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Bio

Ayushman Bhatt is an assistant professor at the transportation engineering (TRE) program of the civil & infrastructure engineering department at AIT School of Engineering and Technology. His research interests include transportation’s accessibility and connectivity impact assessments, sustainable transportation planning, and transportation policy studies. His recent work encompasses studies of externalities caused due to transportation systems development on socio-economic and environmental phenomena, for instance regional innovation, urban development, agglomeration economies, urban metabolism, and urban heat emission. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of Tokyo and master’s at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in civil engineering. 

 

Ayushman’s prior work experience includes working as research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design; postdoc at University of Tokyo; and research associate at Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute, the think tank of the ADB. He has published in refereed academic journals in the field of transportation research and participated in international conferences. He also actively contributes to the research activities of World Conference of Transport Research Society Special-Interest-Group-A-4 (WCTRS-SIG-A4-High-Speed Railway: Policy, Investments and Impacts). Ayushman was born and raised at Jabalpur in India, and have subsequently lived at Hyderabad, Kanpur, Tokyo, and Singapore for education and stints of work. When not working, he enjoys solo-travel, playing chess, hiking, reading, cooking, and listening to classical and instrumental music.

Employment

2024 onwards

2022-2024

2021-2022

2020-2022

2018-2020

2016-2018

Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Research Fellow, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar

Research Fellow, SGP-Aviation & Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Cluster 

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Research Associate at the Capacity Building and Training Department

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Teaching Assistant (Fellow) at the Centre for the Development of Global Leadership Education

Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering

Education

2021

2018

2015

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

MS (by research) in Civil Engineering

University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

©2024 by Ayushman Bhatt

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