Awards & Professional Organizations

Awards

2021: Recipient of the Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize in Science and Engineering (1982)- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2021: Recipient of the Thomas Archibald Price (1964) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2020: Recipient of the WTS Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship

2020: Recipient of the Bayer Scholarship at INFORMS

2020: MIF Scholarship to attend INFORMS Annual Meeting and Doctoral Student Colloquia

2019: MIT CEE Rising Stars alumni

2019: Runner up (second place) at the 3-Minute Thesis Competition, RPI

2018: Eno Fellow – Eno Center for Transportation

2017: Edelman Award Finalist for “The New York City Off-Hour Deliveries Program: A Business and Community-Friendly Sustainability Program”

2017-2019: Investigador Junior (Junior Researcher) recognition by COLCIENCIAS

2014-2019: Colfuturo-Colciencias Scholar for the Atlántico Region

2009: Master Thesis Laureate

2007: Meritorious Undergraduate Final Project

2006: Citizenship Award presented by the Radio Station "Los Fundadores"

2002: Omicron Delta Kappa- Emerging Leader Award, Oglethorpe University

2001: Paul Harris Fellow - Rotary International Honor

2001-2002: Georgia Rotary Student Scholar

Professional Organizations

  • NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research)

  • Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS)

  • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

    • POMS Latin American Chapter

    • Member of the POMS College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management

  • Transportation Research Board

      • Member of the Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Data -- AED70 (2021-present)

      • Young Member of the Standing Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity -- AMR20 (2018-present)

      • Friend of the Standing Committee of Urban Freight Transportation, Congestion Pricing, Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation, Transportation in the Developing Countries, Transportation Demand Management.

    • INFORMS

      • Minority Issues Forum, Role: Junior VP of the Programs Committee

      • Women in OR/MS