University of Technology.

Research output: Thesis › Non-UWA Thesis

A Review of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Freight Projects

Chi, S., Frost, T. & Ellis, B., 27 Nov 2017, Australasian Transport Research Forum 2017 Proceedings. Australia: The Australasian Transport Research Forum

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper