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5-ICTI-2022

 

5th ICTI Steering Committee

Full Name Institution / Company Country
Chair Carlos M. Chang, Ph.D. P.E. Florida International University USA
Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). He is recognized as an international expert on asset management, infrastructure management, knowledge management, pavement management, pavement evaluation and design. His main research interest is on asset management with emphasis on sustainable “smart” infrastructure systems for a better quality of life.
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His research work involves the development of advanced decision-making models, methodologies, and tools to apply multi-decision criteria, statistical analysis, simulation processes, optimization techniques, and risk analysis at the strategic and network management level.

Dr. Chang has conducted research projects 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 academic work is documented in more than 100 publications in peer- reviewed national and international journals, conference proceedings, books, and technical reports. Dr. Chang also serves as the Chair of the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Committee, Vice President of iSMARTi in the U. S, and Research Coordinator of the TRB Pavement Management Systems Committee (AKT10).
ICTI Executive Director Angel Gomez, Eng Instituto de la Construcción y Gerencia, CEO Chief Executive Officer Peru
iSMARTi President João Merighi, Ph.D. Federal University of Amazonas, UFAM Department of Construction Brazil
He has a degree in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1984), a degree in Technology in Civil Construction from Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo (1977), a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (1991), and a doctorate in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (1999). He is currently Adjunct Professor II at the School of Engineering of Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Guest Professor at the Post-Graduation Program in Transportation Engineering of the State University of Campinas. He has experience in the Transportation Engineering field, with emphasis on Highways, Airports, Railways; Project and Construction.

 

International Organizing Committee

Full Name Institution / Company Country
Co-Chair Hosin “David” Lee, Ph.D. University of Iowa USA
Dr. Lee is a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Director of Laboratory for Advanced Construction Technology (LACT), Iowa Technology Institute, University of Iowa.
Dr. Lee is an internationally recognized expert in pavement engineering and infrastructure asset management. Dr. Lee currently serves Associate Editor of MDPI Infrastructures Journal and Editorial Board of ASCE Journal of Infrastructure System.
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He is a Member of National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He served Presidents of iSMARTi, KSEA, KSCEE and KOTAA, Board of Trustees of Seoul Institute of Technology and Chairman of ASCE Highway Pavements Committee. He received the prestigious awards from Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea, KSEA, iSMARTi, KOFST, KSRE, Utah Engineers Council, and ASCE-Utah Section. He received the Otto Monsted Professorship and COWI Foundation Fellowships from Technical University of Denmark.

He served as Chairman of the First International Conference on Smart Cities, First International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Constructed Infrastructure Facilities, 24th US-Korea Conference, and Fifth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements.
Co-Chair Athanasios Nikolaides, Ph.D. University of Tessaloniki Greece Greece
Dr. Athanassios Nikolaides is a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, and director of the Road Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering. He has extensive experience in the study of soil materials, bound and unbound aggregate materials, bituminous materials, asphalt mix design, pavement design, construction, maintenance, nondestructive testing, recycling and pavement management.
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From 1984 to 1989, he worked as a freelance engineer and project manager and has been with AUTh since 1989; in 2000, he became a full professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at AUTh. He teaches and researches Highway Engineering and Airport Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has conducted several research projects funded by various organizations or agencies and numerous technical studies funded by private companies. He has published more than 70 papers in journals and conference proceedings and has presented more than 40 additional papers in seminars in various countries. He has also published three books in Greek with the following titles: Road Engineering (2011, 3rd edition), Airport Engineering (2002) and Flexible Pavements (2005). He is a member of professional institutions and has served on the scientific/technical committees of several international conferences; currently, he is a member of the editorial advisory panel of the ICE (UK) Journal of Construction Materials. He is the founder and chairman of the International Conference “Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements” which has been organized every 4 years since 1992. Prof. Nikolaides has been a consultant to several organizations and private companies in Greece, Europe and Indonesia. He specializes in road engineering, road materials and testing and airport engineering.
Co-Chair James Maina, Ph.D. University of Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy. Professor in Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology of the University of Pretoria.
Co-Chair Tien Fang Fwa, Ph.D. National University of Singapore Singapore
T.F. Fwa is Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore, and Visiting Distinguished Professor serving as the Dean of Future Transportation Engineering at Chang’an University, China. He is the President of the Pavement Engineering Society of Singapore, former President of the International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures.
Co-Chair Susan L. Tighe, Ph.D. University of Waterloo Canada
Professor Susan Tighe currently holds an Endowed Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering, is a founding member of the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo. Prior to assuming the Director role which she has held since September 2010, she served as the CPATT Associate Director of Research and Technology from 2005 to 2010. She is a past Canada Research Chair in Pavement and Infrastructure Management.
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She is a member of the inaugural class of the New College of Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada and was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for her leadership and vision with respect to the Canadian Transportation Community. She has also received the prestigious Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), Research & Development Medal, the Transportation of Canada Academic Merit Award, Inaugural Bleeds Black Award from the Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association and Inaugural Region of Waterloo Top 40 Under 40.

