David Salgado, Ph.D.

TTI Associate Research Scientist

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2020
• M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, 2012
• B.S., Forest Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2010

Short Biography

Dr. David Salgado is an Associate Transportation Researcher at TTI (Texas A&M Transportation Institute). Over the last 12 years, he has developed, managed, and implemented research in connected mobility entailing commercial and personal vehicles, and Vulnerable Road Users (VRU). Dr. Salgado develops innovative transportation applications using technology and emerging data sources to help State DOTs (Departments of Transportation) and transportation agencies. Dr. Salgado also evaluates the readiness level of state-of-the-art transportation data products.

TECHNOLOGY + DATA = TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS

Professional Interests:
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Connected Vehicle Data
- Cloud Computing
- Data Science
- Border Crossing Operations
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)