After completing a PhD research project on dynamics of belt systems, such as moving side
walks and escalators, Professor Lodewijks moved to the USA where he worked for a small
engineering company as engineer special projects specializing in large scale transport
systems. In 1999 he moved back to the Netherlands and was appointed professor of
transport engineering and logistics at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands in
2000. In 2003 he was appointed head of the school of marine and transport technology and
later deputy dean of the faculty of mechanical, maritime and materials engineering. In 2007
he was appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Schiphol group, a company that operates
airports around the world. In 2008 professor Lodewijks was appointed scientific director of
the Delft Centre of Aviation. Besides being active at TU Delft, he works as
visiting/guest/chair professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Wuhan
University of Technology, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China University of
Mining and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, all in China. In
2016 he was appointed head of school of aviation at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is
currently professor and head of discipline of Aerospace Systems at The University of
Newcastle, Australia.
Gabriel Lodewijks areas of interest are logistics and transport engineering in the
aerospace/aviation cluster. He works on problems associated with the optimization of
maintenance, repair and overhaul processes, aircraft systems, automation of air cargo
handling systems, improvement of the quality of the flower supply chain handled through
air cargo, tracking and tracing of equipment, components and people at airports and in
aviation related companies, optimization of gate processes and baggage handling
procedures to reduce the turnaround time of aircraft, maintaining safety and security in
airport logistic processes, and the improvement of passenger experience by streamlining
airport logistics.
