CE Dept hosts Student Conference on Transportation Research

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The Civil Engineering Department, De La Salle University-Manila will host the Student Conference on Transportation Research in cooperation with the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP) on March 30, 2012. This is a forum where the researches related to transportation engineering and management by undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering and urban and regional planning will be presented.

Dr. Fillone

The organizing committee of the conference is chaired by Dr. Alexis Fillone, head of the Transportation Engineeering Division of the department. To welcome the participants will be Mr. Ronaldo Gallardo, chiar of the CE Dept. The opening remarks will be delivered by Prof. Dr. Hussein Lidasan, President of the TSSP.

Technical papers will be presented by participants from various schools here and abroad such as Institute of Civil Engineering - University of the Philippines, Central Philippine University, Nihon University, School of Urban & Regional Planning - UPD, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of the Philippines Los Banos and De La Salle University - Manila.

The papers that will be presented by DLSU participants are as follows:

•  Proposed Circulation System Designs for the Old Calle Real de Iloilo City by Adrian S. Alarcon, Juanito Dator III, Hector Lemmuel D. Macapagal, Angelica Christian Ongkingco
• Proposed Scheduling Scheme for Public Transport System in Iloilo City by Angelo Dominic P. Dumalus, Anezka Bianca Sigrid Y. Go, Ray Geynill Samonte
• The Applicability of the Bus Rapid Transit System along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue by Marcus Kyle T. Baron, Caroline D. Escover, Jella Rose C. Mendoza, Mayumi R. Tsukamoto
• Preliminary Evaluation of the Proposed Expressway Alignments Connecting the NLEX and SLEX in Metro Manila using the Transport Co-Benefit Analysis by Louiee Jamiel Jayme, Alexis Fillone
• Impact of Road Infrastructure Improvements along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City by Melvin John Flores, Jeddalyn Gallero, Elisa Joyce Precillas
• Establishing the Vehicular Speed-Density-Flow Relationships of Selected Primary Roads in Iloilo City by Keane Gregory Landoy, Miguel Antonio Pena, and Joselito Luis Pabiton
• Modeling the Impact of On-street Parking on Vehicular Traffic by Jesus Gerard Briones, Eriko Luis Hallare, Marc Alvin Lim