University Transportation Research Center, Region II Friday, September 03, 2010

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Dr. Didier M. Valdés-Díaz

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
E-mail: dvaldes (at) uprm . edu
Telephone: (787) 832-4040 x2179
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University Affiliations
Regional Transportation Center Affiliations
Research Interests
  • Transportation and Simulation, Specifically the use of Computational Algorithms to Network Problems
  • Integration of Information and Traffic Control Strategies on Urban Networks
  • The use of Information Supply Strategies during Incident Situations
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems, Specifically Advanced Traveler Information Systems and Advanced Traffic Management Systems
  • Urban Public Transportation Systems mainly Trains, Buses and Bus Rapid Transit
  • Conceptual Geometric Design of Transportation Systems
  • Optimal Control and its Applications to Traffic Control
  • Control Systems based on Fuzzy Logic and their Applications to Traffic Control
  • Applications of Operations Research tools to the Analysis, Modeling, and Control of Transportation Systems
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Engineering Education
  • Pre-College Outreach Programs
Education
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Dec.1999
  • M.S., Traffic and Transportation Engineering, El Cauca University, Popayan, Colombia, Dec. 1989
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, La Gran Colombia University, Bogotá, Colombia, Dec. 1985