Carlos A. Gonzalez-Calderon, Ph.D.

Professional Engineering License: Fundamentals of Engineering: Civil. Taken on 10/26/2013 (Pass)

• Associate Professor (January 2017 to Present)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Medellín - Department of Civil Engineering. Medellin, Colombia

- Taught courses of: Freight Transport, Transport System Planning, Transport Networks, and Traffic Engineering.

- Co-Principal Investigator in the project “Freight Study in the Medellin Metropolitan Area”. Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá. 2017-2019

• Research Associate (January 2016 to January 2017)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Assisted The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) and The Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) on transportation projects:

- World Bank. Bangladesh Efficient Multimodal Logistics Study

- FHWA. Engaging Large Retailers in Off-Hours Delivery Programs

- NCFRP. Project 44 – Impacts of Policy-Induced Freight Modal Shifts

- NCFRP. Project 25 – Freight Trip Generation and Land Use

• Post-Doctoral Research Associate (June 2014 to December 2015)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Assisted The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) and The Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) on transportation projects:

- NCFRP. Project 38 – Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas

- SHRP2-C20. Freight demand modeling and data improvement. Innovations in local data proof of concept.

- Inter-American Development Bank. Methodology to analyze and quantify the impacts of congestion on logistics costs in Latin-American cities.

- USAID. Recommendations to the Design of an Urban Freight Mobility Policy in Colombia

- Medellin Department of Transportation. Analyses of Freight Patterns in Medellin, Colombia

• Graduate Research Assistant (January 2009 to May 2014)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Assisted The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) and The Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) on transportation projects:

- NCFRP. Project 26 – Freight Cost Data Estimation

- UTRC. Freight Demand Estimation from Secondary Sources

- USDOT. NYC Integrative Freight Demand Management (Off-Peak Hour Deliveries)

- World Bank. Public Transport Capacity Analysis Procedures for Developing Cities manual

• Teaching Assistant (January 2009 to May 2014)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

- Invited lecturer: Transportation System Planning – CIVL 6250 and Engineering Economics-ENGR 4760 Fall 2011-2013

- Taught, assessed, and guided students in these courses: Transportation System Planning, Highway Engineering, Capstone Design, AutoCAD, and Introduction to Engineering Analysis.

• Assistant Professor (March 2006 to December 2008)

Universidad de Antioquia - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Medellin, Colombia

- Taught courses of: Introduction to Civil Engineering, Topography-Surveying, and Highway Geometric Design.