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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 at the intersection of the decision making under uncertainty, the industrial organization and the public policy fields.

Publications:

  • Pena-Alcaraz, M.; Carlson, S.J.; Archila, A.F.; Stein, N.E.G.; Sussman, J.M.; Analysis of High-Speed Rail Implementation Alternatives in the Northeast Corridor: the Role of Institutional and Technological Flexibility; TRB; 2013
  • Sussman, J.M.; Archila, A.F.; Carlson, S.J.; Pena-Alcaraz, M.; Stein, N.E.G.; Transportation in the Northeast Corridor of the U.S.: A Multimodal and Intermodal Conceptual Framework; Report for Japan International Transport Institute; 2012
  • Pena-Alcaraz, M.; Webster, M.; Ramos, A.; An Approximate Dynamic Programming approach for designing train timetables; Working Paper; 2012
  • 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
  • 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

 
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