ANTONIO A. GONZALEZ-QUEVEDO Phone 787-265-3892, 787-265-3815 E-mail: antonio.gonzalez-quevedo@upr.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1991. Thesis: Sensitivity Analysis of Construction Simulation. Advisor: Dr. Daniel W. Halpin M.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977. Thesis: Modal Analysis with Inelastic Spectra. Advisor: Dr. José M. Roesset B.S., Civil Engineering, Magna cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 1976 RESEARCH INTERESTS Diversity Issues in Higher Education, Academic and Administrative Assessment, Institutional Research, Engineering Education, Higher Education Research, Facilities Planning, Strategic Planning, General Education, Infrastructure, Construction Engineering and Management, Project Planning, Construction Simulation, Cost/Time Control, Productivity, and Infrastructure Issues, Ethics, Technology Transfer and Integration, and Professional Development in Civil Engineering and Teaching Practices. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Member of the Senate Committee to Select the 12 th Chancellor of UPRM (Sept Octubre 2011) President of the Senate Committee to Select the Dean of Academic Affairs of UPRM (Oct Dec. 2010) Elected Academic Senator for the School of Engineering (July 2010 June 2013) Elected as an alternate representative to the University Board (July 2011 June 2012) Elected to the Curriculum Committee of the Academic Senate (Sept. 2010 present) Elected to the Personnel Committee of the Civil and Surveying Department (May 2010 present) Co-PI of UPRM Advance IT Catalyst Project (Two posters presented at JAM 2009 and JAM 2010) President of the 100 th Anniversary Celebration Committee of UPRM (January 2006 January 2010) Part of the organizing committee for three meetings on Rethinking University Education with an emphasis on General Education at UPRM. Co-editor of the memories of the first and second meetings. Member of the General Education Institutional Committee. (August 2005 present) Co coordinator of the institutional effort to improve student engagement through the Building Engagement and Attainment of Minority Students (BEAMS) (August 2004 present) Advisor and Founding Member, Office of Continuous Improvement and Assessment, UPRM (August 2005 January 2010) Member, Board of Directors, Art Museum of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (MuSA) (September 21, 2004 January 13, 2010) Advisor to the Institutional Steering Group for the MSCHE Self Study (January 2004 March 2005) Director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (September 2002 January 13, 2010). Under my responsibility lies the planning of more $50 million of capital improvement in the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Our office is also responsible for the development of institutional research at our university. The office is also in charge of strategic planning. Recommended by the UPRM Academic Senate s Consultation and Search Committee to be the tenth chancellor (May 2002) Elected and reelected faculty representative of the UPR-Mayagüez Administrative Board (Oct. 2000- August 2002) Elected academic senator for the School of Engineering, UPR-Mayagüez (July 2000-August 2002) (February 1994-June 1999) Elected faculty representative of the UPR System at the Board of Trustees (July 1999-June 2000) President of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate (August 1997-June 1999) Elected faculty representative of UPR-Mayagüez at the University Board (August 1998-June 1999) Vice President of the Technical Committee for Infrastructure for the XI Pan-American Congress of Traffic and Transportation Engineering to be held in Brazil in the year 2000
Director, Civil Infrastructure Research Center, University of Puerto Rico (November 1994 August 2002) Acting Director, Civil Infrastructure Research Center, University of Puerto Rico (July 1993 - November 1994) Acting Co-Director, Civil Infrastructure Research Center, University of Puerto Rico (January 1993-July 1993) Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico (July 1997-present) Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico (July 1992-June 1997) Assistant Professor, General Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico (August 1991-June 1992) Instructor, Civil Engineering Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (August 1990-May 1991) Assistant Professor, General Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico (March 1986-December 1988) Lecturer, General Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico (January 1983-March 1986) Reviewer, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Sciences B.V. Reviewer, Frontiers in Education Proceedings, 1999 and 2000 Reviewer, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE Reviewer, Dimensión, CIAPR PUBLICATIONS 1. Colucci, B., González-Quevedo, A., Mercado-Sherman, L.E., Kruckemeyer, K., and Wilson, Nigel. (1999). Leadership and Professional Development for Public Transportation. Urban Public Transportation Systems, Proceedings of the First International Conference. ASCE. Miami, Florida, March 21-25, pp. 465-476. 2. González-Quevedo, A., Colucci, B., Mercado-Sherman, L.E., Kruckemeyer, K., and Wilson, Nigel. (1999). The Tren Urbano UPR/MIT Professional Development Program. 1999 Frontiers in Education Conference, ASEE. San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 10-13, 1999. (Peered reviewed, published and presented). 3. González-Quevedo, A. A., Mercado-Sherman, L., Kruckemeyer, K., and Wilson, Nigel. (2000). The Tren Urbano UPR/MIT Professional Development Program. Journal of Engineering Education. Volume 89, No. 2, pp. 127-132. 