Jose Holguin-Veras

Jose Holguin-Veras is the William H. Hart Professor, Director of the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment, and Head of the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Center of Excellence on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a graduate of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the Central University of Venezuela, and the University of Texas at Austin.

José Holguín-Veras
Born
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Spouse(s)Teresa Holguin
AwardsFellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
Scientific career
FieldsCivil Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Economics
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, City College of New York
Academic advisorsC. Michael Walton

In 2013, Holguin-Veras received the White House Champion of Change Award for his contributions to freight transportation and disaster response.[1] In 2014, he was elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers [2]. Holguin-Veras was the leader of the team behind the "New York City Off-Hour Deliveries" project, which in 2017 became a finalist in the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences Franz Edelman Award Competition [3]. Dr. Holguin-Veras has been named an Edelman Fellow in the Class of 2017 [4]. He is a specialist in urban freight systems.[5]


References
  1. "William H. Hart Chair Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering". Faculty.rpi.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "Professor Jose Holguín-Veras Elected Fellow of ASCE". News.rpi.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "The New York City Off-Hours Deliveries Project: A Business and Community-Friendly Sustainability Program". INFORMS. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. "Franz Edelman Academy: Class of 2017". INFORMS. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. "New Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems". News.rpi.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2018.



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