Pinky Kumawat

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Name

Pinky Kumawat PhD

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

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Organization Name

Chair of Transport Ecology

Chair of Transport Ecology

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Visiting address:

Potthoffbau Hettnerstraße 1

01069 Dresden

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Focus of work

• Clean transportation, with big data analysis of remote sensing emission data
• Smart and sustainable mobility
• Machine learning
• Travel behaviour

Fellowships

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), European Commission (2028–2030). Awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship for the project “Reliable High-emitting Vehicle Identification using Machine Learning (RHive-ML)”, hosted at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

Research Projects

Current research projects

Identification of High-Emitting Vehicles Using Machine Learning (HEVI-ML), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the Walter Benjamin Programme (2026–2028). The project focuses on developing machine-learning approaches for identifying high-emitting vehicles from remote-sensing emission measurements.

Completed research projects

Handbook of Emission Factors for Road Transport (HBEFA 5.1) (2024-2025). The project involved analysing vehicle emission data and contributing to the development of emission factors and deterioration functions for passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles, based on real-world remote-sensing emission measurements across Europe.

Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals

4 Entries

2026

• Emission deterioration of modern trucks observed with remote emission sensing measurements in EuropeKumawat, P., Weller, K., Potturu, L. & Borken-Kleefeld, J., 30 May 2026Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Presentation slides

2025

• NO_x emission deterioration in modern trucks: Evidence from remote sensingKumawat, P., Weller, K., Potturu, L. & Borken-Kleefeld, J., 15 Dec 2025, In: Science of the total environment. 1008, 180989Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

• Identifying psychosocial factors impacting mode choice using structural equation modellingKumawat, P., 17 May 2023, Proceedings of the 11th Young Researchers Seminar - YRS2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• COVID-19 and low-cost bus companies in Europe: before and during pandemic crisis strategies and customer perceptionsPronello, C., Fornari, M. H. D. S. & Kumawat, P., 2023, In: Transportation Research Procedia. 72, p. 1074-1081, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

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Publications in peer-reviewed conference proceedings

• Kumawat, P., & Pronello, C. (2022, January 9-13). Validating Italian General Ecological Behaviour Questionnaire of Travellers Using Dichotomous Rasch Model. Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA.
• Pronello, C., & Kumawat, P. (2021). Smartphone Applications Developed to Collect Mobility Data: A Review and SWOT Analysis. In K. Arai, S. Kapoor, R. Bhatia (Eds), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: Vol. 1251. Intelligent Systems and Applications (pp. 449-467). Springer.
• Kumawat P., Kalani G., & Kumawat, N. K. (2016). Prediction of ERP Outcome Measurement and User Satisfaction Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and SVM Classifiers Approach. In S. Satapathy, Y. Bhatt, A. Joshi, & D. Mishra (Eds), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: Vol. 438. International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (pp. 229-237). Springer.

Invited presentations

• Kumawat P. (2023). Using attitudes and green consciousness as a determinant of travel behaviour and market segmentation. Abertis Chair Award Ceremony, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 19.10.2023.
• Kumawat P. (2021). Use of digitisation for “smart” travel data collection. Web International Conference, Sustainable Transport & Sustainable Cities, University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), France, 18.02.2021.
• Kumawat P. (2021). Use of digitisation for “smart” travel data collection. Series of Webinars (SmartTalk sessions), Interdepartmental Center SmartData@Polito, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 15.02.2021.
• Kumawat P. (2018). Data and information extraction from multiple data sources for transport innovation and sustainability (Mobility as a Service). Poster presentation, 3rd SmartData@Polito Workshop: Status and Future Directions, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 24.09.2018.

Prizes and awards

• Winner of the “prestigious Abertis Chair Award for Sustainable Mobility” for research on Sustainable Mobility for the best PhD thesis (Year 2022) in Italy.

• Gargi Award, Balika Shiksha Foundation, Government of Rajasthan, India (2008). Awarded for securing 80% in Secondary Education.