She has been involved with projects in Africa, India, Chile, India, China, Australia, New Zealand and throughout North America. Dr. Tighe worked for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario prior to pursuing a career in academia. During sabbaticals she has spent time in Australia working for a contractor, and has also received academic Fellowships including the Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering at the University of Nottingham in England and the Queensland Pavement Center located at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.
Co-Chair Paulo Pereira, Ph.D. University of Minho, Portugal Portugal
Paulo António Alves Pereira is a Full Professor and Researcher of Transportation at the Department of Civil Engineering and Coordinator of the platform UM-Cities at University of Minho, Portugal. Topics of Research include: Highway Engineering; Road Management Systems; Road Pavements Design; Asphalt Pavement Materials; Road Surface Characteristics; Road Safety; Urban Mobility.
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Founder and past President of the International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (ISMARTI). Author and co-author of two hundred and fifty papers and publications in international and national Journals and in international and national Conferences. Chair and co-chair of several international and national Conferences on Pavements and Transport Infrastructures: MAIREPAV 2003, EPAM 2003, ICTI 2010, SACSP 2008, ICSC2019. Member of Editorial Board of several international journals.
Co-Chair Alberto Esteban, Ph.D. Spain Spain
Civil Engineer (PhD), specializing in Construction Engineering, International Master´s Degree in Business and Public Policies and Master’s Degree in Renewable Energies, with knowledge in the areas of project management, finance, macroeconomics, law, sociology, political science and of the administration, business and interpersonal skills, international relationship, and development cooperation.
With extensive work experience in relation to civil engineering, both in design and construction and in the development of infrastructures, he currently carries out his professional activity as a Director of Renewable Energies Projects at Ruralia Europa, Holding of Caja Rural.
Co-Chair Rita Moura Fortes, Ph.D. Federal Institute of São Paulo Brazil
Professor Dr. Rita Moura Fortes has a degree in Technology in Civil Constructions from FATEC, Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal de São Carlos, MSc, PhD in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. Founder and associate editor of IJP – International Journal of Pavements – ISSN 1676-2797 since 2001.
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She is a founding member of iSMARTi (International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitantion of Transports Infrastructures) and was executive vice president, from 2016 to 2020, of this society. She is a founding member and vice president of ANDIT – National Association for Transportation Infrastructure. She was elected titular member of the Pan American Academy of Engineering in 2012, in which she has been developing several international works, having been elected in 2014 as representative of Brazil by FEBRAE in? the Disaster Risk Management and Resilience committee? of UPADI (Pan American Federation of Engineers Societies) and member of the Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World (AETDEW).

She has also been a member, since 2012, of the TRB AV070 Aircraft/Airport Compatibility committee. She was elected Membership in the WFEO – World Federation of Engineering Organization Standing Technical Committee for Women in Engineering in 2016. In 2017 she won the award for her outstanding achievement worldwide in transportation, education and research, contributing significantly to the advancement of transportation infrastructure technologies, cited as a reference for the present and future generation of transportation professionals. Currently she is a volunteer professor at the post-graduation course of Civil Engineering – Lato Sensu in AIRPORTS, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION of the Federal Institute of São Paulo, retired professor by IFSP and was a permanent professor of the Post-Graduation Program in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGCEM) of the Federal University of Amazonas – UFAM. She was Professor at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels of the School of Engineering at Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Guest Professor at the Graduate Program in Transportation Engineering at the State University of Campinas and of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering at Anhembi Morumbi University. She is a consultant in the areas of soils, tropical soils, sidewalks, materials, urban transport, railroads and airports. CNPq Research Groups she belongs to: Mackenzie – Road Systems and Environment (Leader); Structures (Researcher) and Highway Engineering (Researcher).
Co-Chair Wilfredo Gutiérrez Lazares, M.SC. Eng. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería Peru
Civil Engineer and Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering from National University of Engineering (Lima, Peru). PhD Candidate in Administrative Sciences from San Marcos National University. Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering UNI (2013-2015) and (2021 to 2025); Head of the Academic Department and 17 years as Head of the Soil and Pavement Mechanics Laboratory of the Faculty of Civil Engineering UNI; 11 years in the former Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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Peruvian counterpart in the Geotechnical Laboratory of the Japanese Peruvian Research Center (1987); and 34 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the specialty of Road Geotechnical Engineering.

General Manager of GHAMA Ingeniería S.A. and co-founder of the Infrastructure Research Institute.
Co-Chair Tom Papagiannakis, Ph.D. University of Texas at San Antonio USA
Dr. Papagiannakis is a Professor of Civil Engineering with an academic career spanning over 30 years at Washington State University and at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he served as the Dept. Chair between 2006 and 2015. His area of expertise is pavement engineering, specializing in structural pavement analysis, asphaltic material characterization and energy harvesting. He has contributed over 200 journal and conference publications in this area.
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In addition, he has co-authored the textbook Pavement Design and Materials published by Wiley and Sons in 2008, which is in its fourth printing. He has served as the lead investigator in many national studies funded by NCHRP, FHWA and ASCE, as well as a multitude of studies funded by the Washington State DOT and the Texas DOT with a total budget of over $8m. He recently concluded a Texas DOT funded study dealing with the calibration of the Texas M-E and the AASHTOWare® M-E pavement design for Texas.

Currently, he is the PI of a City of San Antonio funded study on the water quality benefits of permeable pavements. He is an active member of the GI, T&DI, ISSMGE, ISAP, TRB and serves as an Associate Editor for ASCE’s Transportation Engineering/Pavements Journal. He co-chairs the joint GI-T&DI pavement awards sub-committee, which has been very successful in promoting pavement engineering research. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Waterloo, he is a Fellow of the ASCE and a registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He has co-chaired several international conferences, including 3DFEM 2005 (Delft, NLD), ICTI 2014 (Pisa, IT), ICONFBPM 2019 (Thessaloniki, GR), and AM3P 2020 (San Antonio, TX).
Co-Chair Mauricio Salgado, Mg. Ing. Instituto del Cemento y del Hormigón de Chile Chile
Head of Pavements of the Institute of Cement and Concrete of Chile (ICH). Civil Engineer and Specialist in Management Systems from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Master of Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Undergraduate and graduate professor with more than 20 years of experience. Expert in Pavement Management with HDM-4 application. Consultant in Road Infrastructure Management projects, as well as Pavements and Concrete Floors in Latin American countries. Founding Partner and Director of the companies Gesinfra Consultores and GesPaP – Certification and Engineering.
Co-Chair Carlos A. Penin, P.E. Florida Engineering Society / CAP Government USA
Mr. Penin is the President of the Florida Engineering Society and President and founder of C.A.P. Government, Inc.

Mr. Penin is the President and founder of C.A.P. Government, Inc., a privately held, minority-owned consulting firm. Mr. Penin’s professional history includes more than forty (40) years of direct project experience and managerial functions. He is an active participant in industry organizations such as the Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County League of Cities.

