演講主題  Lecture Topic

From Practice to Research and Back to Practice

演講大綱  Lecture Summary

Often scholarly research is criticized for being disconnected from the field practices and it is especially true in the construction business sector. The outcry for making scholarly research meaningful in practice highlights the need for a new paradigm, one that builds on partnership, understanding, and mutual concerns. The speaker called this new paradigm “Practice to Research to Practice (P2R2P)”, a critical shift that begins with and circles back to the construction practices. P2R2P enables researchers to identify gaps in practices alongside industry partners and explore research opportunities that lead to real changes such as better productivity, lower cost, or safer working conditions. The speaker will introduce how P2R2 emerged out of her 15 years of scholarship and present a 4-year research project that was driven by the P2R2P paradigm. The project is a collaboration between the University of Washington and a large specialty contractor that eventually led to behavioral changes among the workers and reduced musculoskeletal injuries for the company.

學歷  Education

• PhD in Construction Engineering and Management, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, USA , 2000~2005

• MSc in Construction Engineering and Management, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1997~1999

• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1993~1997

經歷  Experience

演講主題  Lecture Topic

Modeling Ceiling Price For Build-Operate-Transfer Road Projects In Developing Countries

演講大綱  Lecture Summary

This study examines a ceiling price for build-operate-transfer (BOT) road projects in the context of developing countries. Although ceiling price is one of the most significant elements in BOT policy given that it has a focal-point effect, it has been rarely examined in prior studies. Subsequently, the study formulates a model of ceiling price under the framework of simple two-route network by integrating the nature of travelers' mode choice with the interaction between stakeholders through the Nash equilibrium as well as a risk-mitigation approach in the ceiling price decision-making process. The proposed model has unique characteristics that allow the government to protect social welfare while still providing opportunities for private investors to achieve their optimal toll rates. It also provides room to the government for negotiating with private investors while taking into account travelers' benefits and risk identification. The model is applied to a case study in Hanoi, Vietnam; and successfully showed its applicability with empirical evidences. The proposed method highlights planning aspects rather than road users’ aspect, which is expected to contribute to a project preparation stage in BOT projects.

學歷  Education

• MSc and PhD in Engineering, Saitama University, Japan, 2008~2014 

• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam, 2000~2005

經歷  Experience