• Volvo Research and Educational Foundations’ (VREF) Study Visit Grant. 2018
VREF Advanced Studies Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (VASI-SUFS).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, NY
• The 2017 Franz Edelman Finalist Award - Achievement in Operations Research. 2017
“Off-Hours Delivery (OHD) Project in New York City”. INFORMS. Las Vegas, NV.
• Fast Forward Interview. Federal Highway Administration and University of Nebraska at Omaha. 2016
Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.
• Visit Grant at the Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center. 2015
Sustainable Freight Movement Presenter. August 6-7, 2015 Wilmington, DE
• Volvo Research and Educational Foundations’ (VREF) Study Visit Grant. 2015
Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
• Volvo Research and Educational Foundations’ (VREF) Study Visit Grant. 2014
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (PASI-SUFS) in Colombia
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, NY
• Volvo Research and Educational Foundations’ (VREF) Study Visit Grant. 2013
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Winter-School on Models for Freight Transport, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management. 2013
Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics. Breda, Netherlands.
• TRB Doctoral Session in Transportation Modeling. 2013
Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.
• T&DI Young Member Roundtable. 2011
Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) – ASCE. Amarillo, TX
• Recipient of Research and Teaching Assistantship Award. 2009-2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy. NY.
• Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship – Colombia, for doctoral studies in Transportation Engineering. 2007
Note: I had to decline it because I was granted Permanent Residency in the US.
• Recipient of Scholarship for Graduate Studies 2006-2007
"Outstanding Graduate Students" Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia
• Recipient of Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies 1999-2004
"Best High School Students" Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia
• Mention for Best Class GPA 1997-1998
San Ignacio High School, Medellin, Colombia