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Mr. Penin has a M.S. in Environmental and Urban Systems from Florida International University and a B.S. in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Florida. Throughout his career, he has played an integral role in the South Florida consulting industry community.
Co-Chair Cho Yoon-Ho, Ph.D. Chung-Ang University South Korea
Master of Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Graduate School. Ph. D in Civil Engineering, Major: Transportation Engineering in The University of Texas at Austin. Professor of Chung-Ang University, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering. Dean of Chung-Ang University, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering. Major field of study: Pavement Design and Management. He has written many articles in international journals.
Member Gilberto Martinez Arguelles, Ph.D. Universidad del Norte Colombia
Dr. Martinez-Arguelles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Universidad del Norte (UniNorte), Colombia since 2015, where he has served as the Department Graduate Coordinator. He graduated with a B.Eng (Civil) with a minor in Construction Management from the Universidad del Norte in 2003, M.Sc from Los Andes University in 2005, and obtained his Ph.D in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 2014. Teaching areas include Construction materials, Asphalt materials, Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, Sustainable infrastructure, undergraduate and post-graduate courses. He is the author or co-author of more than 60 papers in international and national journals and conferences.
Member Luis Siliezar, Ing. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Cementos Progreso Guatemala
Research and Development Manager, Infrastructure and Pavements – CI + D Cementos Progreso. Master in Cement and Concrete Applications in the Design of Road Infrastructures – Universidad Isabel I, Spain / Structuralia. Civil Engineer – Rafael Landívar University of Guatemala. Experience in Civil Engineering since 2006 (production of precast concrete, design and technical advice of concrete pavements.
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Experience with non-destructive equipment for pavements and operation, reading, and interpretation software. (GPR, FWD, LWD, RSP). Concrete Flat Surfaces Technician – American Concrete Institute. Member / Founder Landivarian Council of Civil Engineering students (CLIC) and 1st Student Chapter American Concrete Institute for Guatemala. Member of the committee of concrete pavements of the Institute of Cement and Concrete of Guatemala.
Member Jorge Pais, Ph.D. University of Minho, Portugal Portugal
Jorge Pais is an Associate Professor of Transportation Group of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal, since 1993, where he served as the Department head between 2006 and 2015 and vice-head between 2005 to 2012. His area of expertise is road pavement engineering, with emphasis on road materials and structural analysis. Teaching areas include the Geometric Highway Design, Road Pavement Design, and Railways Design undergraduate and post-graduate courses. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 papers in international and national journals and conferences.
Member Filippo G. Praticó, Ph.D. Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria Italy
Filippo G. Praticó received both the B.S. and the M.S. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Pisa, and the PhD degree in transportation infrastructures from the University of Palermo. After the industrial occupation, since 2002, he has been serving as associate professor at the University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy. He has earned the habilitation as full professor in 2012. He is involved in national and international research, industrial projects, and consulting activities. He is the author of more than 200 articles. His research interests include transportation infrastructures materials, design, construction, testing, monitoring, assessment and management, smart city, smart transportation, and LCA.
Member Davide Lo Presti, Ph.D. University of Palermo Italy
Dr. Lo Presti is an Associate Professor and holder of the “Rita Levi Montalcini fellowship” at the University of Palermo (IT) and a Visiting Academic at the University of Nottingham (UK). Dr. Lo Presti’s expertise is Sustainable Engineering, with a focus on transport infrastructure’s technology development and asset management. His research is both applied and fundamental and involves introducing a life cycle thinking for preserving existing infrastructures as well as envisioning the future ones. Within this field since 2010 Dr. Lo Presti is coordinating international and multi-disciplinary projects, He has authored and co-authored more than 100 publications in the field.
Member David Krishnan, Ph.D. Instituto Indio de Tecnología Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh India
Member John Jairo Agudelo Ospina, Mg. Ing. Universidad Eafit de Medellín Colombia
Professor and Researcher of the Department of Civil Engineering of the EAFIT University. Master’s Degree University of Girona in Geographic Information Systems. He is a Specialist in Roads and Transportation at the National University, Medellín. He is a Civil Engineer from the University of Medellín.
He has worked in rectification, expansion and paving studies on Colombian highways. He is the author of: “Geometric design of roads”; “Software development for road design”; “Reference Manual for Field Records and Preparation of Topographic Plans”; “Computerized Highway Design”
Member Sui G Tan, PE. Metropolitan Transportation Commission USA
Over 25 years of experience as a civil engineer and program manager in the area of transportation engineering specializing in asset/pavement management for streets, highways and bridges. I have in volved in the implementation of many pavement management systems (PMS) using StreetSaver® for cities and counties in US. My work includes collecting field data, performing condition surveys,managing data quality, performing analyses, preparing reports, and presenting results to decision makers.
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I also organize StreetSaveruser conferences and lecture on PMS at universities. I have also instituted the first Rater and Vendor Certification Programs in the country where pavement distress raters and vendors can be certified by MTC based on ASTM D6433 standard.

As the StreetSaver program manager, I develop, sell and support the most popular pavement management software on the US WestCoast. I oversee the software development team and collaborate with academia in research and development. I lead and manage StreetSaver products and services from the inception to the phase-out in order to maximize business value. I work closely with customer, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, quality,and installation to make StreetSaver the leading software in public domain.

