Miguel Figliozzi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 2004
M.S., The University of Texas at Austin, 1998
B.S., Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, 1993

Dr.  Figliozzi’s main research areas are transportation and logistics modeling and optimization. His current (funded) research work deals with:

  • the usage of GPS truck data to evaluate and develop freight corridor performance measures,
  • the study of climate change impacts on transportation infrastructure,
  • green fleet replacement models,
  • bus "bunching" mimization in public transportation operations
  • the impact of congestion on vehicle routing,
  • the development of algorithms for the time-dependent-stochastic  routing,
  • statewide freight modeling improvements,
  • the development of volume –speed functions for traffic assignment models, and
  • the impact of traffic flows on emissions.

Dr. Miguel Figliozzi teaches the junior transportation course and three graduate courses in optimization, modeling and freight/logistics as well as a seminar on transportation research communication. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board Network Modeling Committee and the Transportation Research Board Intermodal Terminal Design Committee. Dr. Figliozzi works in partnership with local, regional, state, and federal transportation organizations, such as Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI), METRO, TriMet, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Port of Portland, the City of Portland, and PSU Miller foundation for sustainability.

Additional areas of research include:

  • development of new freight congestion measures,
  • algorithms for vehicle routing and distribution in congested urban areas,
  • the study of the impact of toll and lane pricing on freight demand and supply chains,
  • the evaluation of the environmental impacts of freight transportation,
  • the development of alternative sustainable freight transportation options.

For more information, please visit his website at http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~maf

301D Engineering Building
1930 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, OR 97201 USA
Phone: 503-725-2836
Fax: 503-725-5950
Email: figliozzi@pdx.edu