Iván Sánchez-Díaz. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS August 2014 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Advisor: Dr.

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1 Iván Sánchez-Díaz 1 Phone number: Mailing adress: Gibraltargatan 80, Göteborg, SE ivan.sanchez@chalmers.se Summary Civil engineer and researcher with experience in travel demand modeling and in the design of urban freight transportation policy, with a special interest for sustainable urban freight systems. Expertise in the development of econometric analysis, behavioral models and analytical models for transportation planning projects. Recipient of multiple academic distinctions. Education PH.D. IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING May 2014 Dissertation: A Freight Tour Synthesis Model. Advisor: Dr. José Holguín-Veras MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS August 2014 Advisor: Dr. John Mitchel MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING May 2012 Thesis: Assessing Locational and Spatial Effects on Freight Trip Attraction. Advisor: Dr. José Holguín-Veras BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING - SUMMA CUM LAUDE September 2008 Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia Work Experience CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Gothenburg, SE Postdoctoral Research Associate Conduct research on urban freight systems as part of the VREF funded Urban Freight Platform Facilitate academic research on urban freight Some teaching September 2014-Present RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy (NY), USA Postdoctoral Research Associate - VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems June May 2014 Developed the action plan and priorities for the National Urban Freight Policy in Colombia (USAID-Ministry of Transportation of Colombia) Participated in the development of a handbook that describes the factors shippers and carriers consider when choosing freight modes and provides an analytical methodology to quantify the outcomes of policy-induced modal shift (NCFRP 44) Developed freight generation models using the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) disaggregated data (NCFRP 25-II) RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy (NY), USA Research Assistant - VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems June May 2014 Developed freight generation models using the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) disaggregated data (NCFRP 25-II) Developed an analytical freight tour synthesis model for urban freight distribution (PhD Dissertation) Developed a regional public planning guide that identifies strategies to improve freight system performance in metropolitan areas (NCFRP 38) Developed freight trip generation models for land-uses related to freight and commercial operations (NCFRP 25) Estimated behavioral models to assess the effectiveness of incentives in fostering unassisted off-hour deliveries for New York City (USDOT Project) Implemented a methodology to estimate the freight Origin-Destination matrix for New York City based on traffic counts using an analytical approach (Sponsored by the NSF) Analyzed parameter stability for national freight demand models in the context of developing countries

2 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy (NY), USA August May 2010 Teaching Assistant: Strength of Materials and Introduction to Engineering Analysis courses Supporting student learning through in-class activities and personalized attention in office hours Contributing in the design of exams and their grading 2 JACK REILLY, PROJECT FOR THE WORLD BANK, Washington DC, USA Consultant Assistant January July 2011 Conducted transit data collection in Bogota-Colombia Produced statistical analysis of collected data for the Public transport capacity analysis procedures for developing cities manual case studies CAS ENGINEERS, Bogota, Colombia Project Coordinator June July 2009 Coordinated design and construction of metallic pedestrian bridges for INVIAS (National Institution for Highways of the National Government) in La Don Juana-Norte de Santander, Barbosa- Santander and La Vega-Cundinamarca (Colombia) UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, PROJECT FOR THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, Colombia Bachelor of Science Thesis January June 2008 Researched commodities supply and demand characteristics Collaborated to produce a commodity-based freight demand model Collaborated to model commodity flows in Colombia Guest lectures and teaching education GUEST LECTURER: Chalmers University of Technology. Quantitative research methods, Fall 2014: Statistical distributions, introduction to discrete choice models. Management of physical distribution, Spring 2015: Off-hour deliveries programs, optimization techniques for physical distribution. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Transportation Network Analysis, Spring 2014: Freight tour synthesis models. Transportation Economics, Spring 2014: Regression models, discrete choice models, stated preference and revealed preference data, introduction to NLOGIT. Transportation systems planning, Fall 2012 and Fall 2013: Module on trip generation. Freight transportation systems, Spring 2013: Freight trip generation, freight data sources, freight in the New York City Metropolitan Area, freight tour models. Manhattan College. Introduction to transportation engineering, Spring 2014: Poisson functions. TEACHING EDUCATION: University teaching and learning, Chalmers University of Technology, Preparing future faculty workshop, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pedagogy for teaching assistants, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pedagogy for teaching assistants, Universidad del Norte, Other competences and distinctions FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND DISTINCTIONS: Recipient of Research and Teaching Assistantship Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2009 to 2014) Academic Excellence Gold Medal (i.e., Summa Cum Laude), highest recognition given by Universidad del Norte for academic performance (2008) Top ten at National State Graduate Exam, Ministry of Education of Colombia (2008) Dean s List, Universidad del Norte (2003 to 2008) Recipient of Colfuturo Loan-Scholarship Program (2012) Recipient of Best Vice President Award, AIESEC in Colombia (2007) Baccalaureat Scientifique with honors mention, French Ministry of Education (2003) Honor Role, Lycée Francais Louis Pasteur ( ) SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE: Stata, LIMDEP (NLOGIT), Visual Basic, Matlab, TransCAD, Synchro, VISSIM, Autocad, Microsiris, Microsoft Office. LANGUAGES: English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Spanish (Native)

