Exchange study
at the University of Melbourne
AOTULE Graduate Student Research Exchange
1st Oct. – 30th Nov. 2018

School of Environment and Society
Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Global Engineering for development Environment and Society

Takashi Hiraide1

1. Introduction

Four goals• Get knowledge about new research theme• Communicate with people with various backgrounds• Improve my English skills• Survive in unfamiliar environment22. AOTULE Graduate Research Exchange Program
AOTULE Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineeringpromoting inter-university cooperation through joint programs
including student exchangehttp://www.aotule.eng.titech.ac.jp/index.htm

Attractive points of this program• I spent my time mainly on my research interest.
(not required to take courses during exchange period)• Exchange period was quite flexible.
• Sufficient scholarship was given from this program.

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3. Basic Information
Melbourne, Australia
World’s most livable city 2011-2017
Based on 30 factors spread across five areastability, infrastructure, education, health and environment[economist]

Melbourne

The University of Melbourne
2nd oldest university in Australia (Founded in 1853)
World The University
Rankings of Melbourne

TokyoTechTHE32112

QS

39

57

ARWU

38

101-150• 4 Australian prime ministers & 5 governors are alumni.
• 9 Nobel laureates have been students or faculty.

https://www.unimelb.edu.au/43. Basic Information
The Students Ratio of
the University of Melbourne

UndergraduateBM

D

Domestic

Postgraduate
coursework

By course level

Research
HigherDegree

International

By nationality53. Basic Information
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Research fields•••

Civil engineering
Environmental engineering
Geomatics

Noteworthy points• A research is conducted by a team which constitutes several Masterstudents and Ph.D. students.
• Professors allocate projects to students under their supervision.
• There are some lectures delivered by Ph.D. students to all of thestudents and researchers in the Dept. for several times a week.
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4. Study SummaryPeriod
1st Oct. – 30th Nov. 2018 (Approx. 2 months)
What I did…
• Having discussions with professors• Reading their recommended papers
and programming codes

J. Wen et al., 2018

Prof. Russell Thompson

Prof. Neema Nassir••••

Automated Vehicle Analytics
Mobility Sensing and Prediction

Disaster Management
Transport Engineering
Transport Modelling
Urban FreightProf. John Stone

Prof. Dave Ashmore•

••••

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Public transport international
comparative analysis
Public transport planningand politics (public transport)

Symbolism
National culture
Latent motivation
Thematic analysis

Index of…
• Individualism vs Collectivism• Power differentialetc.

4. Daily life -weekday-

Coffee machine

Studied at
the libraries

Participated in the postgraduate conference Enjoyed English teatime with Dep. members

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5. Daily life -weekend-

Ran alongthe coast

Bought ingredients at local market

Wall-paintings

Watched a football game9

6. Summary
Newly gained perspectives
Tackling with new research theme• Knowledge about new research methodology• Various theme related to urban transport

Communicating with people with various backgrounds• This is normal at an overseas university and research instituteBeing in an unfamiliar environment• Everything was new, but so comfortable for me!

Thank you