2009 Awarded with the special commendation certificate from Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and ITS Monash University for my ongoing PhD research work
http://www.arrb.com.au/
2008 (Catalyst, a science program in ABC TV, Australia covering on-going PhD research works)
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2008/04/03/2207179.htm
2008 (Awarded Best Research Poster - Civil Engineering Department) http://www.monash.edu.au/researchmatters/poster-exhibition/poster-list.html
2007 (Awarded Best Research Poster - Civil Engineering Department) http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/news/archive/2007/research-fullcolor.html
Qualifications:
B.E (Civil Engineering, 2002)
M.E (Urban and Environmental Engineering, 2006)
PhD(Civil Engineering / Transport Engineering, April 2007-Present)
Research:
Modeling pedestrian/crowd dynamics under normal / emergency / panic conditions in indoor and outdoor conditions
Empirical study /experiments on biological organisms(such as panicking ants)to study pedestrian traffic under emergency/panic conditions
Simulation samples showing unidirectional and bidirectional pedestrian traffic as well as panicked individuals escaping from a room with obstacle (column) at exit. The model is based on experiments with panicking Argentine ants and concepts derived from animal dynamics.
Publications:
Journal
J1.Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M. (2009) “Enhancing the safety of pedestrians during emergency egress: Can we learn from biological entities?” In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Board of National Academies, Washington, D.C., (In press)
Peer-reviewed Conference
P1. Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M. (2009) “A biologically inspired modeling approach for collective pedestrian dynamics under emergency conditions”, Transportation Research Board of National Academies, Washington, D.C., USA
P2. Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M.(2009) "A hybrid model for collective motion of pedestrians", 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), Auckland, NewZealand.
P3.Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M. (2009) “Enhancing the safety of pedestrians during emergency egress: Can we learn from biological entities?” Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA.
P4.Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G. (2008) “Modelling pedestrian behaviour under emergency conditions – State-of-the-art and future directions” 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), Gold Coast, Australia.
P5.Shiwakoti N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M.(2008) “Exploring crowd dynamics under emergency conditions: Simulation perspectives and experiments with panicking ants” Third International Symposium on Transport Simulation (ISTS08), Gold Coast, Australia.
P6.Shiwakoti N., Nakatsuji T., “Simulation of pedestrian dynamics in case of emergency evacuation in a community”, 12th ISSOT Symposium, Nov. 14-16, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand (awarded air-fare fund)
Conference Proceedings
C1.Shiwakoti N., Nakatsuji T., "Pedestrian simulations using Microscopic and Macroscopic model", Proceedings of Infrastructure Planning, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), 32, CD-ROM, 2005, Japan
C2.Manandhar D.R., Shiwakoti N., Kafley S. “Piloting Ecological Sanitation Toilets in Peri-Urban Community of Nepal”, 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2004, organized by WEDC Loughborough University, UK
