research experience

  • Co-Principal Investigator ( - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 2020-01-01 - Currently working.

    Asphalt Rubber in Puerto Rico: A Critical Analysis and Report

    Research Project funded by the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA)

  • Member, Executive Committee Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (Mayagüez - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 2018-01-01 - Currently working.

    National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR)

    Research Project  Sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R).

  • Co-Principal Investigator Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (Mayagüez - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 2018-01-01 - Currently working.

    Safer-SIM

teaching experience

  • Chairman and/or Committee Member, Graduate Students Supervision Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (Mayagüez - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 1998-05-01 - Currently working.

    Over 25 MSCE, ME and PhD graduate students in research work associated with transportation engineering, highway safety, pavement evaluation and management, road safety audit and related areas.

  • Professor Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (Mayagüez - )

    Started: 1992-07-01 - Currently working.

    COURSES TAUGHT IN HIGHWAY SAFETY, GEOMETRIC DESIGN, PAVEMENT EVALUATION, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

     

    INCI 6090 – Geometric Road Design, 1st Academic Semester 2020-2021, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 4007 – Route Location and Design, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 4019 – Civil Engineering Seminar, 1credit-hours

    INCI 4139 – Soils Laboratory, 1 credit-hour

    INCI 4026 – Highway Engineering, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 4950 – Capstone Design Course – Integrated Civil Engineering Design Experience.

    INCI 4995 – COOP Program, 3 to 6 credit-hours

    INCI 4998 – Undergraduate Research – Tren Urbano, 3 to 6 credit-hours

    INCI 5035 – Bituminous Materials and Mixture, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 5995 – Highway Safety, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 5996 - “Análisis y Diseño de Pavimentos en Entornos Costaneros, 3 credit- hours

    INCI 6045 – Pavement Design, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6049 – Engineering Economy – Transportation System Evaluation, 3 credit-hour
    INCI 6051 – Public Transportation - Site Selection and Corridor Analysis, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6068 – Pavement Management Systems, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6108 - Road Safety Analysis, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6950 - Geometric Design of Highways, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6995 – Advance Bituminous Materials and Mixtures, 3 credit-hours.

    INCI 6995 – Highway Safety, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6995 – Road Safety Audit, 3 credit-hours

    INCI 6090- Highways Geometric Design 

education

  • Laws (Mayagüez - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 2005-01-01 - Finished: 2009-12-01

  • Ph.D., Transportation Engineering (West Lafayette - United States)

    Started: 1980-08-01 - Finished: 1984-08-01

  • M.S.C.E., Transportation Engineering Purdue University (West Lafayette - United States)

    Started: 1978-08-01 - Finished: 1980-05-01

  • B.S.C.E., Transportation Engineering (Mayagüez - Puerto Rico)

    Started: 1975-08-01 - Finished: 1978-05-01

awards & achievements

  • Distiguished Civil Engineer of Puerto Rico, College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR)

    Date: 06/15

  • Administrator Public Service Award, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Date: 01/18

  • Dedication, 81st Annual Assembly of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico for his lifetime achievement and contribution in Engineering, and Education, 2019

    Date: 08/19

  • Distinguished Professor, Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (UPRM)

    Date: 05/20

  • Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award, ITE 2020

    Date: 08/20

other experience

  • Editor in Chief, International Journal of Natural Disasters, Accidents and Civil Infrastructure

    Since 2020 to Present.

  • Past Collaborator & Editor, Highway Work Zone Learning Module for Undergraduate Engineering Students

    Project Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF), November, 2019.

  • Co-Liaison, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

    National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) Community; Since August, 2019.

  • Member, State Transportation Innovative Council (STIC)

    Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 2015 to present.

  • Past President, Editorial Commission "La Columna"

    Journal, Institute of Civil Engineer, College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, 2014.

  • Past Third Vice-President, Board of Directors

    Chamber of Commerce of the Western Region of Puerto Rico, Appointment period: August 2012-July 2013.

  • Past Editor in Chief

    Transportation Special Edition, International Journal of Natural Disasters, Accidents and Civil Infrastructure, September - December 2012 Edition.

  • Director

    Puerto Rico Abertis Chair, Endowment as part of the Collaborative Agreement between the University of Puerto Rico and Abertis Foundations, October, 2012 to present.

  • Technical Oversight Director

    Puerto Rico and USVI, Every Day Counts (EDC) Initiatives FHWA USDOT, 2011 to Present.

  • Past Acting Dean

    College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus, December 2009 to February 18, 2011.

  • Past President

    Mayagüez Movement for the Development of the Western Region; a non-profit organization that provide stimulus for large scale infrastructure projects in Mayagüez and the Western Region of Puerto Rico that comprises 17 municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2007 to 2010.

  • Editor in Chief, Dimension Journal

    Journal of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, served under three (3) Presidents of the CIAPR, 2007-2009, 2015-2017 and
    2017-2019.

  • Past Director

    UPR/PUPR/ATI Professional Development Program; an innovative interdisciplinary, multi-campus program with undergraduate and graduate students from the Schools of Engineering of UPRM and Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), Graduate School of Planning of UPR-Río Piedras Campus and Social Science Department of UPRM on research projects associated with Alternatives of Integrated Transport-the public transportation system being envisioned for the San Juan Metropolitan Area that included Urban Train, Metropolitan Bus Authority (MBA), and Public System, July 2004 to 2008.

  • Past Director

    Engineering Projects in Community Service -EPICS Program in Puerto Rico, a joint venture between Purdue University, Ten Universities in the Midwest of the United States, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard established to promote engineering projects in community service, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2001 to 2004.

  • Past Director

    Urban Train/UPR/MIT Professional Development Program;   an innovative interdisciplinary,  multi-campus program with undergraduate and graduate students from the Schools of Engineering, School of Architecture, Graduate School of Planning, School of Business Administration and Social Sciences and MIT working together on research projects associated with the Tren Urbano, a 17.2 km heavy rail transit system currently in construction in the San Juan Metropolitan Area,  sponsored by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works, Frederick R. Harris, Inc. and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), January 1999 to December 2003.

  • Past Director

    Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Program (ETTAP), United States Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSBDU).  Coordinator of the Garrett A. Morgan initiative for the development of future transportation professionals,  using the train-the-trainer approach with undergraduate engineering students in the education of K-12 students, development of bilingual training modules in transportation related areas and incorporating them in the web to motivate students to study  math and science using practical applications associated with transportation and safety, promote the use of electronic commerce, develop training courses to motivate local entrepreneurs to become Disadvantage Business Enterprises (DBE) in the island, October 1997 to 2002.

  • Program Manager

    Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP), University and Grants Programs, Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS), FHWA-USDOT, 1996 to Present.

  • Past President

    Institute of Transportation Engineers, Puerto Rico Chapter, 1992 to 1995.

     

  • Founding Member

    Pan American Institute of Highways (PIH), under the umbrella of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); with over one hundred (100) Centers established in Central, South America and the Caribbean, Phoenix, Arizona,December 5, 1988

  • Editor in Chief, El Puente Newsletter

    Bilingual newsletter that publish technical articles associated with highway transportation infrastructure, highway safety, intermodal, intelligent transportation systems, pavement maintenance and management, public transportation, new emerging technologies; published quarterly and available through http://prltap.org/eng/category/el-puente/, 1986 to Present.

  • Director, Puerto Rico Transportation Technology Transfer Center, Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

    Program sponsored by the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 1986 to present.

  • Past President

    Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Purdue University Student Chapter, 1980.

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