Index
- Prof. Dr. Carlos Yukio Suzuki
- Prof. Dr. Cassiano Augusto Isler
- Prof. Dr. Claudio Barbieri da Cunha
- Prof. Dr. Claudio Luiz Marte
- Prof. Dr. Denizar Blitzkow
- Prof. Dr. Diego Bogado Tomasiello
- Prof. Dr. Edvaldo Simões da Fonseca Junior
- Prof. Dr. Felipe Issa Kabbach Junior
- Prof. Dr. Flavio Guilherme Vaz de Almeida Filho
Prof. Dr. Carlos Yukio Suzuki
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Holds a Civil Construction Technology degree (specialty: Paving) from Paula Souza Center (1972), a Civil Engineering degree from the Itatiba Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering (1977), a Master’s in Transport Engineering (1985), and a Doctorate in Transport Engineering (1992), both from the University of São Paulo. Currently a professor at the University of São Paulo, his expertise lies in Transport Engineering, particularly Road Infrastructure Projects, with a focus on topography, paving, and drainage.
Prof. Dr. Cassiano Augusto Isler
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Building Technician (2001) from the Technical College of Limeira (UNICAMP) and Civil Engineer (2007) at São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC-USP). Holds Master’s (2010) and Doctorate (2015) degrees in Transport Systems Planning and Operation from EESC-USP’s Department of Transport Engineering (STT), including a sandwich doctorate (2013) at the Institute for Transport Studies (University of Leeds, UK). Currently, he is Doctor Professor in the Department of Transport Engineering at the Polytechnic School of USP (PTR-EPUSP), with teaching and research focus on urban transport, particularly travel behaviour, urban mobility modelling, and the impact of exogenous events on transport systems and individual behaviour.
Prof. Dr. Claudio Barbieri da Cunha
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Holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (1983), and a Master’s (1991) and Doctorate (1997) in Transport Engineering from the same institution, where he is now Full Professor. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Florida (USA) in Industrial and Systems Engineering (2003-2004) and was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis, as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair scholar (September-December 2023). His administrative roles at EPUSP include Head of Department (2018-2022), Deputy Head (2022-August 2023), Coordinator of the Master’s Programme in Logistics Systems Engineering (2017-2021), Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Transport Engineering (2004-2015), and Vice-President of the Postgraduate Committee in Transport Engineering (CPG) (2012-2016). Since January 2016, he has served as the Editor of Revista Transportes. His research in Transport Engineering focuses on Logistics, Transport Planning and Operation, and Freight Transport, employing mathematical modeling and algorithm development for vehicle routing and scheduling, logistics network location and design, and rail transport. His accolades include the 2014 IFORS Prize for OR in Development, the ABERTIS Brazil Chair Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in 2018 and 2020, and the 10th International Prize for Transport Infrastructure Management and Road Safety (as supervisor).
Prof. Dr. Claudio Luiz Marte
Holds a full licentiate degree in Electronics from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 1985) and an Electrical Engineering degree (specialty: Electronics) from EPUSP (1988). He earned his Master’s (1994) and Doctorate (2000) in Electrical Engineering (specialty: Digital Systems) at EPUSP. A professor in the Department of Transport Engineering (PTR) at EPUSP since 2009, his leadership experiences includes directing the Centre for Information Technology, Automation, and Mobility (CIAM) at the Institute for Technological Research of the State of São Paulo (IPT) (2004-2008). He has collaborated with ITS Brasil, the National Association of Public Transport (ANTP), and the Brazilian Association of Highway Concessionaires (ABCR). His research in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) began in 1997, with a focus on micro and macro traffic simulation models since 2015. More recently (2023), his research has extended to immersive virtual reality for new teaching and learning methodologies, combining it with traffic simulation technologies.
Prof. Dr. Denizar Blitzkow
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Holds a licentiate degree in Mathematics (1970), a Master’s degree in Geodetic Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná (1973), and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of São Paulo (1986). He was a Full Professor in Transportation Engineering at USP’s Polytechnic School until his retirement in 2012. Currently a Visiting Professor, he continues his involvement in teaching and research. His work in Geosciences emphasizes Geodesy, focusing on areas such as geoid, gravimetry, satellite positioning, Cartesian references, and altitude systems.
Prof. Dr. Diego Bogado Tomasiello
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Holds a PhD in Transport Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, including an exchange program at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Infrastructure Engineering (2019). Holds a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering from EPUSP and a degree in Cartographic Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná. Actively involved in research projects with institutions such as the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), the Federal University of ABC, the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, the World Bank, and São Paulo City Hall. Research interests encompass the intersection of transport and land use, with a focus on dynamic spatial models.
Prof. Dr. Edvaldo Simões da Fonseca Junior
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Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cartographic Engineering from the Rio de Janeiro State University (1985), a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP (EPUSP, 1996), including an internship at the University of Nottingham, England (1995), and a Doctorate in Transport Engineering from EPUSP (2002), including research at the University of Calgary, Canada (1999-2000).
