The 3rd Abertis International Prize for Transport Infrastructure Management was awarded in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Dr. Aida Calviño Martínez, in the category of doctoral thesis, for her work entitled “Algunas herramientas estadísticas y matemáticas para la modelización del tráfico“. In the category of dissertations and final or master’s theses, the winner was Pierre-Antoine Laharotte, for his work, “Analyse de l’apport des donnees Bluetooth pour la caracterisation du traffic. Traitement du reseau semi urbain of Brisbane“. They were both winners of the national prizes awarded by the Abertis Chair in Spain and France respectively.
The International Prize is awarded annually by the Abertis Academic Chair to single out the best works selected from among the finalists of the national editions of the prize in Puerto Rico, Chile, Spain, Brazil and France.
The Prize was awarded at the University of Puerto Rico and the ceremony was attended by Abertis’ Chief Executive Officer, Francisco Reynés; the director of the Abertis Academic Chair in Puerto Rico, Dr. Benjamin Colucci; the Director of Puerto Rico University, Dr. Uroyoán Walker; and Francesc Robusté, Director of the Abertis Academic Chair in Spain.
The Abertis Prizes awarded in each country have an economic endowment of €10,000Mn (USD13,578) in the thesis category and €4,000 (USD 5,431) in the dissertation category. Work is assessed by a panel of experts in the different fields of engineering and transport infrastructure.
Students from Puerto Rico competed for the first time this year. The winners of the first edition were Dr. Luis E. Zapata Orduz, in the category of doctoral thesis, for his work “Rheological and Mechanical Characterization of Portland Cement Mixes Containing Micro and Nano Amorphous Silica Particles” and Yeritza Pérez Pérez, for her master’s thesis entitled “Desarrollo de una Aplicación de Apoyo para Toma de Decisiones en el Análisis de ‘Value for Money’ para Proyectos de Autopistas en Puerto Rico”.
International Network of Abertis Academic Chairs
The international scope of the Abertis Academic Chair, created in 2003, is continually growing and underpins the Company’s commitment to the academic community, contributing to research on the impact of large works in different regions, thereby improving the quality of life of their inhabitants.
The International Network of Abertis Academic Chairs extends to Spain, France, Puerto Rico, Chile and Brazil, and works in collaboration with the following universities: Universitat Politècnica of Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (Barcelona, Spain); IFSTTAR, École des Ponts–Paris Tech, Fondation des Ponts, (Paris, France); University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico); University of Chile (Santiago, Chile); and University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil).
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