1) Name: Mikio Takebayashi
2) Title: Professor
3) Degree: Ph.D. (Engineering) [Kyoto University, Thesis advisor: Prof. Yasunori Iida]
Doctoral Thesis: "A Theoretical Study on Regional Comprehensive Development with Introduction of Regional Management System" (in Japanese)
4) Affiliation: KobeUniversity (Graduate School of Maritime Sciences)
5) Mailing Address: Kobe University Fukae Campus, 5-1-1 Fukae-minami, Higashi-nada, Kobe, 658-0022, JAPAN
6) Biography
[Education]
Ph.D.: Kyoto University, 1998
M. Eng.: Kyoto University, 1991 [advisor: Prof. Tsuna Sasaki]
B. Eng.: Kyoto University, 1989 [advisor: Prof. Tsuna Sasaki]
[Work Carrier]
Professor: Kobe University,2010-
Associate Professor: Kobe University, 2001-2010
Visiting Scholar: Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 9.1.2000 - 8.31.2001 [Host Professor: Prof. Adib Kanafani]
Research Associate: Kobe University, 1993-2001
Research Associate: Kyoto University; 1991-1993
7) Research Interest: Infrastructure Planning, Air Transport, Airport Planning and Management, Maritime Transport, Port Management, International Trade, Logistics, and Optimization.
Current Research Fields:
National Development/Infrastructure Planning and Management
Network Design
Air Transport (Intra Asian market, Asia-Pacific market, Domestic market;
Airport planning and management)
Ocean Transport (Asia-Pacific market; Port planning and management)
Physical Distribution
International Trade
8) Membership of Academic Society
Japan
Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE): Member of Amademic Committee of Planning and Management Section (2015-2018)
Air Transport Research Society (ATRS)
Institute
for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
Eastern
Asia Transportation Research Society (EASTS): Member of International Scientific Committee (Air transport/Maritime
Transport 2011-2015)
International Transportation and Logistics (TLOG): ISC secretary general
(2011-2018)
etc.
9) Committee Member (Major one)
Committee of Strategic Container Hubs (MLIT, 2022-)
Advisory staff of Porst and Haobours Bureau, City of Kobe, 2024-
Committee of Port of Osaka (chairperson, Osaka City, 2020-2022)
Committee of Port of Kobe (chairperson of subcommitte of por planning,
Kobe City, 2012-2022; Committee Chair 2022-2024)
Committee of Evaluation of Bidding Inspection (Civil Aviation Board of
Osaka, MLIT, 2010-: Chair, 2022-)
Committee of Strategic Management of International Cargo Distribution
and Logistics in Kansai (Kansai Economic Federation, 2018-)
Committee of Evaluation of Comprehensive Special Zones (Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan, 2011-; Vice Chair, 2016-)
Committee of Port Management (MLIT, 2014-2024)
Committee of Port Management (Kyoto Pref., 2016-)
Committee of Port Management (Hyoho Pref., 2019-; Chair, 2020-)
ATRS 2022 Kobe Organizing Committee (Chair person, 2020-2023)
ATRS Network Committee member (Asia-Pacific: 2023-)
etc.
10) Award
Best Paper Award of Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics 2014:
Mikio Takebayashi: Network competition and the difference in operating cost: Model analysis, Transportation Research E 57, 85-94, 2013.
OCDI Takeuchi award (EASTS 2021 at Hiroshima):"Shipper’s Port Choice Behavior in South Viet Nam: Discrete Choice
Approach"(co-author Prof. T.A.T.Tran), 2021.
Last Update: 02/21/2025