Specialties: Pavement Management, Integration of pavement preservation into pavement management system, Pavement DistressRater Certification.
Member Susana Vegas Chiyon, Dra. University of Piura Peru
D. in Engineering Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Master in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Industrial Engineer and second major in Agroindustry from the University of Piura, Piura University. Main research area is optimization and statistics applied to quality improvement processes. Also researched in areas related to Engineering Education. Member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering. Academic Vice Rector of the University of Piura.
Member Hugo José González del Valle, Ing. 4pisos Guatemala
Civil Engineer specialized in pavements and concrete floors; with experience in design, construction and maintenance of rigid and flexible pavements, industrial floors and infrastructure solutions using cement and concrete. Graduated in Civil Engineering at the Rafael Landívar University of Guatemala.
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With an International Master’s Degree in cement and concrete applications for the design of road infrastructure from the Isabel I University of Spain and a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering from the University of the Republic of Uruguay. R&D Manager of Infrastructure and Pavements at Cementos Progreso for almost 7 years and 5 years as professor of the pavement course at the Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala. Currently Technical Manager at 4pisos Guatemala y C.A. and member of the board of directors of the International Society for Concrete Pavements.
Member Jose Ramon Marcobal, Ph.D. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain
Since 2007, he has been a part-time professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he teaches subjects related to road and materials design and pavement design. At the same time, he works as Director of the Pavement Department of SACYR, an international infrastructure company. He started working in the concessions branch, focusing on defining strategies for initial investments and maintenance and supervision of construction works.
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In 2015 he joined the construction branch of SACYR being since then the Director of the Pavement Department and being involved in design optimization during the pre-construction period, material selection and mix design and plant and paving production support. He has participated in numerous research activities at the University and SACYR and has presented papers in recognized scientific publications and congresses within the field of pavement and road knowledge.
Member Marco Avelino Inzunza Ortiz, Ing. CEMEX Mexico Mexico
National Manager of Infrastructure Projects for Cementos Mexicanos (CEMEX).
Member Carlos Salazar García, Ing. Secretariat of Communications and Transportation Mexico
Civil Engineer by the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, (ESIA, IPN) and aspiring Master in Engineering with specialization in Geotechnics by the Faculta de Ingeniería, (FI-UNAM). He is in charge of the Pavement and Earthworks Area at the General Directorate of Technical Services of the Secretariat of Communications and Transport, Mexico (DGST, since 2016), Geotechnical Specialist at the DGST (2011-2016), head of the Soil Mechanics and Earthworks Laboratory (2009 – 2011).
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He has experience in the development and review of studies and projects of construction, conservation and reconstruction of flexible and rigid pavements, and geotechnical studies of slope stability. Member of the Management and Evaluation Committee of AMAAC.
Member Robinson Vasquez, LLM, MBA Safety Business Developer and Training Manager at ARTBA USA
Robinson Vasquez works in ARTBA as a safety training & business development manager since 2012. He is an experienced trainer and business manager, with responsibilities for various safety training contracts and liaison with the Hispanic community in the USA and Latin America. Before joining ARTBA, Robinson served as an attorney, specializing in labor and construction law in his native Peru.
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He also served as a notary of Lima and director of the Yantalo Peru Foundation. Robinson graduated cum laude from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he earned his law degree in 1993. In 2009, he graduated with a master’s in law or LLM from Brigham Young University; and he also graduated with a master’s in business administration or MBA in 20011 from the University of Utah. Robinson is a qualified ARTBA, OSHA, and NSC instructor and co-creator of different English and Spanish safety training materials.

 

International Scientific Committee

Full Name Institution / Company Country
Co-Chair Benjamin Colucci, Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Puerto Rico
Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying Civil Engineering and Surveying Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Mayaguez (Puerto Rico). Over seventy-projects related to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of highway transportation infrastructure (April 1986 to 2005). Expert witness at the state and federal court in highway safety, pavement surface characteristics, work zone traffic control, non-destructive testing, and slip and fall accidents. President, Editorial Board, CIAPR Dimension Journal, 2007 – 2009, 2015 – present.
Co-Chair Angel Sampedro Rodriguez, Ph.D. University Alfonso X El Sabio Spain
Director of the Engineering and Architecture Department of the Higher Polytechnic School at the Alfonso X el Sabio University (UAX).
Co-Chair Ghim Ping Ong, Ph.D. National University of Singapore Singapore
Dr ONG Ghim Ping Raymond is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He graduated with a B.Eng (Civil) (First Class Honours) with a minor in Business from the National University of Singapore in 2003 and obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2007.
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Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University from 2007 to 2008, a visiting assistant professor in the same university in 2009 and then a lecturer from 2010 to 2014 and assistant professor from 2014 to 2020 at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore.
Dr Ong’s research interests include pavement engineering, and multimodal transport infrastructures and operations, with emphasis on future mega-transport infrastructures/operations (such as car-lite/car-free towns, next generation seaports and airports). He has authored or co-authored over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as over 85 international conference papers in these research areas. He is also actively involved in translational research grants/projects related to the engineering development of critical mega-infrastructures in Singapore (including the Tuas mega-port, Changi East Development, and Woodlands Checkpoint).

Dr. Ong is currently serving in various scientific committees in Transportation Research Board, American Society of Civil Engineers, America Society of Testing and Materials and Eastern Asian Society of Transportation Studies. He has received several scientific awards in recognition to his achievements in transportation research, including the Alfred Noble Prize (ASCE), the Hanjin Prize (IAME), the inaugural Takeuchi Yoshio Award (OCDI) and the inaugural iSMARTi Early Career Award. His research expertise have also led to him to serve as consultant to Changi Airport Group, Defence Science and Technology Agency, Surbana Jurong, Global Maritime and Port Services Pte Ltd, and Korean Maritime Institute.

