Awards

• Achievement Award for Outstanding Service. International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi). August 2022.

• Excellence Award for Education and Professional Practice. Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE). November, 2018. 

• Best Professor of Pavement Engineering and Highway Design. EAFIT University, Colombia. December 2014.

• Outstanding Reviewer. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). April 2014.

• NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education.  National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, Project “Multidisciplinary Design of a Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly, and Affordable House”, June 2013.

• NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, Project “Multidisciplinary SMART Design of Fire Station 513”, June 2012.

• NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, Project “Development of a Sustainable Infrastructure Management System for a City”, June 2011.

• International Road Federation Fellowship. International Road Federation (IRF), August 1997. 

Honors 

• President, International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi). January 2024 - Present.

• Chair, Asset Management Task Force, International Road Federation (IRF).  April 2023 – Present. 

• Secretary, Florida Engineers in Education (FEE) Executive Committee. Florida Engineering Society. February 2021 - Present.

• Vice President of the North-American Region, International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi). March 2016- December 2023.

• Chair, Infrastructure and Systems Committee of the Transportation and Development Institute,  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), August 2019 – August 2022.

• Chair, V International Conference on Infrastructure Transportation (ICTI), International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (ISMARTI). August 2022.

• Chair, Pavement Management Systems Research Committee, Transportation Research Board (TRB). April 2014 – April 2023.

• Chair, Committee for the Implementation of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design (CIDMEP). August 2010 – Present.

• Vice Chair of the Infrastructure and Systems Committee, Transportation and Development Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), January 2015 – September 2019.

• Chair, Pavement Preservation Task Force, International Road Federation (IRF). August 2009 – December 2011.

• Chair, Pavement Management Task Force,  International Road Federation (IRF). January 2012 – 2014. 

• Delegate in the U.S., Ibero-Latin American Asphalt Congress (Cogreso Ibero-Latinoamericano del Asfalto CILA). January 2002 - Present.

Professional Organizations and Honor Societies

• Florida Board of Professional Engineers, P.E. 91891

• Texas Board of Professional Engineers, P.E. 101970

• Peruvian Board of Engineers, P.E. 39748

• Member, Chi Epsilon.

• Member, Phi Kappa Phi.

University and Scholarly Service  

• Coordinator, Departamental Advisory Board (DAB), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FIU, - December 2022 - Present.

• Editorial Board Member.  Infrastructures Journal, MDPI Infrastructures Editorial Office, August 2022 – Present.

• Editor in Chief,  Infrastructures Journal Special Issue: “Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Transportation Infrastructures Conference”. Indexed by ESCI (Web of Science) and Scopus, MDPI Infrastructures Editorial Office, August 2022 – February 2024.

• Editor in Chief, Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (3rd Edition - Spanish Version), AASHTO and Instituto de la Construcción y Gerencia, February 2023.

• Contributor, ABET Report Preparation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FIU. August 2021 – May 2022.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty Position: Engineering Risk and Reliability of Infrastructure Systems. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FIU. August 2021 – May 2022.

• Contributor, SACS Report, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FIU. August 2021 - December 2021.

• Advisor, Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) - UTEP Chapter.  January 2010 -  August 2020. 

• ABET Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, UTEP. January 2018 - June 2020.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty Position: IMSE Assistant Professor Position, Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department, UTEP. September 2019 - February 2020.

• Representative, Department of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering Council, UTEP. August 2015 - August 2018.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty Position: Construction management or sustainable building materials,UTEP. July 2013 - December 2013.

• Member, College of Engineering Infrastructure and Sustainability Team, UTEP. January 2012 - August 2020.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty Position: Geotechnical and Structural, UTEP. January 2011 - December 2012.

• Member, Faculty Council Committee at the College of Engineering, UTEP. September 2011 - August 2011. 

• Member,  Undergraduate Curricula Committee, College of Engineering, UTEP. August 2009 - May 2011.

• Mentor,  Center of Teaching Excellence, April 2011. 

• Judge, Sustainable Engineering Energy Projects, Department of Industrial Engineering, Fall 2010, UTEP. December 2010 and Spring 2011.

• Coordinator, Construction Management Internship Program, UTEP. July 2009.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty Position: Construction Management, UTEP. March 2009.