Became an Associate Professor at the Department of Transport Engineering at EPUSP in 2017, with extensive experience in the field of Geodesy, focusing primarily on the following topics: GNSS, satellite positioning, geodetic networks, permanent monitoring stations, autonomous navigation, vehicle control, and monitoring of structures with geodetic instruments. Additionally, he supervises doctoral and master’s students, as well as undergraduate research projects, and also mentors secondary school students from state institutions as part of Pre-Scientific Initiation projects.
Leads an extension project aimed at the restoration and appreciation of the technical collection of topography and geodesy at the LTG – Laboratory of Topography and Geodesy of EPUSP. The project involves identifying, detailing, cataloging, preserving, and restoring items within the collection, so as to chronicle the history of both the laboratory and EPUSP itself.
Prof. Dr. Felipe Issa Kabbach Junior
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Holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (1974), and a Master’s (1985) and Doctorate (1993) in Transport Engineering from the same institution, becoming an Associate Professor in 2018. Since 1978, he has served as a professor in the Department of Transport Engineering at EPUSP, taeching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Working continuously since 1974 in the field of Civil Engineering – Transport, he has experience in Infrastructure and Urban Mobility, Highways, Urban Road Systems, Railways, Public Transport Systems, and Transport Systems Operation. Notable research contributions included a paper that received recognition from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR/UN). This submission was honored as one of the top three in the Road Safety Case Study competition held during the “First Assembly of the Network of Universities on Road Safety” in November 2013. This event showcased 38 submissions from 31 universities spanning 11 countries.
Prof. Dr. Flavio Guilherme Vaz de Almeida Filho
Lattes | Googles Scholar | flaviovaz@usp.br
Doctor Professor 1 in Spatial Information/Geodesy in the Department of Transport Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. Former postdoctoral researcher at CISLog/EPUSP, focussing on energy consumption in Brazilian freight transport for reduced greenhouse gas emissions on intermodal routes.
Holds a degree in Physics from the University of São Paulo (1994), a Master’s in Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (2000), a Doctorate in Transport Engineering – Spatial Information – from the EPUSP and a PhD in Océan, Atmosphère et Surfaces Continentales from the Université Paul Sabatier. He completed his co-tutorial doctorate in July 2009, obtaining a doctorate from both universities. Served four years as Postgraduate Programme coordinator in Transport Engineering at EPUSP. Teaches satellite positioning systems and geomatics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His areas of expertise are: Transport Engineering, Geodesy and Satellite Positioning Systems (GNSS), Telecommunications and Computer Networks, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission/mitigation studies.
Prof. Dr. Jorge Pimentel Cintra
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Doctor of Civil Engineering and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (1985), he is a Full Professor in Spatial Information (Topography, Geodesy, and Cartography) at the Polytechnic School of USP, where he delivered an inaugural lecture on the Application of Digital Cartography to Historical Cartography. Currently, he serves as Curator of the Cartographic Collections and Professor at the Paulista Museum in Ipiranga. His research focuses include the History of Cartography in Brazil, Maps and Territory, the Paths of Brazil, Digital Cartography, and Quality in Cartography. Additionally, he acts as an Associate Editor for both the Bulletin of Geodetic Sciences and the Brazilian Journal of Cartography, and is a Member and Director of the Historical and Geographical Institute of São Paulo (IHGSP).
Recipient of the Cartographic Merit Medal from the Brazilian Society of Cartography, the Centenary Medal and the Varnhagen Necklace from the IHGSP, and the Guilherme de Almeida Necklace from the São Paulo City Council, he has been bestowed with numerous honors. His research projects include: 1. The Formation of the Brazilian Territory, 2. The Cartographic Collections of the Paulista Museum, 3. Territory and Colonial Paths, and 4. The Paths of Independence.
Prof. Dr. José Tadeu Balbo
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Full Professor of Transport Infrastructure at the Polytechnic School of USP. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (1984), a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering (1990), and a Doctorate in Engineering (1993), all from the University of São Paulo. During his doctoral studies, he undertook a CAPES-funded exchange program at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland (1992-1993). He became Associate Professor in Pavement Design and Construction in 1999.
His primary research interests include concrete pavements, paving materials, pavement management, pavement mechanics and instrumentation, structural modelling of asphalt pavements, recycling of concrete pavements, and the use of alternative materials. His expertise covers urban, highway, airport, and port paving, alongside productivity and cost calculation for earthworks and paving projects. He possesses extensive experience in the instrumentation of both laboratory tests and in-situ pavements, complemented by international teaching and research experience in the field of paving.
From 2020 to 2022, he held the position of President of the Postgraduate Committee at the Polytechnic School of USP and served as a Member of the University of São Paulo’s Postgraduate Council. He is also an elected Councillor of IBRACON (Brazilian Concrete Institute).
Profa. Dra. Kamilla Vasconcelos Savasini
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Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (2002) and a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering (2004) from the Federal University of Ceará, and a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from Texas AM University (2010). Her postdoctoral research was completed at the Polytechnic School of USP (2010), where she became an Associate Professor in the Department of Transport Engineering in 2017. Currently, she leads the Paving Technology Laboratory.
