Dr Andrew Tobias BSc, PhD, FORS

Dr Andrew Tobias

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Having retired in 2020 after more than 30 years teaching Systems Modelling and Management, Andrew is now focussing on his continuing research in Railway Systems Engineering.

Biography

Dr Tobias’ interest in Operations Management can be traced back to the mid 1980s at Lucas Industries where he first became involved with using discrete simulation and various systems modelling approaches in Production Engineering.

He moved to the University of Birmingham in 1988 to teach on the various fore-runners of our MSc programme in Advanced Engineering Management. He retired in 2020 to focus on his continuing research within the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education

Teaching

  • Systems Thinking
  • Operations Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Simulation
  • Research Skills
  • Management Information Systems

Research

Dr Tobias researches the application of Systems Thinking to the railways, specialising in:

  • Network Performance Analysis and Design
  • Planning, Timetabling, Scheduling and Simulation Modelling; and

Integrated Transport Systems and Logistics.