Associate Professor
e-mail: cachang@fiu.edu
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering Florida International University
(FIU), Miami, Florida, USA

  • 2024 President of iSMARTi (2024-2027)
  • 2020 Chair – Steering Committee 5-ICTI (2020-2022)

    • Carlos M. Chang, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Prior to joining FIU in August 2020, Dr. Chang worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Associate Researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), and international consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and engineering companies in road projects overseas.
     
    Dr. Chang is recognized as an global expert on infrastructure with a focus on pavements and bridges. His main interest is in the development and maintenance of infrastructure smart systems that integrate sustainability principles with civil engineering practices towards the preservation of infrastructure assets. Dr. Chang’s research work involves the development of innovative concepts, models, methods, and tools. Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of more than 30 research projects with a total budget of over $12 Million, Dr. Chang’s research projects have been sponsored by the National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP), Metropolitan Transportation Commission in California (MTC), Accelerated Bridge Construction Center (ABC), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and the City of El Paso. His research work is documented in more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, and technical reports.
     
    Dr. Chang’s has a passion for education with an extensive teaching portfolio of more than fifteen undergraduate and graduate level courses. Due to his unique combination of academic and practical experience, Dr. Chang developed the “Engineering in Practice” program to extend the students’ education beyond the classroom by merging teaching, research, and service. This program was three-times recipient of the “Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education” by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). Dr. Chang has also been recipient of the TSPE Excellence Award from the Texas Society of Professional Engineering for promoting professional practice through education. At present, Dr. Chang is licensed as a professional engineer in Florida, Texas, and Peru and actively participates in Board committees and events.
     
    Dr. Chang has led several technical committees and expert groups. Dr. Chang served as the Chair of the V International Conference on Transportation and Infrastructure (ICTI) organized by iSMARTi and the Instituto de Construcción y Gerencia (ICG) in 2022. He is the former Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers Infrastructure Systems Committee (ASCE – ISC) and past Research Coordinator of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Pavement Management Systems Committee. At present, Dr. Chang is the Chair of the International Road Federation (IRF) Asset Management Task Force, Vice President of iSMARTi in the U.S., and Delegate of the Ibero-Latin-American Asphalt Congress (CILA). Dr. Chang received the International Road Federation Fellowship award in 1997 and the iSMARTi Achievement Award for Outstanding Service in 2022.
     
    Dr. Chang is a member of editorial boards and reviewer of manuscripts for conference proceedings, peer-review journals, and book publications. Editor-in-chief of the proceedings for the V International Conference on Transportation and Infrastructure (V ICTI), and the AASHTO “Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide” Spanish version, Dr. Chang is frequently invited as a keynote speaker at international conferences and subject-matter expert on technical committees.

     

    Carlos M. Chang, Ph.D. P.E.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Civil and Environmental
    Florida International University
    EDUCATION

  • 2007, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx, U.S.
  • 1999, M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx, U.S.
  • 1991, Civil Engineer, National Engineering University, Lima, Perú.
  • 1989, B.S., Civil Engineering, National Engineering University, Lima, Perú.

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    PROFESSIONAL CAREER

  • 08/2020 – Present, Associate Professor, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida, U.S.
  • 08/2008 – 07/2020 Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas, U.S.
  • 01/2005 – 07/2008, Associate Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), College Station, Texas, U.S.
  • 05/2004 – 06/2008, External Consultant, Inter‐American Development Bank (IDB), U.S.
  • 01/2000 – 08/2002, Head of the Road Design and Quality Control Department, CESEL S.A., Lima, Perú.
  • 08/1999 – 12/1999, Pavement and Materials Engineer, Resource International, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
  • 08/1998 – 07/1999, Research Assistant, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), College Station, Texas, U.S.
  • 06/1993 – 07/1997, Pavement and Materials Engineer, CESEL S.A., Lima, Perú.

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    iSMARTi ACTIVITIES

  • 2008 ‐ present, Member.
  • 2016 ‐ present, Vice‐President of the North American Region.
  • Conference Chair, ICTI 5 (2022).
  • Attended ICTI 1(2008), ICTI 3 (2014), MAIREPAV 8 (2016), ICTI 4 (2018), ICSC1 (2019). ICTI 5 (2022 and 2023), MAIREPAV 10 (2024).

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    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • 2023 ‐ Present Chair of the Road Asset Management Task Force, International Road Federation (IRF), U.S.
  • 2019 – 2023, Chair of the Infrastructure and Systems Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Transportation and        Development Institute (TDI), U.S.
  • 2017 – 2023, Chair of the Research Subcommittee of the AFD 10 Pavement Management Systems Committee, Transportation Research Board,        U.S.
  • 2013 ‐ 2023, Member of AHD18 Pavement Preservation Committee, Transportation Research Board, U.S.
  • Chair, Committee on Implementation of Mechanistic‐ Empirical Pavement Design (CIDMEP) in Latin‐America.
  • Board Member, Construction Management Institute, Perú.
  • Visiting Professor, Universidad Ricardo Palma, and Universidad de Piura, Perú; Universidad EAFIT, Colombia.
  • Active Member, Florida Board of Professional Engineers (P.E. 91891), Texas Board of Professional Engineers (P.E. 101970), and Peruvian Board        of Engineers (P.E. 39748).
  • Keynote Speaker in more than 20 countries.

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    AWARDS and PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

  • Achievement Award for Outstanding Service, iSMARTi.
  • 2018, Excellence Award, Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE).
  • 2008, 2009, 2024, 2019 Outstanding Research Performance Award, University of Texas at El Paso.
  • 2013, 2014, Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE.
  • 2011, 2012, and 2013, NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. National Council of Examiners for        Engineering and Surveying.
  • 1997, International Road Federation Fellowship.

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    HOBBIES and OTHERS

  • Traveling and experiencing the diverse beauty of cultures.
  • Tasting traditional food worldwide.
  • Walking and sightseeing.

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