4. Figueroa, Alberto M., Luyanda, Felipe y González, Antonio A. (2000). Criterios Múltiples Utilizados en la Evaluación y Selección de Alternativas de Transporte Colectivo, IV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte, 7 al 9 de junio de 2000, Valencia, España, pp. 1683-1690. 5. González, Antonio A. (2000). Análisis de las Cláusulas de Incentivos y Desincentivos de los Contratos del Tren Urbano, IV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte, 7 al 9 de junio de 2000, Valencia, España, pp. 297-302. 6. Figueroa, Alberto M., Luyanda, Felipe y González, Antonio A. (2000). Análisis y evaluación de alternativas de tecnología para rutas de transporte colectivo. XI Congreso Panamericano de Tránsito y Transporte, 19 al 23 de noviembre de 2000, Gramado, Brasil, pp.401-414. 7. González, Antonio A., Valdés, Didier, and Toledo, Freya. (2002). The first Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at the University of Puerto Rico: An experiment in motivating high-school Puerto Ricans to study transportation related careers. 2002 ASEE Annual Meeting. May 16-19, 2002. Montreal, Canada. (Published and presented). 8. González, Antonio A., Valdés, Didier, and Toledo, Freya. (2002). Summer Transportation Institute: Showing the students a world of opportunities in transportation. 2002 ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA. August 4-7, 2002. (Published and presented). 9. González, Antonio & Maldonado, Francisco. (2002). Limitations of the environmental impact assessment for a sustainable highway development. XII Congreso Panamericano de Transporte y Tráfico. Quito, Ecuador. November 18-21, 2002. 10. Valdés-Díaz, D.M., Hill, C.W., González-Quevedo, A.A., Sabb, V.J., and Toledo-Feria, F.M. (2003). The Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI): 10 years motivating minority students toward professions in the transportation industry. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. June 22-25, Nashville, TN. 11. Valdés-Diaz, D.M., González-Quevedo, A., Toledo-Feria, Freya. (2004). Challenges and Opportunities for Engineering Education, Research and Development. Second LACCEI International Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology (LACCEI). 2-4 June, Miami, Florida, USA.
12. González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2004). Effective Graphical Representation of Institutional Research Data. Research presentation at the 44 th Annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum. Boston, MA. 13. Maldonado-Fortunet, Francisco and González-Quevedo, Antonio. (2004). Criterios de Desarrollo Sustentable para Evaluar Proyectos de Transporte. VI Congreso de Ingeniería de Transporte. Zaragoza, España, June 23-25, 2004. 14. Maldonado-Fortunet, Francisco and González-Quevedo, Antonio. (2005). Research Methodology to Define Sustainability Criteria for Civil Infrastructure Systems. Third Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology. June 8-10, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. 15. Maldonado-Fortunet, F., Beauchamp-Báez, G., and Gonzalez-Quevedo, A., (2005). Interdisciplinary Engineering Education in the Design and Construction of Sustainable Solar Housing Suitable for Tropical Islands. Technical Congress of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO, October 16-22, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 16. González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2005). Effective Graphical Representation of Institutional Research Data. Research presentation at the 45 th Annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum. San Diego, CA. (Presentation through peer review.) 17. González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2005). Student profile of the Incoming first Year Class of the College of Engineering at UPRM and their Academic Performance after their First Year. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. June 12-15, 2005. Portland, OR. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 18. González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2006). Applicant s Profile Study for Improving Undergraduate Enrollment in the Engineering School of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. June 18-21, 2006. Chicago, IL. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 19. González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2006). Attracting a More Diverse Student Population to the School of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Proceedings of the 9 th International Conference on Engineering Education. July 23-28, 2006. San Juan, PR, pp. R4E-21-R4E-25. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 20. Bartolomei-Suárez, Sonia M., González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2007). Using an Expected Loss Function to Identify Best High Schools for Recruitment. Proceedings of the 10 th International Conference on Engineering Education. Sept. 3-7. Coimbra, Portugal. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 21. González-Barreto, D., González-Quevedo, A.A., and Bartolomei-Suárez, Sonia M. (2008). Feedback through critical indicators of student performance: contributing to the assessment of high school education. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. June 22-25, 2008. Pittsburgh, PA. (Peer review paper and presentation.) 22. González-Barreto, D., Bartolomei-Suárez, Sonia M., and González-Quevedo, A.A. (2008). Assessing performance of students in high school as a function of their success at the university. Proceedings of the 11 th International Conference on Engineering Education. July 27-31. Pécs-Budapest, Hungary. (Peer review paper and presentation). 23. González Quevedo, Antonio A., Méndez Vélez, Nancy, Walker Ramos, Uroyoán y Maldonado Fortunet, Francisco. (2009). Rumbo a los Cien Años de Historia: Un nuevo enfoque en la construcción y remodelación de edificios y estructuras del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Dimensión (Revista del Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico). Año 23, Vol. 1, páginas 13-20. 