Last
September 9, 2016, Dr. Alexis Fillone, along with Dr. Jose Bienvenido Manuel
Biona from the Mechanical Engineering Department and Dr. Krista Danielle Yu
from the Economics Department, welcomed visiting professors and PhD candidates
from University College London and University of Oxford, under the Newton Fund
initiative. It is a project intended to strengthen research and innovation
partnerships between the United Kingdom and emerging knowledge economies. Part
of it is the PhD research exchange program where PhD candidates from the UK conduct
their research in Metro Manila focusing on issues related to transport and
flooding.
During
their stay here in Manila, UCL PhD candidates Mengqiu Cao and Beatriz Lira,
assisted by their adviser Dr. Robin Hickman, conducted a travel discourse
survey on a mix of students, faculty members, and staff as their respondents,
while Nihan Akyelken, Anna Plyushteva, and Dr. Tim Schwanen from the University
of Oxford interviewed residents living in the barangays in the Leveriza area. The
UCL group’s survey asked on the travel characteristics of people going to the
University, as well as their opinions on various transport-related issues. The
latter’s interviews focused mostly on the nearby barangays’ vulnerability to
transport-related problems like traffic congestion as well as flooding, and the
health implications of both.
On
the 14th of September, 2016, the visitors were invited to present at
the Transport Sustainability and Resilience Research Forum, held in room 407 of
the Yuchengco Bldg. They, along with Engr. Neil Stephen Lopez from the
Mechanical Engineering Deparment and Engr. Raymund Paolo Abad from the Civil
Engineering Department, gave presentations on their respective researches. The
following is a list of presentations given.
1.
Tim
Schwanen, “Framing Vulnerability to Flooding in the Transport Sector”
2.
Neil
Stephen Lopez, “Transport Desirability Index”
3.
Beatriz
Lira, “Capabilities-based Multi-Criteria Assessment”
4.
Menqiu
Cao, “Investigating Travel Vulnerability in Greater London: The CUHA Index”
5.
Raymund
Paolo Abad, “Effect of Flooding to Transportation, Accessibility, Housing Cost,
and Travel Behavior of Students in Metro Manila”
From the top: Dr Tim Schwanen, Neil Lopez, Beatriz
Lira, Menqiu Cao, and Raymund Abad
On
the same day, the visitors attended a meeting with professors and researchers
from Central Philippine University in Iloilo City, University of Pangasinan in
Dagupan City, and Saint Louis University in Baguio City. They discussed
transport issues in the cities of Iloilo, Baguio, and Dagupan which can be
considered in the phase II of possible collaborations similar to the Newton
Fund project between De La Salle University and Universities in the UK.
On
the 16th, they were invited to a meeting at the Science and
Technology Complex in Binan, Laguna. The terms of the PhD research exchange
program were discussed with the PhD candidates from DLSU, Engr. Neil Stephen
Lopez, Engr. Raymund Paolo Abad, and Engr. Krister Ian Daniel Roquel from the
Civil Engineering Department. Documentary requirements needed before the
research exchange as well as the expected outputs afterwards were discussed.
The visitors from UK were subsequently given a quick tour of the campus and the
nearby city of Tagaytay. Thanks to Mr. Roquel for the write up.
From
the left: Mengqiu Cao, Dr. Alexis Fillone, Krister Roquel, Raymund Abad, Anna
Plyushteva, Dr. Krista Yu, and Beatriz Lira
From
the left: Dr. Manny Biona, Menqiu Cao, Anna Plyushteva, Dr. Tim Schwanen,
Beatriz Lira, Dr Krista Yu, Raymund Abad, Neil Lopez, and Krister Roquel
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