3 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND OTHERS: Independent Council Representative, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2011) Civil Engineering Students Council Representative, Universidad del Norte (2008) Young Member Roundtable, Transportation & Development Institute (2011) VREF Study Visit Grant, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden and Westminster University, London, England (2014). Peer Reviewer for Journal Papers: Transport Reviews, ISSN Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, ISSN Network and Spatial Economics, ISSN: X. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, ISSN DYNA: Revista de la Facultad de Minas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Medellín, ISSN Peer Reviewer for Conference Papers: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (Washington D.C, USA). XVII Panamerican Transportation Conference. (Santiago de Chile, Chile). 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (Beihang, China). 10th Colombian Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering (Medellín, Colombia) Supervisor/ Cosupervisor for Master Thesis: Freight Trip Generation Model for the West Corridor in the Capital Region of Colombia, Universidad de los Andes-Colombia ( ). Sustainability Index for Urban Freight, Indian Institute of Technology ( ). Freight Trip Generation models for Frihamnen, Chalmers University of Technology (2015). Passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Participant at World Bank Model Development Simulation, Paris (2007) Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Transportation & Development Institute Alumnus AIESEC Uninorte 3 Publications Refereed journal publications (published/in print) 1. Sánchez-Díaz I., J. Holguín-Veras and J. Ban (2015). A Time-Dependent Freight Tour Synthesis Model. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 78, pp DOI: /j.trb SJR: Holguín-Veras J. and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2015). Freight Demand Management: Receiver-Led Consolidation Programs. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (in print). SJR: Sánchez-Díaz I., J. Holguín-Veras and X. Wang (2015). Freight Trip Attraction Modeling: An Exploratory Analysis. Transportation, (in print) DOI: /s SJR: Holguín-Veras J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, and B. Reim (2015). ETC Adoption and Time-of-Travel Choice in Response to Pricing: A Stated Preference Investigation. Transportation (in print) DOI: /s SJR: Holguín-Veras, J., X. Wang, I. Sánchez-Díaz, S. Campbell, S. Hodge, M. Jaller and J. Wojtowicz (2015). Fostering Un-assisted Off-Hour Deliveries: the Role of Incentives. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. (in print). SJR: Jaller M., I. Sánchez-Díaz, and J. Holguín-Veras (2015), Freight Trip Attraction, Freight Trip Production, and the Role of Freight Intermediaries. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board (in print). SJR: Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, C. Lawson, M. Jaller, S. Campbell, H. Levinson and H.S. Shin (2014). Transferability of Freight Trip Generation Models. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. 2379, pp. 1-8 ISSN SJR: Jaller M., C. González-Calderón, W. Yushimito and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2014). An Investigation of the Effects of Critical Infrastructure on Urban Mobility in the City of Medellin. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, (in print). SJR: Lawson, C, J. Holguin-Veras, I. Sánchez-Díaz, M. Jaller, S. Campbell, and E. Powers (2012) Estimated Generation of Freight Trips Based on Land Use Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. 2269, pp ISSN SJR: Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez, C. González-Calderón, I. Sarmiento, and E. Thorson (2011). "Time-Dependent Effects on Parameters of Freight Demand Models: An Empirical Investigation." Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. 2224, pp ISSN SJR: Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, and C. González-Calderón (2012). Freight Demand Estimation from Secondary Sources. Case Study: Manhattan. DYNA, 80, N. 182, pp ISSN SJR: González-Calderón, C., J. Posada, and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2012) The need for congestion pricing in Medellin: an economic perspective DYNA, 79, N. 171, pp ISSN SJR: González-Calderón, C., I. Sánchez-Díaz, and J. Holguín-Veras (2012). An empirical investigation on the impacts of spatial and temporal aggregation of empty trips models. Journal of Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia. ISSN SJR: 0.14.

