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Keywords

Traffic Engineering, Traffic Management, Public Transport

Countries

Chile

Biography

He was born in Santiago de Chile in 1958. He is Civil Engineer from the University of Chile, Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), MSc and PhD in Transport of University of London. He has 35 years of professional and academic experience. In 1986 he began in the academic career in the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Concepción (Chile) where he founded the Transport Engineering Group. In 1992 he moved to the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Chile, becoming Head of the Transport Division. In March 2006 he joined the University of the Andes (Santiago-Chile), being Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences between 2010 and 2013. He is currently Full Professor of this academic unit. His research interests are traffic modelling, traffic engineering and management, and public transport. He has worked in more than a dozen research projects on these topics. Professionally he has worked as a free lance consultant in about forty transport engineering studies. He is author of two books, four chapters in books, more than thirty publications in journals, and seventy articles in national and international conferences.

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Employment (5)

Universidad de Los Andes: Santiago, CL

2006-03-01 to present | Professor (Faculty of Engineering & Applied Sciences)
Employment
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Los Andes: Santiago, CL

2010-11-01 to 2013-06-15 | Dean (Faculty of Engineering & Applied Sciences)
Employment
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Chile: Santiago de Chile, CL

2001-03-01 to 2006-02-28 | Head of Transport Division (Department of Civil Engineering)
Employment
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Chile: Santiago de Chile, CL

1992-03-01 to 2006-02-28 | Assistant Professor (Depatment of Civil Engineering)
Employment
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Concepción: Concepcion, CL

1986-03-01 to 1992-03-01 | Assistant Professor (Department of Civil Engineering)
Employment
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Rodrigo Fernández

Education and qualifications (5)

University College London: London, London, GB

1994-09-26 to 2001-03-07 | PhD in Transport Studies (Departament of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)
Education
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Rodrigo Fernández

University College London: London, London, GB

1989-09-01 to 1990-09-01 | MSc in Transport (Departament of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)
Education
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Rodrigo Fernández

Imperial College London: London, London, GB

1989-09-01 to 1990-03-01 | Diploma of Imperial College in Transport (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering )
Education
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Chile: Santiago de Chile, CL

1976-03-01 to 1986-03-01 | Civil Engineer (Department of Civil Engineering)
Education
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Rodrigo Fernández

Universidad de Chile: Santiago de Chile, CL

1976-03-01 to 1984-03-01 | BSc in Civil Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering)
Education
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Rodrigo Fernández

Professional activities (5)

Sociedad Chilena de Ingeniería de Transporte: Santiago, CL

1986-03-01 to present | Director
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Rodrigo Fernández

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: London, GB

2004-03-01 to 2004-06-30 | Visiting Research Fellow (Centre for Transport Studies)
Invited position
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Rodrigo Fernández

Chilean Government: Santiago, CL

1995-06-15 | Beca Presidente de la República for Postgraduate Studies Abroad
Distinction
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Rodrigo Fernández

University College London: London, London, GB

1990-09-01 | Maurice Hanson Prize to the best MSc Thesis in Transport (Centre for Transport Studies)
Distinction
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Rodrigo Fernández

British Council: London, GB

1989-03-15 | Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies in Great Britain
Distinction
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Rodrigo Fernández

Works (2)

Riots and subways, a relationship moderated by the neighborhood’s income level

Scientific Reports
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14859-7
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Rodrigo Fernández

Detecting, Tracking and Counting People Getting On/Off a Metropolitan Train Using a Standard Video Camera

Sensors
2020-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/s20216251
Contributors: SERGIO ALEJANDRO VELASTIN; Rodrigo Fernández; Jorge Ernesto Espinosa Oviedo; Pablo Zegers
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal of transportation engineering. (1)
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