Frame
Define the operational problem, decision, stakeholders, boundary, and evidence in one page.
This page has two connected paths. Students can find my personal welcome, how we will work together, and the full Thesis Toolkit. Visitors can review my supervision approach, research environments, doctoral collaboration, and completed-thesis evidence.
Start with my message to you
Understand what you can expect from me, what I expect from you, and where to find practical help throughout the thesis journey.
Review supervision evidence
See the research contexts, supervision philosophy, doctoral work, completed theses, and reusable infrastructure behind my practice.
For students
How we will work
Benchmark
Establish what a valid solution must beat and how correctness will be checked.
Build
Develop the method through small, inspectable experiments and recorded decisions.
Explain
Connect results to the research question, limitations, and practical meaning.
Own
Make the researcher—not the supervisor—the final authority on the work.
Thesis Toolkit
The Thesis Toolkit keeps expectations, meetings, feedback, writing decisions, and milestones visible to both student and supervisor. The original guidance is part of this academic hub and uses the same navigation and visual system as the rest of the site.
Start here
Research Collaboration System
Set up the shared workflow, meeting rhythm, decision log, and feedback cycle.
Communication and Feedback
Prepare useful questions, request feedback well, and make meetings productive.
Thesis Guidelines
Understand scope, format, confidentiality, integrity, AI use, and assessment roles.
Build and check the thesis
Problem Statement Template
Turn the operational context, core problem, stakeholders, and research need into a precise opening.
Report Sections
Use a practical chapter structure for the project plan and optimization research.
Report Quality Check
Review language, mathematics, visuals, citations, layout, and confidentiality before submission.
MSc Thesis Examples
Study completed work for useful patterns in modeling, structure, writing, and presentation.
Continue through the full research journey
Develop the argument
Research design, scope, problem statements, research questions, literature, methods, and benchmarking.
Plan the progression
Kickoff, thesis preparation, green-light decisions, timeframes, and colloquium logistics.
Handle confidentiality early
Practical guidance for company data, agreements, publication restrictions, and assessment.
NoteOfficial requirements come first
This toolkit complements—but does not replace—official UT/IEM requirements and Canvas instructions. When in doubt, follow the official source.
For visitors
Supervision approach
I supervise research as a development process: clear expectations, early problem framing, inspectable decisions, regular feedback, and increasing ownership by the researcher. My role is to develop independent researchers who can formulate, implement, test, and communicate their own scientific contribution.
Research environments
My BSc, MSc, and PhD supervision spans transportation, logistics, warehousing, routing, fleet management, optimization, and AI for operations. Many bachelor’s and master’s projects are conducted with companies.
Mobility and transport
Dynamic vehicle routing, shared mobility, waterborne transport, and fleet management under uncertainty.
Logistics systems
Warehousing, production logistics, distribution, and company-connected improvement projects.
Emerging delivery systems
Drones, collaborative delivery modes, and heterogeneous transport resources.
Decision intelligence
Optimization, machine learning, simulation, dashboards, and research software for operational decisions.
Applied projects connect academic work with organizations in public transport, high-tech manufacturing, warehousing, engineering, consumer goods, and logistics. The scientific standard remains the same: a clear problem, a transparent method, and evidence strong enough to support the conclusion.
Doctoral collaboration
Doctoral research
Cigdem Karademir
Predictive Fleet Management for Stochastic and Dynamic Integrated Water–Land Transportation Problems.
Doctoral research
Abolfazl Maleki
Decision-making under uncertainty in last-mile medical-drone delivery and dynamic collaboration among drones and complementary delivery modes.
Selected completed thesis
MSc · 2025
B.G.J. Arens
Online Order Batching for Warehouse Picking with Delivery Deadlines.
Reusable supervision infrastructure
The integrated supervision, writing, milestone, article, template, and supporting resources turn recurring guidance into a public, inspectable system. They preserve the original Thesis Toolkit content while placing it within my broader academic profile. Imported material retains its Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 notice.