Members

Laboratory members (as of April 1, 2023)

Associate Professor	Name: Makoto Chikaraishi Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Activity and travel behavior analysis, survey design, behavioral adaptation to urban climate risks, disparity issues in developing countries, etc. Web of Science ResearcherID; Google Scholar Citations For details, see Publications; Lectures; Projects
Assistant Professor	Name: Varun Varghese Nationality: India Research topic: ICT use and travel behavior, application of advanced machine learning techniques for transport planning and management
Secretary	Name: Misato Oku Nationality: Japan
	Name: Megumi Kato Nationality: Japan
Doctoral student	Name: Nur Diana Safitri Enrollment: October 2020 Nationality: Republic of Indonesia Research Topic: The Impacts of Transport Network Disruptions on Travel Demand: A Case of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster in Hiroshima, Japan Awards: 1. The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence) 2. EASTS 2021: Yasoshima Yoshinosuke Prize (Nur Diana Safitri, Makoto Chikaraishi: Impact of Transport Network Disruption on Travel Demand: A Case Study of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster, Japan) 3. Behavioral Modeling Summer Course: Excellent Young Researcher Award 2021
	Name: Sansano Rodelia Labitan Enrollment: October 2020 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Disaster Response Operation Considering Road Network Disruptions: An Air and Land Transportation Coordination Model
	Name: Keishi Fujiwara (藤原　啓示) Enrollment: October 2021 (April 2021 to Sep. 2021: Research student) Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Construction and Implementation of Dynamic Road Management System using Measurement and Control Technology
Master student	Name: Somsy Keopasird Enrollment: October 2022 Nationality: Laos Research Topic: Flood risk area assessment in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province by using GIS software
	Name: Rabbi MD Reza E Enrollment: October 2022 Nationality: Bangladesh Research Topic: Assessment on the improvement of capacity of National Highways in Bangladesh from the perspective of travel time and cost savings
	Name: Reem Al Olabi Enrollment: April 2021 Nationality: Syrian Arab Republic Research Topic: Striking a Balance: Enhancing Survey Accuracy While Reducing Respondent Burden through Semi-Supervised Mode Detection
	Name: Sreang Chamnab Enrollment: October 2021 Nationality: Cambodia Research Topic: Analysis Of Factors Affecting Road Traffic Accident Severity In Cambodia
	Name: Idrees Nafay Enrollment: October 2021 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Factors affecting drugs usage by truck drivers in Pakistan: a case study
	Name: Zafirah binti Abdul Gani Enrollment: April 2022 Nationality: Malaysia Research Topic: Exploring the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle on Pedestrian Behavior Using Camera Data
	Name: Tetsuro Sakai Enrollment: April 2021 Research Topic:How road network structure and travel demand pattern affect the occurrence of Braess’s Paradox? Simulation analysis
	Name: Fahima Lailul Ula Enrollment: April 2022 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: Causal Machine Learning for Evaluating Impact of Flat Fare Policy Changes in Hiroshima
	Name: Motoki Takai Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: TBA 1. 第75回（令和5年度）土木学会中国支部研究発表会若手優秀発表者賞
	Name: Anabelle Marquez Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Philippines Research Topic: Road Risk Assessment by Integrating Climate Variability in Maintaining and Improving National Roads

Former students/interns (as of April 1, 2022)

