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KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Mr. Dinh Van HIEP has over 7 years of experience in Highway and Traffic Engineering. He has been active in highway engineering research covering road planning, highway design, pavement design and maintenance, road management systems, road assessment and evaluation as well as environmental impact assessment (EIA). He has published several technical papers in international journals and conferences in these areas. In particular, he has a wide experience in using HDM-4 for supporting decision-making, economic evaluation, and analysis of alternatives at both road network and project levels through actual projects in Vietnam  as well as in Japan. He has carried out several researches in order to use HDM-4 effectively in highway development and maintenance which has been published some papers as listed in the following part.

For industrial experience, he has participated in road and bridge projects along with several industrial companies such as BCEOM Societe Francaise D'Ingenierie  (BCEOM, France), JICA Study Team (Japan), Orientation Consultant Company (OCC, Japan), Pacific Consultants International (PCI, Japan), SMEC International Pty. Ltd (Australia), Roughton International (UK), Asia Pacific Engineering Consultants (APECO), and Consultants Company of Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (CCU, Vietnam). He has investigated, designed and supervised projects on road and highway through much of his career, and has participated in planning, technical assistant, feasibility study, detailed design, detailed design review, pre-qualification, and bidding of many road and highway projects in Vietnam. He has applied AASHTO, ASTM, Asphalt Institute, Austroad, UK (BS), Road Note (TRL), Japanese and Vietnamese standards in design approaches and construction techniques to these projects. 

Currently, he is pursuing a PhD program under Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho) at International Graduate Program for Civil Engineering of Saitama University in Japan. For further information about him, visit his Curriculum vitae 

EDUCATION

•  Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan,  proposed period from 2006 to 2009, (Japanese Government Scholarship).

• Master of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan, 2003-2005 (Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship).

• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Road and Bridge Engineering, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam, 1994 – 1999 (Vietnamese Government Scholarship).

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CURRENT RESEARCHES

•      Optimization approaches (both option evaluation approach and optimization formulation) for infrastructure asset maintenance and management,

•      Investigation of optimal maintenance and management strategies for road systems according to developing countries

•     Application of the Highway Development and Management System (HDM-4) effectively in pavement management systems (incorporated with the HDM-4 Information Management System (HIMS) and the ROad Measurement Data Acquisition System (ROMDAS));   and other appropriate highway management systems.

•      Transportation planning and development

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (regular member)    

• International  Scientific Committee, Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) (regular)

• Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Tokyo, Japan (2004).

• Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C. 20001 (2005) 

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PUBLICATIONS

* Journal Papers

1. Hiep V.D. and K. Tsunokawa. Optimal Strategies for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Bituminous Pavements in Vietnam: An Investigation using HDM-4 with Gradient Methods. Journal of Transportation (Vietnamese), Vol.9&10/2006.  

2. Hiep V.D. Prioritization Methods used in HDM-4 for Strategy and Program Analyses of Road Network. Journal of Highways and Bridges (Vietnamese), Vol.8/2006, pp 16-22.

3. Hiep V.D. HDM-4 Applications for Management and Maintenance of Road Networks in Vietnam: Attentions & Future Directions.  Journal of Highways and Bridges (Vietnamese), Vol.7/2006, pp 23-29.

4. Tsunokawa K., D.V. Hiep, and R. Ul-Islam. True Optimization of Pavement Maintenance Options with What-If Models, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering,   USA, Vol. 21, 2006, pp. 193-204.

5. Hiep V.D. and K. Tsunokawa. Optimal Maintenance Strategies for Bituminous Pavements: A Case Study in Vietnam Using HDM-4 with Gradient Methods. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), Vol.6, 2005, pp.1123-1136.

* Conference Papers

1. Hiep V.D. and K. Tsunokawa. Identification of Rolling Multiyear Work Programs for Road Network: A Strategy Analysis with Dynamic Sectioning. 12th International Seminar on Transport Research (ISSOT), Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2006.

2. Hiep V.D. HDM-4 Applications for Management and Maintenance of Road Networks in Vietnam. Road Infrastructure Asset Management Course in Hanoi, Kyoto University - UTC Joint, Sept. 2006.

3. Hiep V.D. and K. Tsunokawa. Optimal Maintenance Strategies for Bituminous Pavements: A Case Study in Vietnam Using HDM-4 with Gradient Methods. The Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Conference (EASTS), Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 2005.

4. Tsunokawa K., D.V. Hiep, and R. Ul-Islam. True Optimization of Pavement Maintenance Options Using What-If Models: An Application of Gradient Search Methods with HDM-4, The 84^th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (TRB) (CDROM), Washington, D.C, USA, Jan., 2005.

5. Hiep V.D. and K. Tsunokawa. Future Directions for Using HDM-4 effectively in Pavement Management Systems of Vietnam. Proc. of the 1st Vietnamese-Japanese Students’ Scientific Exchange Meeting (VJSE), Osaka, Japan, Nov., 2004.

6. Tsunokawa K., R. Ul-Islam, and D.V. Hiep. Preliminary Studies for Using HDM-4 effectively in Strategy Analysis of Road Network. The 59th JSCE Annual Meeting (CDROM), Nagoya, Japan, Sep., 2004.

7. Hiep V.D. and R. Ul-Islam. Suitable Intervention Criteria of Periodic Maintenance Standard Works for Bituminous Pavement: A Case Study in Vietnam Using HDM-4. Proc. of the 6^th Summer International Symposium of JSCE, Saitama, Japan, Jul., 2004, pp. 365-369.

8. Hiep V.D. and D.H. Hai. Initial Studying on the Application of HDM-4 in Development and Management of Road Network. Proc. of the 14^th Scientific and Technology Conference, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2002.

9. Hiep V.D. and D.H. Hai. Research on Parameters of Cement Concrete Pavement Design and Determination of Optimal Rigid Pavement Structure. Proc.  of the 13^th  Scientific and Technology Conference, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2001.

10. Hiep V.D. and N. X. Truc. Application of AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures in Vietnamese Conditions. Proc. of the Scientific and Technology Symposium, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999.

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Personal stuff

•    Trips in Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Toyota, Tsukuba, Sendai, Niigata, Shimoda, etc.)

•    Trips in USA (Washington DC)

•  Trips in Thailand (Bangkok)

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•  Coming conferences and special issues

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Last updated on Oct. 1, 2006 by Hiep V.D