Dr. Ong is also passionate about sharing his thoughts on current and future issues related to his research expertise to the general public. He has frequently appeared in mainstream print or internet media and live or pre-recorded TV interviews speaking on issues on transport infrastructure and operations, active mobility and car-lite/car-free initiatives.
Advisor Alex Visser, Ph.D. University of Pretoria South Africa
Alex Visser retired as the SA Roads Board Professor in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Pretoria in 2009. He holds Adjunct Professor positions at Chang’an University, Xi’an and Fuzhou University, Fuzhou in China. He is a Fellow and Past-President of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) and a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering.
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His fields of research interest are low volume road design and maintenance, use of bitumen-rubber as road surfacing, impact compaction, roads for ultra-heavy applications, interlocking block paving, and road management systems. He has published extensively, recently co-authoring a book on Mining Haul Roads – Theory Practice, and lectures internationally on these topics. Since retiring he has also provided advice on projects around the world.
Advisor Roger E Smith, PE, Ph.D. Texas A&M University USA
Professor Emeritus, Civil & Environmental Engineering. Transportation Research Board, AHD18 Committe Chair. Texas A&M University, Professor of Zachry Department of Civil Engineering. College Station, TX, US Army, Corps of Engineers LTC – Retired. ERES Consultants, Inc, Vice President.
Member Zhen Leng, Associate Professor Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, Civil Engineering of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Member Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri, Associate Professor India Institute of Technology Tirupati India
Associate Professor & Head of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati. Transportation engineering; asphalt mixtures design & characterization; asphalt-rubber materials & mixtures; advanced laboratory testing & evaluation; pavement analysis & design; field performance evaluation; statistical analyses & modeling; computer applications in civil engineering; laboratory & field highway noise evaluation and modeling; highway geometric design; impact of pavement materials on global climate change; sustainable materials in highways and environment.
Member Hao Wang, Associate Professor Rutgers University USA
BS Civil Engineering of Southeast University. MS, Road and Railway Engineering, MS Transportation University of Southeast University. MS, Transportation Engineering of Virgina Tech. Ph.D. Transportation Infrastructure Engineering of University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Member Joshua Qiang Li, Associate Professor Oklahoma State University USA
Dr. Joshua Li is an associate professor/Williams Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Oklahoma State University in the United States. His research interests span a wide range of interdisciplinary areas in the design, evaluation, and management of smart and connected transportation and civil infrastructure systems.
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More specifically, developing sensor systems for automated data acquisition; utilizing advanced imaging techniques, data analytics, and artificial intelligence for big data understanding; monitoring and characterizing surface conditions to support infrastructure integrity, transportation mobility, and safety; exploring innovative new ways for intelligent and connected transportation systems; implementing the mechanistic-empirical (ME) based pavement design; and engineering innovative smart building materials are integral areas of my research. Dr. Li has been supported at both the state and national levels with research fundings from over a dozen state highway agencies, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Member Yu-Min Su, Assistant Professor National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Taiwan
Member Min-Chih Liao, Assistant Professor National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan
Min-Chih Liao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He received his BSc and MSc at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, in 1998 and 2000. He subsequently underwent a compulsory two-year military service in the Military Police, obtaining the rank of second lieutenant. Min-Chih joined the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), UK, having completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham in 2008.
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He was a material engineer at Dan Morrissey Irl Ltd in Republic of Ireland from 2007-2010. He was a research fellow at the NCKU from 2010-2014. He was an Associate Professor at the Hunan University in PR China from 2014-2015. Since 2015, Min-Chih has joined with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He specializes in the areas of asphalt rheology, including polymer modified asphalt, rubber asphalt, asphalt mastic.
Member Yen-Yu Lin, Assistant Professor National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Taiwan
Yen-Yu Lin is an assistant professor at Department of Construction Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. degree at University of Washington in 2012. Prior to his current position, he worked for Sinotech Engineering Consultants Ltd. from 2012~2016. His research interests include performance of pavement materials, sustainable roadway design and construction, and life cycle assessment of infrastructure. He has helped the roadway agencies to quantify the GHG emissions for major projects, and kept contributing to establish the GHG management scheme for infrastructure for Taiwan.
Member Yu-Ting Hsu, Associate Professor National Taiwan University Taiwan
Member Hooi Ling Khoo, Associate Professor Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia
I have done PhD in Transportation and Traffic Engineering. My research expertise is in: traffic modeling and simulation, traffic safety, public transportation, and intelligent transportation system.
Member Feng Zhu, Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Bachelor of Engineering – BE, Traffic Engineering of Sun Yat-Sen University. MPhil, Civil Engineering of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Doctor of Philosophy of Purdue University.
Member Yang Liu, Assistant Professor National University of Singapore Singapore
Dr. Yang Liu obtained his bachelor and ph.d degree in the National University of Singapore in 2005 and 2010, respectively. In 2012, he joined Nanyang Technological University as a Nanyang Assistant Professor. He is currently a full professor, director of the cybersecurity lab, Program Director of HP-NTU Corporate Lab and Deputy Director of the National Satellite of Excellence of Singapore. In 2019, he received the University Leadership Forum Chair professorship at NTU.
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Dr. Liu specializes in software verification, security and software engineering. His research has bridged the gap between the theory and practical usage of formal methods and program analysis to evaluate the design and implementation of software for high assurance and security. By now, he has more than 300 publications in top tier conferences and journals. He has received a number of prestigious awards including MSRA Fellowship, TRF Fellowship, Nanyang Assistant Professor, Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship, Nanyang Research Award 2019, NRF Investigatorship, and 10 best paper awards and one most influence system award in top software engineering conferences like ASE, FSE and ICSE. Dr. Liu is a member of ACM and senior member of IEEE.
Member Prateek Bansal, Assistant Professor National University of Singapore Singapore
Dr Prateek Bansal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining NUS, he was Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Imperial College London. Dr Bansal received his PhD degree from Cornell University, MS from The University of Texas at Austin, and B.Tech. from IIT Delhi.
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He is interested in creating methodological innovations at the intersection of Bayesian Machine Learning, Econometrics, Causal Inference, and Computational Psychology to address challenging questions in travel behaviour modelling, value-based decision making, and traffic safety. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. He has published his work in Transportation Research Parts A, B, and C, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, and the Econometrics Journal.
Member Anupam Kumar, Assistant Professor TU Delft Netherlands
Dr. Kumar Anupam is an assistant professor in the Section of Pavement Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is actively involved in teaching courses such as Micromechanical modelling of AC, Continuum Mechanics and Pavement Construction and Maintenance. His research activities are related but not limited to performance-based big-data analytics; tire-pavement interactions and micromechanical modelling of AC.
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He has been involved in several international projects which include FP7 EU projects and projects in the middle east. In national projects, he works in close cooperation with the Rijkswaterstraat, the Netherlands. He is a co-editor of Functional Pavement Design IV: Proceedings of the 4th Chinese – European Workshop on Functional pavement Design, CRC Press and Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction: Papers from the International, CRC Press. He is an active member of the ISAP, TRB, APSE, iSMARTi and serves on the editorial board member of IJPE. Dr. Anupam holds a Bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, India and PhD degree from National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Member De Zhao, Associate Professor Southeast University China
Member Song Li, Assistant Professor Shijiazhuang Tiedao University China
Member Rafael Menendez Acurio, Ph.D., P.E. Foresight Planning & Engineering USA
Civil Engineer, with a Ph.D. in Road Management and a Master’s Degree in Geotechnics, both from Texas A&M University in the United States. He works as a senior geotechnical engineer at Foresight Planning & Engineering in Austin Texas, previously working at Fugro Roadware for the Federal Highway Agency’s Pavement Monitoring Program (LTPP),