PhD student	Name: Maya Safira Enrollment: April 2018 (Oct. 2017 to Mar. 2018: Research student) Nationality: Republic of Indonesia Research Topic: The Multidimensional Impacts of Multi service Transport Platform (MSTP) on Activity travel Behavior and Urban Form: A Case of Jakarta, Indonesia
Master student	Name: Ali Faisal Enrollment: October 2019 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Exploring the option of shared houses as an alternative evacuation destination under pandemic situation: A case from Pakistan
Undergraduate student	Name: Taisei Yoshioka (吉岡　大誠) Enrollment: April 2020 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: An Empirical Analysis of Interaction in a Two-Sided Market of Local Currency Transactions (両面市場として捉えた地域通貨取引における相互作用の実証分析)
Master student	Name: Takahiro Ota (大田　高滉) Enrollment: April 2020 – Nationality: Japan Research Topic:
Master student	Name: Yvonne R. Evasco Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Factors Influencing Compliance with Traffic Regulations
Master student	Name: Santos Johan Rose Ayopila Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Risk and Impact of Sediment Hazard Disruption on a Road Network Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence) Publications: 1. Santos, J.R., Safitri, N.D., Safira, M., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M. (2021) Road Network Vulnerability and City-level Characteristics: A Nationwide Comparative Analysis of Japanese Cities, Environment and Planning B:Urban Analytics and City Science (Accepted). 2. Santos, J.R., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M., Uchida, T. (2021) An Integrated Framework for Risk and Impact Assessment of Sediment Hazard on a Road Network, Transportation Research Record.
Master student	Name: Md. Moniruzzaman Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Bangladesh Research Topic: In-vehicle Crowding and Price Setting for Public Transit: A Case of Dhaka MRT Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Third Place of Excellence)
Master student	Name: Silvia Puspitasari Enrollment: October 2019 – September 2020 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: Exploring Heterogeneous Travel Behavior Responses to Congestion Pricing with PP-SP Survey Data: A Case from Japan
Master student	Name: Nur Diana Safitri Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Republic of Indonesia Research Topic: The Impacts of Transport Network Disruptions on Travel Demand: A Case of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster in Hiroshima, Japan Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence)
Undergraduate student	Name: Takahiro Ota (大田　高滉) Enrollment: April 2019 – March 2020 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Model analysis on tour patterns of foreign tourists using Twitter data
Internship	Name: Arpit Jain Period: Novenber 2019 – December 2019 Nationality: India Research Topic: Application of deep learning techniques for short term prediction of non-recurrent traffic congestion
Master student	Name: April Ann Tigulo Enrollment: October 2017 – September 2019 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Slum Relocation or In-Situ Slum Redevelopment: What are the Impacts of Displacement? Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence) Publication: Tigulo, A.A., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M. (2019) Analysis of Life Satisfaction in Slum Rehabilitation Housing Projects: A Decision Tree Approach, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies.
Master student	Name: Zusnita Meyrawati Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2019 Nationality: Republic of Indonesia Research Topic: GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Site Selection of Cross-Docking Facility in a Retail Supply Chain Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence)
Undergraduate student	Name: Ryuki Watanabe (渡部　竜輝) Period: April 2018 – March 2019 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Machine learning for short-term travel demand prediction Publication: Chikaraishi, M., Garg, P., Varghese, V., Yoshizoe, K., Urata, J., Shiomi, Y., Watanabe, R. (2020) On the possibility of short-term traffic prediction during disaster with machine learning approaches: An exploratory analysis, Transport Policy (Accepted).
Master student	Name: Siregar Melanton Hendra Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: The Impact of Railway Stations Development on Land Price: A Case in West Japan Awards:The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence)
Master student	Name: Alexander T. Maramara Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research topic: Integrating disaster risk reduction in infrastructural equipment management
Master student	Name: Ei Ei Tun Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Myanmar Research Topic: Optimizing the location of green and open spaces for a better evacuation management Awards:The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence)
Master student	Name: Hulio Abdul Fattah Enrollment: October 2020 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Flood prevention and management in rural areas of Sindh Province of Pakistan
Master student	Name: Taisei Yoshioka (吉岡　大誠) Period: April 2020 – March 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Voluntary Provision of Public Goods Awards: 1. 第73回（令和3年度）土木学会中国支部研究発表会若手優秀発表者賞  2. EASTS 2021: Best Paper Award for “Discovering interesting facts” (Taisei Yoshioka, Makoto Chikaraishi, Akimasa Fujiwara: Empirical Models of Consumer and Merchant Behavior in the Two-Sided Market of Local Currency
	Name: Toshimitsu Nishikiori Enrollment: April 2022 – March 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Time Dependent Population Estimation