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Cesar A. Quiroga, Ph.D., P.E.

Cesar A. Quiroga, Ph.D., P.E.

Research Engineer
Program Manager
Infrastructure Management Program
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3500 NW Loop 410, Suite 315
San Antonio, TX 78229
ph. (210) 731-9938 Ext. 28 · fax (210) 731-8904
c-quiroga@tamu.edu
Homepage: http://ttiresearch.tamu.edu/c-quiroga

Short Biography

Dr. Cesar Quiroga is a Research Engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute. At TTI, he manages the Infrastructure Management Program, which he created to conduct leading-edge research and technology transfer in areas related to data modeling, data exchange and integration, and optimization of business processes to address pressing transportation infrastructure management needs. Dr. Quiroga is a multifaceted researcher who has made numerous contributions in critical transportation areas such as utilities, right of way, GIS, GPS, and ITS. His contributions include other infrastructure management areas such as freight and bridge information management. His professional experience, which spans more than 25 years, also includes several years of surface hydrology and hydraulic engineering work as well as construction supervision.

Dr. Quiroga has been with TTI since 1998. Before joining TTI, he worked at the Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory at Louisiana State University. He also worked as a consultant in the private sector. Dr. Quiroga's work has received funding from a variety of agencies and programs, including NCHRP, SHRP 2, NCFRP, TxDOT, SWUTC, and LTRC.

Dr. Quiroga has led numerous studies, several of which have attracted national and international attention. Worth noting is the work on the inventory and permitting of utility facilities on transportation infrastructure rights of way, where he led the development of an Internet/GIS-based system that automates the permitting, inspection, and submission of documents, including construction and as-built drawings and other related documentation. This system is currently in operation at TxDOT and has received considerable attention nationwide. Dr. Quiroga also led a study that developed a framework for the development of construction specifications and unit costs for utility installations. More recently, Dr. Quiroga was invited to participate in an international scan sponsored by FHWA, AASHTO, and NCHRP, where he accompanied a team of experts from FHWA, state DOTs, and private industry to Australia and Canada to learn about innovative practices on right of way and utilities. He also led a project that produced an innovative architecture for the management of right of way parcels and related property right information and documents. Also worth noting is a prototype GIS-based architecture for the management of engineering documentation during the project development process and a prototype GIS-based data model for managing large amounts of data layers used for the transportation planning process.

In the area of GPS applications in transportation, Dr. Quiroga has led the development of software applications that automate and facilitate the processing, reporting, and analysis of vast amounts of raw GPS data collected to measure travel times, speeds, and other related trip information. His algorithms also enable the calculation of a variety of delay measures, including control delay, approach delay, and stopped delay. He has overseen the development of GPS-based procedures and coordinated the collection and processing of travel time data at a variety of locations, primarily in Texas and Louisiana.

Dr. Quiroga is an active member of numerous professional organizations. At TRB, he is currently the Secretary of the Utilities Committee (AFB70) and the Secretary of the Geographic Information Science and Applications Committee (ABJ60). At ASCE, he is a Charter Member of the Transportation and Development Institute and a Member of the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data Standards Subcommittee (ASCE CI/38-09). He is also a member of ITE.

Dr. Quiroga has received several awards, including an FHWA utility outstanding achievement award (2006), a TxDOT top research innovation and finding award (2002), an ITE Southern District best technical paper award-honorable mention (1996), and a Fulbright scholarship in 1984. He is also listed on Who's Who in America.

Professional Interests

Intelligent transportation systems

Geographic information systems

Global Positioning System

Traffic simulation

Congestion management systems

Database management systems

Asset management

Border regions

Public utilities

Travel time

Operations

Education

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1997.

M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1986.

Ingeniero Civil, Civil Engineering, Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, 1982.

Experience

Research Engineer, Infrastructure Management Program, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2007 - Present.

Program Manager, Infrastructure Management Program, Texas Transportation Institute, March 2006 - Present.

Associate Research Engineer, Infrastructure Management Program, Texas Transportation Institute, April 2001 - August 2007.

Assistant Research Engineer, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas Transportation Institute, July 1998 - March 2001.

Research Associate, Louisiana State University, November 1995 - July 1998.

Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University, August 1993 - November 1995.

Principal Engineer/Specialist, Hidroestudios, S.A., November 1990 - July 1992.

Principal Engineer/Project Engineer, Consultores Civiles e Hidraulicos, Ltda., June 1988 - November 1990.

Instructor/Researcher, Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, July 1982 - June 1988.

Project Engineer, Hidroestudios, Ltda., July 1983 - July 1984.

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, Registration No. 84274.

Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana, Registration No. 27669.

Ingeniero Civil in Colombia, Registration No. 2520209404CND.

Affiliations

Member, Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), Texas Chapter.

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

Reviewer, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Geographic Information Framework Data.

Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Committee on Utilities, 2003 - Present.

Charter Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2002 - Present.

Transportation, Contents Standards for, 2002 - 2003.

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Transportation Safety Council, 2002 - Present.