Dr. Menendez worked at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, GyM Engineering, Provias Nacional MTC, Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) and in other consulting firms. He is also a graduate professor at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería.
Member Delmar Salomon, Dr. Pavement Preservation Systems PPS USA
President of Pavement Preservation Systems PPS and dedicated to the transfer of asphalt technology and processes that help improve asphalt materials that contribute to durable pavements. PPS has participated in asphalt technology workshops in China, the US and Latin America.
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Participates in the development of new standards for the asphalt industry, participating in ASTM International and in the AASHTO materials subcommittee. Three standards approved and published in ASTM and Provisional Standard (TP 121) recently approved by AASHTO on the use of Portable Infrared Spectroscopy to monitor the aging of flexible pavements.

Chairman of ASTM International Subcommittees D0433 and D0422; Co-Director of the Steering Committee of “Rocky Mountain Asphalt User Producer Group”; Member of the Board of Directors and Scholarship Coordinator for “Association of Modified Asphalt Producer”, Corporate Sponsor of “FP2 Inc.” promoting Pavement Conservation Management; Innovation with the Idaho Transportation Department to demonstrate the use of Portable Infrared Spectroscopy for monitoring recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) during asphalt mix production.
Member DingXin Cheng, Ph.D., P.E. California State University, Chico USA
Director of California Pavement Preservation Center and Professor of California State University Chico. Professor Cheng is a graduate of Texas A&M University, College Station, Ph.D., Transportation and Pavement Material, 2002. University of Toledo, M.S., Geotechnical Engineering, 1999. Northeastern University, China, M.S., Rock Mechanics, 1994. Northeastern University, China, B.S., Civil Engineering, 1991.
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Professor Cheng teaches Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Pavement Design and Pavement Material, Soil Mechnics and Foundations. And developed Software: Two-Way Street Signal Progression Software. Graduation of Aggregates, Knowledge-based Database System for Soil Constitutive Properties. License Professional Engineer, Civil and Transportation, Texas Member of Institute of Transportation Engineers Honors and Awards: Sigma Xi – Scientific Research Society.
Member Hee-Jeong Kim, Prof. University of Arizona USA
Hee-Jeong Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Arizona. She received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering, all from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and did her postdoctoral research at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT.
Her area of expertise is the multi-scale chemo-mechanical characterization of advanced materials in civil engineering.
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Kim’s research involves designing and developing new construction materials based on advanced multi-scale computational modeling and experimental characterization, improving the sustainability and resilience of civil infrastructure, utilization of digital fabrication, including large-scale printing in the development and application of new construction.
Member Mario Velez C., Ing., Mg. Project Management Profesional PMP Peru
Senior Executive, civil engineer specialized in Project Management, certified as Project Management Professional – (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute – PMI®. Graduated from the National University of Engineering – UNI, with postgraduate studies in Earthquake Engineering at the Building Research Institute – Ministry of Construction of Japan – BRI and a SEP specialization at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra, carried out in New York and Miami.
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Graduated from the International Master BIM Manager at Zigurat Global Institute of Technology accredited by the University of Barcelona.
He has more than 25 years of professional experience. During this time he worked as a Researcher, Construction Resident, Project Manager, General Manager and Deputy CEO in private sector companies, being in charge of different construction projects mainly in the sanitation, electrical and mechanical infrastructure sector.

 