24. González-Quevedo, Antonio A. (2010). Evaluación de la Infraestructura de un País: El Informe de Calificaciones. (Editorial). Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil. Vol. 10, No. 1, páginas 1-2. Mayo. 25. González-Quevedo, Antonio A. (2011). El Programa de Desarrollo Profesional UPR/MIT/Tren Urbano. Invited speaker to the First Symposium on Creating Livable Cities: The Future of Public Transportation in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. San Juan, May 24th. 26. Valdés, Didier, Cruz, Yesenia, González Quevedo, Antonio A., Ortiz, Krisia y Molina Bas, Omar I. (2012). Metodología para la evaluación de infraestructura y operación de autopistas: caso de estudio PR-22. Dimension. Año 25, Vol. 3, páginas 31-35. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
As president of the Committee to celebrate the 100 th Anniversary of UPRM, have developed the structure and plans to celebrate this important moment in our history with academic, cultural, social activities starting for the five preceding years leading to the big celebration in 2011. As co coordinator of the BEAMS project, I have set the plans in conjunction with the executive committee to implement a number of activities that will improve our student engagement leading to better academic performance from our students and improvements in their overall formation as future professionals and as citizens, concentrating in the area of better student-faculty interaction. As Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, I was instrumental in reorganizing the office and expanding its service to the University by hiring the adequate personal and using technology as well as implementing good practices of strategic planning and assessment. I attended the Foundation for the Practice of Institutional Research Institute, organized by the Association of Institutional Research (AIR), in Columbus, Ohio from July 25 through 29, 2003. I have attended the AIR Forums in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. We have presented in the Forums in 2004 2006. I was instrumental in the creation and development of the Office of Continuous Improvement and Assessment. I was a member of the Society of College and University Planners and have attended many of its annual conferences. As Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, I lead the effort to improve student engagement through the BEAMS (Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students) project. The Institute for Higher Education Policy administered this project through a grant by the Lumina Foundation. As Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, I supervised the design and construction of the new Biology Building as well as the new Business Administration Building. Presently the Museum of Art and Academic Senate and the Center for Research in Agricultural Industry are under construction. Construction of the following buildings will commence shortly: renovations of Celis and the old Business Administration buildings for administrative and faculty office use, respectively. These projects represent more that $60 million in major capital investment for our campus. The construction of the natatorium, tennis courts and racquetball courts for the Mayagüez 2010 will commence shortly under the sponsorship of the government of Puerto Rico. As the Director of the Civil Infrastructure Research Center, I helped in the transformation of the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Puerto Rico from a faculty fully dedicated to teaching to one more balanced between research and teaching. As a founding member of the Center for Professional Enrichment, I have contributed in forming an atmosphere where quality teaching is a real concern and where professors can find a space to discuss and develop the skills required to do a good job as teachers. I attended the one-week long ExCEEd Teaching Workshop sponsored by ASCE. As coordinator of the UPR/MIT Professional Development Program, I was able to prove, through practice, that the educational process is best served through interdisciplinary cooperation and the use of a real engineering project. GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED José A. Martínez Cruzado (M.S.), Helga R. Kuhlmann-Luedeke (M.S.), Victoria E. Bastidas Guzmán (M.S.), Edwin González (M.S.), Alberto Guzmán (M.S. & Ph.D.), Carlos Contreras (M.S.), Luis Daza-Duarte (Ph.D.), Edgar Rodríguez (M.S.), Edilberto Rodríguez-Morales (M.S.), Luis Moreschi (Special Graduate Project), Hector Sandino (M.S.), Abraham Medina-Vega (M.S.), Carlos Piñero (M.S.), Alberto Guzmán (Ph. D.), Leonel I. Almánzar-Micheli (Ph.D.), Ginger Rossy (M.S.), Rosana Correa (M.S.), Alberto Figueroa (M.S.), Reinaldo Guzmán (M.P.), Alexander Paz (M.S.), Adolfo Cuevas Marrero (M.E.), Francisco Maldonado Fortunet (Ph.D., Georgia Tech), Juan Carlos Cruz Luciano (M.S.), Eduardo Jiménez (M.S.), Maribell Pérez (M.E.), Silvana Tarragoza (M.S.), Betty Durán (M.E.), Josie D. Bianchi Santiago (M.E.), Javier Charón (M.E.), Teodoro Rucabado (M.E.), Edwin González (M.S.) COLLABORATORS Dr. David González Dr. Sergio L. González Dr. Sonia Bartolomei Dr. Gerson Beauchamp Dr. Jorge I. Vélez Arocho Dr. Héctor J. Huyke Dr. Francisco Maldonado Dr. Didier Valdés Dr. Nigel H. M. Wilson Dr. Carlos I. Pesquera Prof. Freya Toledo Dr. Jorge Vanegas Dr. Pedro Resto Dr. Simaan AbouRizk Dr. Anibal Sepúlveda Dr. Jorge González Dr. Anand Sharma Dr. Omar Molina Dr. José Perdomo Dr. Mildred Chaparro
Dr. Genock Portela Dr. Sandra Dika Dr. Marisol Vera Dr. Luisa Guillemard Dr. Astrid Cruz-Pol Dr. José F. Lluch Dr. Lydia M. González Dra. Anayra Santori