Overview

Francesc Soriguera Martí
Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering

HIGHLIGHTS

Associate Professor of Transportation since 2016. (Assistant Professor between 2007-2016)
Coordinator or the Master Program on Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility. UPC – BarcelonaTech (since 2016).
Head of traffic research division at CENIT (Center for Innovation in Transport, 2008-2012).
20 papers in indexed journals (15 as 1st autor; 11 in 1st quartile Impact Factor journals)
Director of 3 PhD thesis and advisor of 38 graduate theses.
Lead researcher in three projects belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Research Plan (2013-15; 2016-19; 2020-23).
16 research contracts with private companies and public institutions.
Reviewer for the Spanish National Research Commission, for the ETH Zurich Research Commission, for the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) and for several high impact SCI journals: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, IEEE Transactions on ITS, Transportation Research – Part C, Journal of Intelligent Transportation and Transportation Science, among others.

AWARDS

7 research awards and 6 honorable mentions / finalist positions for research works under F. Soriguera direction.
2015. Recipient of a mobility fellowship under the NILS Science and Sustainability Programme for Individual Mobility (ABEL‐IM‐2014B)
2014. Finalist in the Young Researcher of the Year 2014 Award. International Transport Forum (OECD).
2013. Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award. UPC–BarcelonaTech.
2012. II Young Researcher Award. X Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte. Best paper presented by researchers under 35 years old.
2011. VIII Abertis Prize Winner. Best 2010 Doctoral Thesis in the field of transportation infrastructure management.

EDUCATION

Visiting researcher position (2015) at TØI, Institute of Transportation Economics – Norwegian Center for Transport Research, Oslo, Norway.
Two visiting scholar appointments at the University of California at Berkeley (USA), hosted by Prof. Carlos Daganzo (2007) and Prof. Michael Cassidy (2012).
PhD in Civil Engineering. UPC-BarcelonaTech (2010)
Postgraduate diplomas in Port Operations, Public Works Management and Private Management of Infrastructures (2005-2006)
MEng in Civil Engineering. UPC-BarcelonaTech (2004)

Research interests: traffic analysis and management, improvement of urban mobility and optimization of transportation operations
20 papers in indexed journals (15 as 1st autor; 11 in 1st quartile Impact Factor journals)
1 Monograph (published in Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic)
2 book collaborations / chapters (one edited by OECD publishing)
3 PhD thesis & 38 Master thesis directed
38 publications in conference proceedings
Over 60 participations in research conferences, seminars, courses and invited talks, both at national and international levels.
and 24 media collaborations

Transportation [Degree in Civil Engineering, 6th Semester, Core subject]
Urban Mobility [Master in Civil Engineering; 3rd Semester; Optional]
Operations in Transportation [Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility, 1st Semester, Core subject]
Traffic [Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility, 2nd Semester, Core subject for major in Transport and Mobility]

Francesc Soriguera website