Professionnal Activities

Director, Transportation Research Center (TRC)

2013 – Present, University of Nevada Las Vegas
According to the Council on Centers, Institutes, Museums and Laboratories, the TRC went from “Adequately Achieving” in 2012 to “Highly Achieving” in 2015 (last evaluation).

Editorial Review Board

International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems

Transportation Research Board University Representative

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 10/20/2016 – Present.

Committees

Member (2009-2012): Transportation Network Modeling Committee (ADB30) of the Transportation Research Board (National Research Council of the National Academies,USA).

Friend: AASTHO, SCORWUOAC-Technical Council on Utility Mapping, GIS & SUE

Member (June 01, 2017 – April 14, 2019): Standing Committee (ADB20) on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Travel Choices. Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, USA.

International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security
October 10–12, 2016. Paris, France
October 09–13, 2016. Lucca, Italy
September 24-26, 2018. Kaunas, Lithuania

4th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, March 16 – 18, 2018. Madeira, Portugal

Reviewer

Journals: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Transportation Research Record, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Transportation Research – Part C, Transportation.

Conferences: Transportation Research Board, Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference; Judge for best paper of the year 2015 Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference.

Special Session Organizer

Workshop on Dynamic Traffic Assignment. IEEE 2013 ITSC, The Hague, Netherlands.

Special Session on Intelligent Cooperative Driving, and Autonomous Connected Vehicles as part of the 2015 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, June 01-05, 2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Special Session on Intelligent Cooperative Driving, and Autonomous Connected Vehicles as part of the 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, May 19-23, 2014. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Special Session on Intelligent Cooperative Driving, and Autonomous Connected Vehicles as part of the 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, June 06-10, 2016. Orlando, Florida, USA.

Special Sessions Co-chair. IEEE 2016 ITSC. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Publicity Co-Chair

IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety. 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Member, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

Other Service at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

1. Faculty Senate, Chair of the Research Infrastructure Committee. 2017 – 2019.

2. College Representative on the UNLV Council for Centers, Institutes, Museums & Labs. 2016 – Present.

3. Member of the Engineering Faculty Prioritization Committee. 2017 – Present.

4. Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee of the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Department. 2015 – Present.

5. Lead the development of a dual Master degree program between UNLV and École Française d’Électronique et d’Informatique (EFREI), Paris, France. 2014.

6. Lead the development of a dual Master degree program between UNLV and École supérieure d’électronique de l’Ouest (ESEO), Angers, France. 2015.

7. Lead the development of a dual Master degree program between UNLV and Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP), Paris, France. 2016.

8. Working on the development of a dual Master degree program between UNLV and École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique (ESIEE), Paris, France. 2017.

9. Lead the development of a cooperation agreement between UNLV and University of Cauca, Colombia. 2013.

10. Lead the development of a cooperation agreement between UNLV and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. 2015.

11. Multicultural Program Scholarship Selection Committee. 2012 – 2016.

12. Member of the search committee for the department chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. 2009.

13. Member of the search committee for an instructor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. 2009.

14. Advisor, Hispanic Society of Professional Engineers. 2009 – 2014.

15. Advisor, Nevada Society of Professional Engineers. 2010 – 2013.

16. Co-advisor, Golden Key International Honour Society. 2010 – 2011.

Service at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

1. President. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Student Chapter. 2005 – 2006.

2. Vice-President. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Student Chapter. 2004 – 2005.