Educational Background:
PhD Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2016
MS Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2013
BS Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines- Diliman, 2008

Current Membership in Professional Organizations:
Member, Transportation Science Society of the Philippines
Member, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
Member, National Research Council of the Philippines

Service Activities:
Vice President, Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (2025-present)
Head, Traffic Engineering and Management Group, National Center for Transportation Studies (2022-present)
Resource person for various training courses offered by the National Center for Transportation Studies
Organizer of various online webinars on Transportation topics via the National Center for Transportation Studies.

Recent Publications:

[1] Stringer, T., Gaspay, S. M., Sunio, V., & Burelo, M. (2025). Charging Ahead: Prioritizing Renewable Energy for Electric Minibuses in the Philippines. Sustainability Analytics and Modeling, 100038.

[2] Gaspay, S.M., Sigui, W., Napalang, M.S., Aranzanso, B. (2024) Exploring the Needs and Satisfaction of Road-based Public Transport Users in the Philippines: An Examination of Passengers with Reduced Mobility, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 15, 639-658.

[3] Gaspay, S.M., Tolentino, N.J., Tiglao, N.C., Ng, A.C., Tacderas, M.A., (2023 May) Reforms in Metro Manila’s Bus Transport System Hastened by the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Policy Capacity Analysis of the EDSA Busway, Research in Transportation Economics,

[4] Sunio, V., Gaspay, S.M., Kato, H., Napalang, M.S., (2023 March)Development aid organizations as intermediaries of railway innovation diffusion in State-led transport transition, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

[5] Gaspay, S.M., Tolentino, N.J., Tiglao, N.C., Ng, A.C., Tacderas, M.A., (2022 Dec.) Towards Better Understanding of Metro Manila’s Cyclists: Insights From Two Cycling Surveys in Metro Manila, Philippine Transportation Journal

[6] Mateo-Babiano, I., Recio, R. B., Ashmore, D. P., Guillen, M. D., & Gaspay, S. M. (2020). Formalising the jeepney industry in the Philippines–A confirmatory thematic analysis of key transitionary issues. Research in Transportation Economics, 100839.