TTI Assistant Research Scientist
Research & Implementation - El PasoTexas A&M Transportation Institute
4050 Rio Bravo Drive, Suite 212
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 521-8114 x14114
d-salgado@tti.tamu.edu
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. Salgado is an Assistant Research Scientist at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). His areas of expertise include Transportation Operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Innovative Transportation Finance. Dr. Salgado is or recently was the Principal Investigator of different projects which involve state-of-the-art funding mechanisms for transportation infrastructure and traffic cross-border operations at international Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) along the U.S.-Mexico border. Dr. Salgado experience also includes microscopic modelling, feasibility studies for the implementation of transportation systems, estimation of value of time and economic cost of delay at LPOEs, and traffic data collection and analysis.