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Maite PENA ALCARAZ

Academic Background:

• 2012 - present • MIT, ESD: PhD student in Engineering Systems
• 2009 - 2010 • Comillas Pontifical University: MS in Engineering Systems
• 2005 - 2011 • Madrid Complutense University: BS in Mathematics
• 2004 - 2009 • Comillas Pontifical University: BS in Industrial Engineering

Work Experience:

• 2013 • The World Bank • Washington, DC, US
  Consultant in Africa Transport Unit
• 2006 - 2010 • Institute for Research and Technology • Madrid, Spain
  Research Assistant

Research Domain:

transportation

Research Methodology:

decision under uncertainty

Research Description:

Maite's research focuses on strategic planning of complex socio-technical systems such as transportation systems. In particular, she is doing research about capacity planning in shared railway corridors. She has experience in railway projects in North America, Europe, Africa, and South Asia.

Publications:

• Pena-Alcaraz M., Webster M., Ramos A., Sussman J., (2014). Rail Infrastructure Manager Problem: Determining Capacity Pricing and Allocation in Shared Railway Systems. Submitted to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological and presented at CESUN, 2014, New York NY
• Pena-Alcaraz M., Perez-Arriaga I., Sussman J., (2014). Capacity Pricing Schemes to Implement Open-Access Rail in Tanzania, Network Industry Quaterly, in press, and presented at 3^rd Florence Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructure, Florence, Italy
• Pena-Alcaraz M.,Webster M., (2014). An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Designing Train Timetables, Transportation Science and Logistics Workshop, 2014, Chicago IL. Working Paper.
• Pena-Alcaraz M., Carlson S.J., Archila A.F., Stein N., Sussman J., (2013). Analysis of High-Speed Rail Implementation Alternatives in the Northeast Corridor: the Role of Institutional and Technological Flexibility, TRB, 2013, Washington DC
• Sussman J., et. al (Pena-Alcaraz M.), (2013). Annotated Bibliography of Papers Relevant to High-speed Rail, Regional Economic Development and Related Areas.
• Sussman J., Archila A.F., Carlson S.J., Pena-Alcaraz M., Stein N., (2012). Transportation in the Northeast Corridor of the U.S.: A Multimodal and Intermodal Conceptual Framework, Report for JITI
• Pena-Alcaraz, M.; Fernandez, A.; Cucala, A.P.; Ramos, A.; Pechamoreau, R.R.; Optimal underground timetable design based on power flow for maximizing the use of regenerative-braking energy; Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, vol. 226, pp. 397-408, July 2012. Awarded with the K. F. Alcock RIA Memorial Prize

• Ramos, A.; Pena-Alcaraz, M; Fernandez, A.; Cucala, A.P.; Mathematical programming approach to underground timetabling problem for maximizing time synchronization. CEPADE, No. 35, pp. 88-95, June 2008