Honors/Awards

Utility Outstanding Achievement Award, Federal Highway Administration, 2006.

Top Research Innovation and Finding, Texas Department of Transportation, 2002.

Who's Who in America, Marquis, 2001.

Best Technical Paper Award-Honorable Mention, Institute of Transportation Engineers Southern District, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1996.

Graduate School Tuition Award, Louisiana State University, 1992.

Fulbright Scholarship, U.S. Information Agency, 1984.

Undergraduate Engineering Award, Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos, 1979.

Academic Courses Taught

Transportation Systems. University of Texas at San Antonio, Spring 1999.

Statics. Louisiana State University, Fall 1993.

Building Water Supply and Waste Water Systems. Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Spring 1988.

Open-Channel Hydraulics. Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Spring 1988, Fall 1987.

Fluid Mechanics. Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Spring 1987, Fall 1986, Spring 1984.

Pipe Hydraulics. Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Fall 1987, Fall 1986.

Introduction to Physics. Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Spring 1984, Fall 1982.

Selected Publications

C.A. Quiroga, E. Kraus, N.A. Koncz, S. Lyle, Y. Li. Right of Way Real Property Asset Management - Prototype Data Architecture. 0-5788-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2009.

C.A. Quiroga, Y. Li, N.A. Koncz, J.H. Overman. Analysis and Integration of Spatial Data for Transportation Planning. Technical Report. 0-5696-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. June 2009.

E. Kraus, C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz, H. Dawood. Development of a Utility Conflict Management System. Research Report. 0-5475-4. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2009.

C.A. Quiroga, Y. Li, J.T. Le, E. Kraus. Utility Installation Review System - Implementation Report. Implementation Report. 5-2110-03-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2009.

C.A. Quiroga, J.T. Le, Y. Li, E. Kraus. Utility Installation Review (UIR) System Installation and Configuration Manual and User Manual. Research Report. 5-2110-03-P3. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz. Engineering Design Data Management - Recommendations for Engineering Processes. Research Report. 0-5246-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, Y. Li, J.T. Le. Utility Installation Review (UIR) System Training Materials. Implementation Report. 5-2110-03-P2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. November 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz. Engineering Design Data Management - Practices and Framework Development. Research Report. 0-5246-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz. Prototype Engineering Data Management Processes and Procedures. Research Report. 0-5246-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz. Prototype Engineering Process Integration with the GAIP GIS Architecture. Research Report. 0-5246-P2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, K. Hamad, E. Kraus. Inventory of Utilities-Summary Report. Research Report. 5-2110-01-4. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2008.

C.A. Quiroga, D.N. Ford, T.R. Taylor, S. Kranc, E. Park. Standardization of Special Provisions and Determination of Unit Costs for Utility Installations. Research Report. 0-4998-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

C.A. Quiroga, N.A. Koncz, E. Kraus, J.T. Le, K. Hamad, R. Rajbhandari. Data Model and Guidelines for Managing Engineering Design Data in a GIS Environment. PSR. 0-5246-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2007.

C.A. Quiroga, D. Ford, T.R. Taylor, S. Kranc, E. Kraus, E. Park. Specification Framework for Communication Utilities and Estimation of Utility Adjustment Costs. Research Report. 0-4998-3. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2007.

C.A. Quiroga, S. Kranc, D. Ford, E. Kraus, T.R. Taylor. A Unit Cost and Construction Specification Framework for Utility Installations. Research Report. 0-4998-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2007.

C.A. Quiroga, S. Kranc, D. Ford, E. Kraus, T.R. Taylor. Construction Specification Requirements for Water and Sanitary Sewer Installations. Research Report. 0-4998-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2007.

C.A. Quiroga, K. Hamad, R.E. Brydia, R. Rajbhandari, R.J. Benz, S.R. Sunkari. Transportation Operations Data Needs and Recommendations for Implementation. Research Report. 0-5257-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2007.

E. Kraus, C.A. Quiroga, R.M. Brown, C.R. Stevens, N.A. Koncz. Development of a Utility Conflict Management Tool. Research Report. 0-5475-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2007.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord, D.L. Jasek. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicles: Final Report. Technical Report. 0-4663-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2006.

E. Kraus, C.A. Quiroga, R.M. Brown, C.R. Stevens, N.A. Koncz. Utility Accommodation and Conflict Tracker (UACT): Alpha Version. Product. 0-5475-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2006.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicles: Truck Facility Guidebook. Product. 0-4663-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2006.

C.A. Quiroga, K. Hamad, E. Kraus, E. Park, R.J. Pina. Using Archived ITS Data to Optimize Incident Detection and Management. PSR. 0-4745-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2005.

C.A. Quiroga, K. Hamad, E. Park. Incident Evaluation Procedures and Implementation Requirements. Technical Report. 0-4745-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2005.

C.A. Quiroga, K. Hamad, E. Park. Incident Detection Optimization and Data Quality Control. Technical Report. 0-4745-3. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2005.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicle Traffic. PSR. 0-4663-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. August 2005.

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