Nicholas Holyoak

Nicholas Holyoak is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in Infrastructure Engineering at Flinders University's College of Science and Engineering. He specializes in transport planning, lecturing across multiple engineering courses while conducting research in transportation systems and sustainable development.

His research interests focus on Transport Systems, Surveys and Analytical Techniques, and Transport Forecast Model Development. Holyoak has developed expertise in multimodal demand forecasting tools, environmental impact models, tourism-related travel research, and assessment of transport system policies and infrastructure. He possesses detailed knowledge of travel behavior surveys, including design, deployment, and data analysis across various applications.

Holyoak's publications demonstrate a consistent research trajectory focused on sustainable transport planning, with recent work examining population projections for remote Indigenous communities (2021), waste generation analysis (2020), and land use-transport integration models (2019). His research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to sustainable cities and communities.

Holyoak has received 153 citations with an h-index of 6 across his 17 research outputs. His work has been recognized in Scopus and Pure databases, with significant readership on Mendeley.

As an educator, Holyoak serves as topic coordinator and lecturer for multiple engineering courses including Civil Engineering Design, Professional Skills, Transport Systems Engineering, and Transport Planning and Modelling at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

His technical expertise spans transportation modeling software, civil engineering design tools, GIS applications, choice modeling, and statistical data management packages, making him a versatile contributor to transportation research and education.