4 Chapters in books Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, M. Jaller, F. Aros-Vera, S. Campbell, C. Wang, S. Hodge, (2014). Off-hour Delivery Programs. Ch. 10 in Handbook for City Logistics. E. Taniguchi and R Thompson. CRC Press, ISBN: Holguín-Veras J., M. Jaller, I. Sánchez-Díaz, S. Campbell and C. Lawson (2013). Freight Generation and Freight Trip Generation Models in Freight Transport Modelling. Elsevier, ISBN: Holguín-Veras J., C. González-Calderón, I. Sánchez-Díaz, M. Jaller and S. Campbell (2013). Vehicle Trip Estimation Models in Freight Transport Modelling. Elsevier, ISBN: González-Calderón, C., M. Jaller and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2012). Innovative use of technologies for parking management at university campuses, in Innovative Ways of Knowledge Representation and Management, Universidad de Medellin. 18. Holguín-Veras J., E. Thorson, Q. Wang, N. Xu, C. Gonzalez-Calderon, I. Sanchez-Diaz, J. Mitchell (2012). Urban Freight Tour Models: State of the Art and Practice, in Freight Transport Modeling, Ed. Emerald. Non-refereed publications 19. Sánchez-Díaz I., J. Holguín-Veras and M. Jaller (2015). Freight Trip Generation Modeling. VREF Research Brief. 20. Holguín-Veras, J., J. Amaya-Leal, J. Wojtowicz, M. Jaller, C. González-Calderón, I. Sanchez-Diaz, X. Wang, D. Haake, S. Rhodes, S. D. Hodge, R. Frazier, M. Nick, J. Dack, L. Casinelli, and Michael Browne (2015). NCFRP Report 33: Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide. National Cooperative Freight Research Program. Washington, D.C., Transportation Research Board: Holguín-Veras, J., J. M. Wojtowicz, C. Wang, M. Jaller, X. J. Ban, F. Aros-Vera, S. Campbell, X. Yang, I. Sanchez- Diaz, J. Amaya, C. González-Calderón, R. Marquis, S. D. Hodge, T. Maguire, M. Marsico, S. Zhang, S. Rothbard, K. Ozbay, E. F. Morgul, S. Iyer, K. Xie and E. E. Ozguven (2013). Integrative Freight Demand Management in the New York City Metropolitan Area: Implementation Phase, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York City Department of Transportation, Rutgers University: Holguín-Veras, J., M. Jaller, I. Sánchez-Díaz, J. Wojtowicz, S. Campbell, H. Levinson, C. Lawson, E. Powers and L. Tavasszy (2012). NCHRP Report 739 / NCFRP Report 19: Freight Trip Generation and Land Use. National Cooperative Highway Research Program / National Cooperative Freight Research Program. Washington D.C., Transportation Research Board of the National Academies: Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, C. González-Calderón, and M. Brom (2012). Freight Demand Estimation from Secondary Sources, Research Report published by the University Transportation Research Center, January Selected Refereed Conference Proceedings 24. Manzano dos Santos and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2015). An Exploratory Analysis of Carriers Perspective for the Implementation of City Logistics Initiatives. City Logistics Tenerife (Spain). 25. Holguin-Veras J., I. Sánchez-Díaz and M. Browne (2015). Freight Demand Management. City Logistics Tenerife (Spain). 26. Sánchez-Díaz, I., Campbell, S., M. Jaller, J. Holguin-Veras, and C. Lawson (2014) The Role of Classifications Systems in Freight Trip Attraction Modeling. 94th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 27. Sánchez-Díaz, I., J. Holguín-Veras, and Ban J. (2014). A Time-Dependent Freight Tour Synthesis Model. 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 28. Holguín-Veras, J. and I. Sánchez-Díaz (2014). Receiver-Led Consolidation Programs: Rationale and Potential. 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 29. Jaller M., I. Sánchez-Díaz, and J. Holguín-Veras (2014), Freight Trip Attraction, Freight Trip Production, and the Role of Freight Intermediaries 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 30. Jaller M., I. Sánchez-Díaz, J. Holguín-Veras and C. Lawson (2014). Area Based Freight Trip Generation Models. 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 31. Sánchez-Díaz, I., J. Holguín-Veras, and Ban J. (2013). Dynamic Freight Origin-Destination Synthesis Considering Trip Chaining Behavior. The 13 th World Conference on Transportation Research. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 32. Sánchez-Díaz, I., J. Holguín-Veras, and C. Wang (2013). Assessing the Role of Land-use, Network Characteristics and Spatial Effects on Freight Trip Attraction. 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 33. Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, C. Lawson, M. Jaller, S. Campbell, H. Levinson and H.S. Shin (2012). Transferability of Freight Trip Generation Models. 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 34. Sánchez-Díaz, I., J. Holguín-Veras and C. Wang (2012). Assessing the Role of Accessibility, Land Use Characteristics and Spatial Effects on Freight Trip Attraction. XVII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito, Transporte y Logística. Santiago de Chile, Chile. 35. Lawson, C, J. Holguin-Veras, I. Sánchez-Díaz, M. Jaller, S. Campbell, and E. Powers (2012) Estimation of Freight Trip Generation Based on Land Use. 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA.

5 5 36. Campbell, S., M. Jaller, I. Sánchez-Díaz, J. Holguin-Veras, and C. Lawson (2012) Comparison Between Industrial Classification Systems in Freight Trip Generation (FTG) Modeling. 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA. 37. González-Calderón, C., I. Sánchez-Díaz, J. Holguín-Veras, and E. Thorson (2011). An Empirical Investigation on the Impacts of Spatial and Temporal Aggregation of Empty Trips Models. 4th National Urban Freight Conference. Long Beach, CA. 38. Holguín-Veras, J., I. Sánchez-Díaz, C. González-Calderón, I. Sarmiento, and E. Thorson (2011). Time-Dependent Effects on Parameters of Freight Demand Models: an Empirical Investigation. 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington. D.C., USA