Local Committee

Full Name Institution / Company Country
Member Iván Rodríguez Chávez, Dr. Ricardo Palma University Peru
Rector of the Ricardo Palma University. His alma mater is the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Education with the thesis El concurso de ortografía y composición en el aprendizaje del idioma (1966) and a Doctorate degree from the same San Marcos School for his research on the concept of Peruvian Literature, its periodization and its pedagogical consideration in the design of primary and secondary education programs (1987).
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He also received his law degree from the same university. He has worked as a professor of Peruvian Literature and Theory of Law, in addition to teaching postgraduate courses in University Legislation, giving lectures in Peru and abroad (Chile, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, United States of America, Japan, Ecuador). He is a writer, essayist and Peruvian writer. He has published an extensive number of books, among which we can mention La ortografía poética de Vallejo (1974), El derecho en El Mundo es Ancho y Ajeno (1982), Entre la incomprensión y el deber. La universidad peruana hasta la década del 80 (1993), Introducción al Derecho (2002), Otra ventana sobre Ricardo Palma (2003), Cusco sinfonía pétrea en seis compases y una melodía (2005), César Vallejo al pie del orbe (2006), Pensadores y forjadores de la universidad en el Perú (2009), among others. He has published numerous articles in educational, scientific, legal and cultural journals in Peru and abroad. Over the years, he has held positions as University Director, Department Head, Program Director, Dean and Vice-Rector. He has been Vocal of Organizations and Networks of the Executive Council, Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean -UDUAL (2007-2010), President of the Ibero-American University Council (2009-2010), President of the Andean University Council (2009-2010) and President of the National Assembly of Rectors (2004-2011). He has been decorated with the Palmas Magisteriales with the Grade of Amauta, by the Ministry of Education of Peru in July 2011.
Member Teresa Salinas Gamero, Mg. Peruvian Institute of Complex Thought Edgar Morin URP Peru
Executive Director and founder of the Peruvian Institute of Complex Thought Edgar Morin – IPCEM of the Ricardo Palma University and Executive Director of the Regional Center of Competences on Education for Sustainable Development, RCE Lima-Callao, a center certified by the United Nations University. She has been a professor at the Postgraduate Program of the Universidad Nacional San Antonio de Abad del Cusco (2004-2006).
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Lecturer at the Forum and workshops on Science, Technology and Society of the Andrés Bello Convention and the OAS in the countries of Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela (2002-2006), Member of the UNESCO Chair in Science Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, lecturer at the UNESCO Forums on Science Education and the Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean OREAL, in the countries of Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay (2003-2007), Visiting Professor at the University of Alcalá de Henares, (2004), Postgraduate Course at the National University of Distance Education – UNED Madrid, 2001, scholarship holder of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation – AECI, Postgraduate Course at the Center for Improvement of Higher Education at the University of Havana – Cuba, 1994. She has been Head of the Office of Updating and Strengthening of Science of the National Council of Science and Technology, Director – Founder of the Program of Popularization of Science, Technology and Innovation of Peru, Director of the EDUCIEN-SUR URP Program associated to the RED-POP of UNESCO, Director and Founder of the Network of Journalists and Scientific Disseminators of Peru – CONCYTEC and President of the National Commission of Popularization of Science and Technology 2003-2006 of CONCYTEC. She has conducted several researches in the areas of Education in Science, Technology and Society, complex thinking and transdisciplinarity. He has published several articles on the subject. Likewise, he has organized several international forums and congresses on complex thinking and complexity science, education, etc.
Member Arnaldo Carrillo Gil, Dr. International Group Peru – ASCE Peru
Professor Emeritus, National University of Engineering, Lima, (Peru). President of the International Group Peru, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (USA). Member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (Peru). Member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (Mexico). Author of 485 research papers and six technical books.
Member Edward Santa María Dávila, MSc. Ing. National Engineering University Peru
Civil Engineer UNI. Master in Science and Technology (Transportation and Sustainable Development) at Paris Tech Institute (France). Assistant Professor of the Department of Construction and of the Master of Transportation of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of UNI. He has directed several research projects, such as Intelligent Buses and instrumentation for transportation and construction. Works Resident and Head of Technical Office at GyM between 2001 and 2009.
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Studies Engineer at Vinci Construction Grands Projets (France) (Urban Transport Systems and International Projects) between 2009 and 2012. Head of Methods and Construction Engineering at Cumbra from 2012 to date. He has published several scientific articles in Sustainable Transport and Construction.
Member Dante Perez Bravo, M.Sc. P.E. Traffic Engineering and Safety Consultant USA
Senior Transportation Engineer with Atkins – Austin Texas. He has extensive experience in highway safety, traffic operations, and transportation planning. He has led the development of several large transportation planning and highway safety projects in 18 states in the USA. He provides engineering services to private and public agencies at local, regional, and state levels. He has co-authored manuals and research projects for NCHRP, FHWA, and Departments of Transportation.
Member Carlos Cuadra, PhD. Akita Prefecture University Japan
Carlos Cuadra is a Civil engineer from the National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru, 1982. M. Sc. Degree of Structural Engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1995 and Ph.D. from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1998. His main area of research is related to structural mechanics and natural disaster prevention. Since 1999, he has been an associate professor at Akita Prefectural University, Japan.
Member Lucía Sáez Alván, Dra. Consultant specialized in Pavements Peru
Civil Engineer. D. in Civil Engineering and Master in Transportation Engineering from the University of São Paulo – Brazil. She worked at MTC as a specialist in Soils and Pavements and Construction and Quality Control of Pavements.
Within her professional work she has been Technical Advisor of Asphalts, External Advisor of Repsol YPF-Asphalts, Infrastructure Manager of CORPAC. She works as a Consultant specialized in Pavements.
Member Marco Montalvo Farfán, Msc. Ing. Cesel Engineers Peru
Civil Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering with mention in Road Engineering, Specialist in Soils, Pavements and Quality Control of Road Works. He was Director of Roads of the General Directorate of Roads of the MTC. He was in charge of the General Coordination of the DGC-BIRF-MTC Executing Unit. He is Deputy Manager of Transportation of CESEL SA. with tasks of Management of Road Infrastructure Projects in Paraguay, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru.
Member Fernando Abraham Pigrau, Ing. Transportation Infrastructure Consultant Uruguay
He has been managing infrastructure projects for more than 30 years from the planning phase to their execution. He has worked as an official of the Ministry of Transport and Public Works of Uruguay, as a construction engineer and as a consultant in the area of transport infrastructure in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Member Ricardo Zevallos Meneses, Mg. Ing. Duo Engineering Peru
Civil Engineer UNI, Master in Transportation Engineering, International Consultant BID. Professor in Master’s Degree URP and UNI. Has developed several Road Safety Audits and Inspections in Peru and abroad. Designer of road interchanges and overpasses such as those of the Central Station of the Metropolitano. He has been Supervisor and reviewer of several road projects for MML, including New Routes of Lima and Vía Expresa Sur.
Member Fanny Eto Chero, M.Sc. Ing. Traffic Engineering Consultant Peru
International Consultant (Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, etc), Specialist in Planning, Urban Mobility, Geometric Design, Traffic, Signaling and Road Safety. Civil Engineer graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica, with wide experience in urban transportation planning, transit, road safety and road infrastructure. University Professor of Pre and Post Degree in Universities (UNI, USIL, URP, PUCP, among others).