Ad-Hoc consultant for the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Internationally, she coordinates RILEM’s TC PAR (‘Performance-Based Asphalt Recycling’) ‘Degree of Binder Availability’ Working Group and the TC APS (Alternative Paving Materials – Sustainability) ‘Recyclability’ Working Group. Additionally, she is a member of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) AKM20 committee on ‘Binders for Flexible Pavements’ and serves as a Director for International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP).
Her research focusses on Transport Infrastructure, particularly Paving Materials and Sustainability.
Profa. Dra. Liedi Légi Bariani Bernucci
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Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (1981), and in 1987 earned her Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the same university. As part of her master’s research, she was based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, from 1984 to 1986. She returned to ETH for a sandwich doctoral programme (1988-1989), funded by a FAPESP scholarship, completing her Doctorate in Transport Engineering at the University of São Paulo in 1995. Member of the academic staff at EPUSP since 1986, she became an Associate Professor in 2001 and a Full Professor in 2006.
Served seven years as the Head of the Department of Transport Engineering at the EPUSP until March 2014. Subsequently, she was the Vice-Dean (2014-2018) and later served as the Dean (2018-2021) at the same institution. From 2022 to 2024, she was the President Director of the Institute for Technological Research of the State of São Paulo (IPT).
Her work focusses on Transport Infrastructure, including Urban Roads, Highways, Airports, and Railways. Throughout her career, she has educated thousands of undergraduate students, supervised 28 master’s dissertations and 21 doctoral theses, co-supervised two doctoral theses, and overseen six postdoctoral researchers. She is the author of the book “Pavimentação Asfáltica: Formação Básica para Engenheiros” (Asphalt Paving: Basic Training for Engineers).
Profa. Dra. Mariana Abrantes Giannotti
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Full Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, she serves as the Main Researcher at the Centre for Metropolitan Studies (CEM – CEPID/FAPESP) and coordinates the Geoprocessing Laboratory (LabGEO/Poli – LGP/EPUSP). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Agronomic Engineering from the University of São Paulo in 1998, which included an exchange program at the University of Arizona, USA (1996). Her academic background also includes a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (2001) and a Doctorate in Spatial Information from EPUSP (2010). Her doctoral research involved an exchange period at the Laboratoire d’Informatique en Image et Systèmes d’Information (INSA – Lyon), France, from 2008 to 2009, supported by a CNPq scholarship.
Coordinates the Technology Transfer area of CEM and the Postgraduate Programme in Transport Engineering (PPGET). Her primary research interests include Spatial Data Science and its applications in analysing inequalities related to urban transport.
Prof. Dr. Mateus Humberto
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Professor of Transport Engineering (PTR) at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo and a Doctorate in Transport Systems from the University of Lisbon (MIT Portugal Program).
In addition to his academic research, he has collaborated with various civil society organizations, including Techo, apé estudos em mobilidade, WRI Cities, ITDP Brazil, WRI Brazil, Instituto Cordial, and ANTP. He has also worked with transport consultancies such as Logit, TC Urbes, and Instituto Movimento. His work primarily focusses on projects exploring the interplay between public policy and sustainable urban mobility.
His professional activities in teaching, research, and extended courses focus on transport planning, incorporating causal inference methods and mixed-methods research.
Prof. Dr. Orlando Strambi
Retired Senior Full Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. Holds a CNPq research productivity fellowship (level 1C). Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (1975) and a Doctorate in Transport Engineering (1991) from EPUSP, as well as Master’s degree in Transport Planning from Cornell University (1981). Appointed Associate Professor in Urban Transport at the University of São Paulo in 2000.
He was a full member (2007-2010) of the CNPq’s Advisory Committee for Production and Transport Engineering, representing the field of Transport Engineering. He was also a member of the CAPES Evaluation Committee for Engineering I (Civil) and as an ad-hoc advisor to CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP, FAPERJ, FAPERGS, and other research funding agencies.
He has extensive experience in the field of Transport Engineering, with an emphasis on transport planning. His work focuses primarily on topics such as transport demand analysis and modelling, mobility studies, data collection for transport planning, and public transport.
Profa. Dra. Rosângela dos Santos Motta
Lattes | Google Scholar | rosangela.motta@usp.br
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (2000), and both a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in Transport Engineering from the University of São Paulo (2005 and 2011, respectively).
Undergraduate professor at EPUSP, where she teaches the courses ‘PTR3111 – Geomatics I’, ‘PTR0101 – Topography’, ‘PTR0201 – General Topography’, ‘PTR3321 – Transport Route Design’, and ‘PTR3421 – Rail Transport’. She is also an accredited lecturer in the Postgraduate Programme in Transport Engineering (PPGET) at EPUSP, teaching the course ‘PTR5919 – Geomechanical Aspects in Railway Infrastructure’.
Coordinator of the Laboratory for Innovation in Metro-Railway Tracks (LIM), also working as a researcher at the Paving Technology Laboratory (LTP). Her experience is in the field of Civil Engineering, with an emphasis on road and railway transport infrastructure.
Within university management at EPUSP, she is currently a full member of the Congregation, the Departmental Council of Transport Engineering, and the Culture and Extension Committee, as well as an alternate member of the PPGET Coordinating Committee.
