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Dr. Mesa-Arango heads the Transportation Engineering branch for the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. He is an expert in freight logistics and transportation network modeling with a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Dr. Mesa-Arango has multiple publications in top transportation research journals, presentations in recognized conferences, and several awards. He has research experience and interest in areas related to mathematical programming, simulations, networks, algorithm design, behavioral modeling, traffic assignment, disaster management, transportation economics, and transportation planning.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD), 2015. Purdue University, West Lafayette IN. Transportation Engineering and Infrastructure Systems, Civil Engineering.
MASTER OF ENGINEERING (ME), 2009. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Civil Engineering.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS), 2006. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. Civil Engineering.
Member of Chi-Epsilon, The civil engineering honor society. April. 2016.
Chi-Epsilon Chapter at Florida Tech. Faculty Advisor. 2017.
Civil Engineering Best Dissertation Award (Spring/Summer 2015) for Ph.D. dissertation. Purdue University. Nov. 2015.
Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award. Outstanding Graduate Student in Transportation Engineering. Civil Engineering Purdue University. Sept. 2014.
International Road Federation (IRF). Executive Fellow. Jan. 2014.
Paper selected for Podium Presentation in the 20th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT20), Noordwijk – Netherlands. Dec. 2012.
CVE 4060 - Transportation Engineering.
CVE 4000 - Engineering Economy and Planning.
CVE 5062 - Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis.
CVE 5064 - Transportation Planning.
MGT 5069 - Advanced Techniques in Supply Chain Management.
Impacts of freight transportation improvements in economic competitiveness.
Mode choice in freight transportation.
Statistical analysis of transportation and trade networks.
PhD Dissertation: Algorithms for Bundling and Pricing Trucking Services: Deterministic and Stochastic Approaches. Purdue University, May 2015.
Master’s Thesis: A discrete-continuous model for shipment size and truck type in Colombian roads. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellin), May 2009.
Mesa-Arango, R., Valencia-Alaix, V.G., Pineda-Mendez, and R.A., Eissa, T. “Influence of Socioeconomic Conditions in Crash Injury Severity for an Urban Area in a Developing Country.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board – Developing Countries. Available online https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118758684, 2018.
Mesa-Arango, R., Narayanan, B., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “The Impact of International Crises on Maritime Transportation Based Global Value Chains.” Networks and Spatial Economics. Available online https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-017-9377-7, 2017.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Minimum Cost Flow Problem Formulation for the Static Vehicle Allocation Problem with Stochastic Lane Demand in Truckload Strategic Planning.” Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. Vol. 13, No. 10, 2017, pp. 893-914.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Kumar, I. Hierarchical Value Chains Encompassing Freight Transportation and Logistics Sectors in the United States: Network Analysis Approach. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board - Freight Systems. Vol. 2609, 2017, pp 1-10.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. Pricing and Demand Segmentation of Bids in Less-Than-Truckload Combinatorial Auctions. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board - Network Modeling, Vol. 2567, 2016, pp. 28-37.
Ukkusuri, S. V., Mesa-Arango, R., Narayanan, B., A. M. Sadri, Qian, X. “Evolution of the Commonwealth Trade Network: Hubs, Criticality and Global Value Chains.” International Trade Working Paper 2016/07, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2016.
Mesa-Arango, R., Zhan, X., Ukkusuri, S. V., and Mitra, A. “Direct Transportation Economic Impacts of Highway Network Disruptions Using Public Data from the United States.” Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 2016, Vol. 8, pp. 36-55.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Demand Clustering in Freight Logistics Networks”. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 81, 2015, pp. 142-158.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Attributes Driving the Selection of Trucking Services and the Quantification of the Shipper's Willingness to Pay”. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 71, 2014, pp. 142-158.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Benefits of In-Vehicle Consolidation in Less than Truckload Freight Transportation Operations.” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 60, 2013, pp. 113-125.
Mesa-Arango, R., Ukkusuri, S. V., and Sarmiento, I. “Network Flow Methodology for Estimating Empty Trips in Freight Transportation Models.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2378, 2013, pp. 110-119.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Modeling the Car-Truck Interaction in a System Optimal Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation System, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2014, pp. 327-338.
Hasan, S., Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “A Random-Parameter Hazard-Based Model to Understand Household Evacuation Timing Behavior.” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 27, 2013, pp. 108-116.
Mesa-Arango, R., Hasan, S. Ukkusuri, S. V. and Murray-Tuite, P. “Household-Level Model for Hurricane Evacuation Destination Type Choice Using Hurricane Ivan Data.” Natural Hazards Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2013, pp. 11-20.
Hasan, S., Mesa-Arango, R. Ukkusuri, S. V. and Murray-Tuite, P. “Transferability of Hurricane Evacuation Choice Model: Joint Model Estimation Combining Multiple Data Sources.” ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 138, No. 5, 2012, pp. 548-556.
Mesa-Arango, R., Valencia-Alaix, V.G., Pineda-Mendez, R.A., Eissa, T. “Influence of Socioeconomic Conditions in Crash Injury Severity for an Urban Area in a Developing Country.” 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2018, Paper 18-04655.
Valencia-Alaix, V.G., Mesa-Arango, R., Pineda-Mendez, R.A., Eissa, T. “Modelo Econométrico de Seguridad Vial Para Medellin (Econometric Model for Traffic Safety in Medellin)”. XII Congreso Colombiano de Transporte y Transito (XII Colombian Congress on Transportation and Traffic). 2017. Paper R7112.
Mesa-Arango, R., Fabregas, A. “Traffic Impact of Automated Truck Platoons in Highway Exits.” Proceedingss of the Aiit International Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Systems (Tis 2017), Rome, Italy, 10-12 April 2017, pp. 811–818.
Mesa-Arango, R., Kumar, I. Hierarchical Value Chains Encompassing Freight Transportation and Logistics Sectors in the United States: Network Analysis Approach. 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2017, Paper 17-01055.
Mesa-Arango, R., Fabregas, A. Impacts of Automated Truck Platoons on Travel Time and Reliability at Freeway Diverge Areas. 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2017, Paper 17-06470.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Pricing and Segmentation of Stochastic Demand in Truckload Combinatorial Bids.” 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2016, Paper 16-2100.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Pricing and Segmentation of Stochastic Demand in Less-Than-Truckload Combinatorial Bids.” 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2016, Paper 16-2656.
Mesa-Arango, R., Narayanan, B., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “The Impact of International Crises on Maritime Transportation Based Global Value Chains.” 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2015, Paper 15-4328.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Pricing and Demand Segmentation of Bids in Truckload Combinatorial Auctions.” 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2015, Paper 15-4291.
Mesa-Arango, R., and Ukkusuri, S. V. “Benefits of In-Vehicle Consolidation in Less than Truckload Freight Transportation Operations.” 20th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT20). Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 80, 2013, pp. 576-590.
Mesa-Arango, R., Ukkusuri, S. V., and Sarmiento, I. “Network Flow Methodology for Estimating Empty Trips in Freight Transportation Models.” 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Compendium of Papers, 2013, Paper 13-4684.
Ukkusuri, S. V., Hasan, S., Mesa-Arango, R. and Doan, K. Integrating Behavioral Models in an Agent Based Model for Hurricane Evacuation. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Hong Kong, 2011, 14 pages.

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