Areas of expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Research Associate
MIT Portugal Program, working with P. Christopher Zegras (MIT, Department of Urban Studies and Planning) and Marianne Hatzopoulou (McGill, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics): SOTUR Project (Strategic Options for Integrating Transportation Innovations and Urban Revitalization Details)
• Policy evaluation in metropolitan Lisbon through UrbanSim and TransCAD modeling
• Report organization and write-up
McGill University, Research Assistant
Research in the field of transportation with Luis F. Miranda-Moreno (McGill, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics) and Ahmed El-Geneidy (McGill, School of Urban Planning). Activities include:
• Speed limit reduction evaluation with CIMA+ for the City of Montréal
• Development of an interaction-based index of land use mix
• Study with CIMA+ for the City of Montréal on accident reduction measures
• Investigations of the relationship between the built environment and transportation outcomes (distance traveled, GHG emissions, active transportation choice)
Transportation Research at McGill, Archive Administrator
Web-development, construction, and maintenance of a GIS database focused on, but not restricted to, transportation-related data.
McGill University, Teaching Assistant
Creating and teaching ArcGIS and TransCAD tutorials for:
• CIVE 540: Urban Transportation Planning
• CIVE 546: Road and Rail Safety Analysis
McGill University, Masters, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Focus in transportation engineering, thesis written on representations of built environment as related to travel behavior
McGill University, Bachelors, Geography (Urban Systems)
Honors thesis conducted on access to downtown Montréal by public transportation