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Mastery of specialized software in Road Design and Transportation. International Consultant of Urban Transportation and Logistics Projects, Planning and Urban Mobility. Extensive experience in projects and procurement processes with international financial institutions (IDB, IBRD, JICA, GIZ). She has held management and senior management positions such as: Manager of Urban Transportation, General Director of Transportation of the MML, Deputy Manager of Transportation and Transit Studies of GTU-MML, Manager of Transportation Planning, Manager of Project Studies of the Metropolitan Institute Protransporte de Lima. Director of the Metropolitan Institute of Lima, Director of INVERMET and Director of the Metropolitan Institute of Planning of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima.
Member Mario Candia Martínez, PE, MSCE Transis America Peru
Civil engineer and master’s degree from the University of Idaho in the United States with more than 15 years of experience in projects in Peru, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Co-author of the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual 2010 and the MTC Road Safety Manual 2017. He currently works at TRANSIS in a diversity of road engineering projects at national and international level in geometric design, road safety, traffic engineering and sustainable mobility. Mario was the first road safety auditor certified by the International Road Federation in Latin America.
Member Miguel Estrada, PhD. MSc. Ing. National Engineering University Peru
Civil Engineer from the National University of Engineering, Master of Science and PhD. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo and Post-Doctorate at the University of Chiba, Japan. He has held the positions of Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Executive President of the National Training Service for the Construction Industry – SENCICO, General Director of the Peruvian-Japanese Center for Seismic Research and Disaster Mitigation – CISMID.
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Member of the Board of Directors of the Lima Potable Water and Sewerage Service – SEDAPAL and of the Board of Directors of the National Fund for the Financing of State Entrepreneurial Activity – FONAFE, member of the Research Committee of the Research Institute of the FIC, Head of the Academic Department of Roads and Geomatics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the UNI, member of the Board of Directors of the Civil Engineering Chapter of the College of Engineers of Peru, Departmental Council of Lima. He is currently a professor of the Master’s Degree in Transportation and Disaster Risk Management at the Graduate School of UNI and at the undergraduate schools of Civil Engineering (FIC) of UNI and Ricardo Palma University, Principal Investigator of the Peruvian-Japanese Center for Seismic Research and Disaster Mitigation CISMID – UNI, representative of UNI to the Peruvian Network for Asia-Pacific Studies REDAP, second Vice President of the Peruvian Society of Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami. Researcher registered in RENACYT with dozens of research papers and scientific publications related to geospatial information management. President of the Peruvian Association of Former JICA Peru Scholarship Holders – APEBEJA. Decorated with the Order of Engineering by the College of Engineers of Peru and recognized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency – JICA.
Member Gaby Ruiz Petrozzi, MSc. Ing. University of Piura Peru
Associate Professor at University of Piura. Civil engineer specializing in road engineering. Professional experience in design of surface foundations, soil studies and building projects, in the areas of costs and budgets. I have two main lines of research: 1) Construction technologies, especially focused on the study of traditional and/or ancestral technologies as a valuable source to design new proposals; at the same time that constitutes a support for the rehabilitation or restoration of historic buildings. 2) Road materials.
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In this line, the work is oriented towards the incorporation of new materials, whether of foreign manufacture or the incorporation of residues from productive activities that constitute an environmental problem. In this sense, the work is fundamentally experimental, with the possibility of generating low-cost proposals.
Member Jorge Escalante Zegarra, Ing. TDM Peru
Civil Engineer with more than 24 years of professional experience, Master of Science and Doctorate studies in Transportation Engineering in the area of Road Infrastructure by the University of Sao Paulo – Brazil, he did specialization studies in polymer modified asphalts and conventional and polymer modified asphalt emulsions in the United States, Brazil and Mexico, author of different research works in performance studies of polymer modified asphalts, polymer modified asphalt processes and economic pavements.
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Author of several research works on performance studies of polymer modified asphalts, polymer modified asphalt processes and economic pavements, national and international speaker in congresses, seminars, courses, symposiums and workshops.
In 1995 he began his professional career working in the direction of road maintenance of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, since 1998 he has worked in the private sector through various construction companies and international consulting firms. He has national and international experience in the area of road infrastructure and pavements for the works developed in countries such as Brazil, Angola, South Africa and Bolivia. He is currently Technical Manager of TDM Group.
Member Carlos Marquez Herrero, Ing. Cementos Pacasmayo Venezuela
Civil Engineer from Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas, Venezuela. He has 25 years of experience in Road Works Residences. He is an International Consultant for Caterpillar and National Head of Road Engineering for Cementos Pacasmayo. Specialist in Road Maintenance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and Master in Pavement Structural Design from the Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado de Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Member Manuel Ricardo Madrid Argomedo, Ing. Lima University Peru
Civil Engineer graduated from UNFV, Master in Numeric Methods and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya. Professor at the University of Lima (ULIMA), in charge of the Transport and Geotechnical Area. His research interests are numerical modeling of geotechnical projects, constitutive behavior of soils, soil-structure interaction, and soil improvement and stabilization. He has 20 years of experience working on several projects as a geotechnical consultant.
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His professional experience includes, among others, geotechnical investigations, supervision of studies, slope stability, dams and dikes, and numerical modeling. He has participated in the Expansion of the Port of Barcelona, South and North Dock Expansion in the Port of Callao, and the Stabilization of Landslide 5 in the Tablachaca dam.
Member Oscar Tapia Flores, MPM, MBA, Ingeniero Civil SACYR dealership Peru
A professional with more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure project management, mainly in the field of roadways in private companies and public entities, during the entire project cycle: from planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and operation.
With 12 years of experience and specialization in the management of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts. He has participated in national and international road infrastructure congresses and as a speaker in planning and management courses.
Member José Salinas Saavedra, Ing. Lima University Peru
Master in Construction Management from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC). Master in Construction Management from Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya Barcelona. Civil Engineer by the National University of Engineering (UNI). Certificate Course in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) at Stanford University. Professor at the Postgraduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) from 2013 to 2019, in the BIM Management and Information Technology courses; and in the Building Modeling course at the undergraduate level.
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Professor of undergraduate courses for BIM certification at the University of Lima. Professor at PUCP in the Building Information Modeling course. Member of the Subcommittee for the Organization of Information on BIM Construction Works of INACAL, Ministry of Production.