Members
Current Members
Professor
Makoto Chikaraishi
Professor
Nationality: Japan
Research Topic:
Activity and travel behavior analysis, survey design, behavioral adaptation to urban climate risks, disparity issues in developing countries, etc.
Pieter J. Fourie
Associate Professor (Special Appointment)
Research Topic:
Agent-based simulation practitioner, urban data science enthusiast. interested in stuff that involves feedback, emergence, path-dependence, nonlinearity, as well as ML, AI.
Nakanishi Wataru (中西 航)
Associate Professor (Special Appointment)
Nationality: Japan
Research Topic:
Applied statistics for transport engineering, especially, Bayesian, spatial and time-series analysis / Integration of observations and simulations / Observation-based microscopic pedestrian behaviour analysis
Secretary
Megumi Kato
Nationality: Japan
Misato Oku
Nationality: Japan
Students
Reem Al Olabi
PhD Student
Enrollment:
October 2023
Nationality: Syrian Arab Republic
Research Topic:
Striking a Balance: Enhancing Survey Accuracy While Reducing Respondent Burden through Semi-Supervised Mode Detection
Azis Hakim Sjafruddin
PhD Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Optimizing Public Transit Network with Feeder System by Considering The Impact of Joint Activities
Damar Pratita Dewayanto
PhD Student
Enrollment:
October 2025
Nationality: Indonesia
Rizqi Ramadhan
PhD Student
Enrollment:
October 2025
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Household travel behavior
Melanton Hendra Siregar
Research Student (PhD)
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Data-Driven Transportation Demand Management: Evaluating The Role of Car and Motorcycle Ride-Hailing
Toshimitsu Nishikiori
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2022
Nationality: Japan
Daisuke Kajiyama (梶山 大輔)
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2024
Nationality: Japan
Research Topic:
Semantic Enrichment of Social Networks Based on GPS Collocation Information
Pujie Ma
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2024
Nationality: China
Research Topic:
Redesigning public transportation services with personalized passenger services
Afroze Sadia
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Bangladesh
Khan Md Abu Saiyeem
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Bangladesh
Research Topic:
A Comparative Study on Demolition of Irregular Settlements in Alleviating Traffic Congestion and Mitigating Pollution in Dhaka City
Abdurrahman Habibie
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Evaluate The Government Incentives on Electric Vehicles Purchase for Smart Mobility in Indonesia
Dwi Avinia Sundorna
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Integrating Private Shuttle Service Into Public Bus Network
Hafiyyan Hilmy Fawwaz
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Investigating Joint Activity and Joint Travel Behavior with Embedded Social Network Insights from GPS Data
Azwan Nazamuddin
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Approximate Dynamic Discrete Choice Activity-Based Travel Demand Model
Nguyen Ngoc Dang Khoa
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024
Nationality: Vietnam
Research Topic:
Evaluating the impacts of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Factors on Urban Railway Ridership to Provide Solutions for the Urban Railway System in Ho Chi Minh City
Shouki Ichinose (一ノ瀬 翔輝)
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Japan
Mahamane Ousmane Meriga
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Cameroon
Adhikari Ramesh Prasad
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2025
Nationality: Nepal
Research Topic:
Dynamic Traffic Signal Optimization using Machine Learning for Sustainable Transport Management in Kathmandu
Hussein MD Tanveer
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2025
Nationality: Bangladesh
Research Topic:
Optimizing Traffic Flow, Safety and Carbon Emission on an Urban Highway Corridor of Bangladesh.
Kevianwillie Handoyo
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2025
Nationality: Indonesia
Ko Kitagawa（北川 紘宇）
Undergraduate
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Japan
Kounoshin Ota（大田 光之心）
Undergraduate
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Japan
Shiraki Keito（白木 啓人）
Undergraduate
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Japan
Reiichiro Shimizu (清水怜一郎)
Internship
Enrollment:
April 2025
Nationality: Japan
Past Members
Varun Varghese
Assistant Professor
Nationality: India
Research Topic:
ICT use and travel behavior, application of advanced machine learning techniques for transport planning and management
Keishi Fujiwara (藤原 啓示)
Postdoc Researcher
Enrollment:
April 2021 - Sep. 2021: Research student
October 2021 - September 2024 (PhD Student)
October 2024 - March 2025 (Postdoc Researcher)
Nationality: Japan
Research Topic:
A Study on Measurement, Modeling, and Evaluation for Urban Street Space Design Considering Both Travel and Place Functions
Nur Diana Safitri
Researcher
Enrollment:
October 2018 - September 2020 (Master)
October 2020 - September 2023 (PhD)
October 2023 - August 2024 (Researcher)
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
The Impacts of Transport Network Disruptions on Travel Demand: A Case of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster in Hiroshima, Japan
Lichen Luo
Researcher
Enrollment:
April 2023 - September 2024
Nationality: China
Research Topic:
Development of land-use/transport integrated (LUTI) model
Zafirah binti Abdul Gani
Research Assistant
Enrollment:
April 2021 - March 2022 (Undergrad)
April 2022 - March 2024 (Master)
April 2024 - March 2025 (Research Assistant)
Nationality: Malaysia
Research Topic:
1. Exploring the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle on Pedestrian Behavior Using Camera Data (Undergrad)
2.Modelling Conflicts Among Multiple Travel Modes on Streets: A Behavior Modelling Approach (Master)
3. Multiple Travel Modes Model (Research Assistant)
Maya Safira
PhD Student
Enrollment:
April 2018 - March 2021 (Oct. 2017 to Mar. 2018: Research student)
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
The Multidimensional Impacts of Multi service Transport Platform (MSTP) on Activity travel Behavior and Urban Form: A Case of Jakarta, Indonesia
Sansano Rodelia Labitan
PhD Student
Enrollment:
October 2020 - September 2023
Nationality: Philippines
Research Topic:
Disaster Response Operation Considering Road Network Disruptions: An Air and Land Transportation Coordination Model
Motoki Takai (高井 元樹）
Master Student
Enrollment:
April 2022- March 2023 (Undergrad)
April 2023 - March 2025 (Master)
Nationality: Japan
Research Topic:
1. Development of New On-Campus Ridesharing Matching System and Its Feasibility Assessment (Undergrad)
2. Community Ridesharing System with Users’ Matching Preferences (Master)
Vu Dang Ngoc Linh
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2023 - October 2025
Nationality: Vietnam
Research Topic:
Analysis, Evaluation, and Management of Risk Factors in the Management of Urban Railway Construction Projects in Vietnam
Sitty Rukmini Mokobombang
Master Student
Enrollment:
October 2024 - October 2025
Nationality: Indonesia
Research Topic:
Understanding ridesharing in improving rural worker mobility and social networks.