Engineering Civil

C.V.

SALVADOR (SAL) H. HERN NDEZ

*** *. ********** ***., ** Paso, Texas 79968-0516 Phone: (915) - 747-6348

E-mail: ************@****.***

C URRENT APPOINTMENT

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso

(January 15, 2010 Present)

P ROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Application of econometric and statistical methods to variety of engineering problems

Automobile and Freight demand

Highway and work zone safety

Transportation economics

Travel Behavior

Supply chain and logistics Modeling

Collaborative logistics

Facility Location

Vehicle Routing

Operations research applications and techniques

Freight transportation systems

Transit systems

Logistics systems

E DUCATION

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN

Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering, 2010

Major Area: Transportation and Infrastructure Systems

Dissertation: Modeling of Collaborative Less-Than-Truckload Carrier Freight Networks

Supervisor: Dr. Srinivas Peeta

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROVO, UT

M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003

Major Area: Transportation Engineering

Thesis: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Coordinated Ramp Meter Controls

Supervisor: Dr. Mitsuru Saito

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROVO, UT

B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001

Minor in Mathematics, December 2001

P UBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PAPERS

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., 2010. A Centralized Time-Dependent Multiple Less-Than-Truckload Carrier

Collaboration Problem. Transportation Research Board (submitted).

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., 2010. A Less-Than-Truckload Single Freight Carrier Collaboration Planning

Problem under Dynamic Capacities. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

(submitted).

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., Mannering, F., 2010. An Exploratory Analysis of the Propensity for Freight

Carrier Collaboration. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (submitted).

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S. 2010 Static Single Freight Carrier Collaboration Problem: A Network Design

Formulation. Transportmetrica (submitted).

PAPERS IN REFERRED PROCEEDINGS

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., 2010. Less-Than-Truckload Static Single Carrier Collaboration Problem. CD-

ROM. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., 2009 A Dynamic Single Freight Carrier Collaboration Problem with Holding

Costs. Forth International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, ODYSSEUS Compendium

Extended Abstracts (CD-ROM), e me, Izmir, Turkey.

Hernandez, S., Peeta, S., 2006 One Freight Carrier Collaboration Problem. Third International Workshop

on Freight Transportation and Logistics, ODYSSEUS Compendium Extended Abstracts (CDROM), Altea,

Spain.

Hernandez, S., Saito, M., Yedlin M., Neyssen, J., Sherman, S.E., 2003 Evaluating the Benefits of

Coordinated Ramp Metering Algorithms Using WATSIM, Proceedings of the Eighth International AATT

Conference, Beijing, China.

REPORTS

Saito, M., Wright, M., Hernandez, S., Neyssen, J., Sherman, S.E., 2003. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of

Coordinated Ramp Meter Controls, Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Report No-02.19.

WORKING PAPERS

Hernandez, S., and Peeta, S. (2010) Less-Than-Truckload Carrier Collaboration: Issues and Characteristics.

P RESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES

Less-Than-Truckload Static Single Carrier Collaboration Problem, Transportation Research Board of the

National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2010.

Dynamic Single Freight Carrier Collaboration Problem with Holding Costs, ODYSSEUS Conference,

e me, Izmir, Turkey, 2009.

Carrier-Carrier Collaborative Networks: A Network Design Formulation, INFORMS Annual Meeting,

Seattle, Washington, November 2007.

Effects of Load Splitting on Carrier Collaboration: A Network Design Formulation, INFORMS Annual

Meeting, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 2006.

Single Carrier Collaboration Problem, ODYSSEUS Conference, Altea, Spain, 2006.

Carrier Freight Collaboration Problem, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2005.

Evaluating the Benefits of Coordinated Ramp Metering Algorithms Using WATSIM, Eighth

International AATT Conference, Beijing, China, 2004.

C ONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND SPONSORED RESEARCH

Principle Investigator (current), El Paso Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan, funded by Texas

Department of Transportation, 2/10-12/10, $90,374

Principle Investigator (pending), An Exploratory Analysis on the Propensity for Resilient International

Collaborative Carrier Networks, submitted to UTEP s University Research Institute, 9/10-3/11, $5005

Co-Principle Investigator (pending), Leveraging Social Media to Improve Public Involvement in the

Transportation Planning Process, submitted to the Federal High Administration, 6/10-8/11, $125,368

Co-Principle Investigator (pending), Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and

Logistics Systems, submitted to U.S. Dept. of Education, 9/10 to 8/14, $416,000

Co-Principle Investigator (pending), Guidelines for Continuous and Safety Roadway Lighting, submitted

to Texas Department of Transportation, 9/10-8/12, $49,416

Co-Principle Investigator (pending), Synthesis of Operational Use of Real-Time Commercial Traffic

Routing Data, submitted to Texas Department of Transportation, 9/10-8/12, $18,895

R EVIEWER

Journals: Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transportmetrica,

Conferences: Transportation Research Board (TRB)

A WARDS, HONORS AND ACCREDITATIONS

Region V Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Student of the Year, 2008

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in conjunction with CUTC honors and recognizes

outstanding transportation engineering students through the Student of the Year award. Received the

award at the 2009 TRB conference Jan. 10-15 in D.C.

Purdue Doctoral Fellowship, Purdue University, 2003-2005

Awarded to outstanding Ph.D.-track students who will enhance the diversity of the graduate student body

in graduate programs at Purdue through their diverse backgrounds, views and experiences.

Graduate School Summer Grant, Purdue University 2006.

Awarded to support outstanding students conducting research over the summer.

Gerald I Gilbert Memorial Scholarship received every year from 2005 - 2009.

Awarded every year by the Graduate School.

Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) passed 2000

H ONOR SOCIETIES

Chi Epsilon, The National Civil Engineering Honors Society.

P ROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

T ECHNICAL SKILLS

Transportation: Transportation Systems Analysis, Urban Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering

Operations and Control, Traffic Flow Theory, Engineering Economics, Intelligent

Transportation Systems.

Optimization: Linear, Non-linear, Mixed Integer, Network Optimization, Optimization with Simulation,

Game Theory, Queuing Theory, Facility Location, Computer Algorithms for Systems

Analysis.

Statistics and Econometrics: Applied Probability, Transportation Demand and Economics, Advanced

Demand Modeling (Regression, Discrete Choice Theory and Analysis,

Sampling, Design of Experiments).

C OMPUTER SKILLS

Programming: MATLAB, C, C++.

Platforms: UNIX, DOS, Windows.

Statistical/Econometrics: Excel, LIMDEP, MiniTab.

Engineering: CPLEX, MATLAB, CORSIM, WATSIM, Synchro, AutoCad, GAMS, LP-Solve.

Documentation: Word, HTML.

O THER SKILLS

Bilingual: I write and speak English/Spanish at advanced levels.

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