Projects

Disaster Response Logistics and Humanitarian/Health Support Systems

NATURAL HAZARDS CENTER. “Exploring How Transportation Access to Healthcare Impacts Social Vulenerability in Puerto Rico”. Public Health Disaster Research Award Supported by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder with the support of the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Role: Principal Investigator.

NSF RAPID Collaborative: Role of Extending, Expanding, and Emergent Groups in Relief Distribution Efforts in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria., Field Investigation on Post-Disaster Response Logistics (2018 –2019). Role: Research Assistant.

NSF RAPID Remote Sensing Decision Support System for Optimal Access Restoration in Post Disaster Environments (2015-2017). Role: Research Assistant.

NSF RAPID Collaborative CDI-Type II: Cyber Enabled Discovery System for Advanced Multidisciplinary, Study of Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Response (2015 – 2016). Role: Research Assistant.

MINCIENCIAS: Implementation of a System that Integrates Innovation in ENSACAR S.A., A Plastics Manufacturing Company Compromised with the Environment (2012-2014). Role: Principal Investigator.

MINCIENCIAS: Development of an Information System for the Management of Users of the Health System Administrated by the Secretary’s District Office in Barranquilla (2013-2014). Role: Researcher.



Freight Transportation

NCHRP Project 08-111: Effective Decision-Making Methods for Freight-Efficient Land Use (2017-2020).Role: Research Assistant.

NYSERDA Off-Hour Delivery Trusted Vendor Program (2015-2019). Role: Research Assistant.

NCFRP Project 44: Impacts of Policy-Induced Freight Modal Shifts (2015 – 2018). Role: Research Assistant.

NCFRP Project 25: Using Commodity Flow Survey Microdata to Estimate the Generation of Freight, Freight Trip Generation, and Service Trips (2016). Role: Research Assistant.

Colombian Ministry of Science, Research, Technology and Innovation (MINCIENCIAS) Cooperation scheme based on VMI practices for a two-echelon supply chain (2014-2015).

Office of the Governor of Atlantico Department, Colombia: Develop Intelligent Systems for Freight Transportation Incorporated in a DSS for Urban Operations, Based on Heuristic Optimization Techniques- LOGPORT Caribe (2014-2015).

Redesign of the Transport of Hazardous Materials with the Design of a Mobile Hydrowashing Prototype and Development of Decision Support Tools for Optimal Routing Strategies (2011-2014).

MINCIENCIAS: Design, Develop, and Implement a Decision Support Tool for Construction Project Planners using Multi-Objective Optimization Modeling (2012-2013).

MINCIENCIAS: Design and Implementation of Automated Distribution and Optimal Warehousing through the Incorporation of RFID Technologies at RETYCOL Laboratories. (2011-2013).