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Curriculum vitae updated · 7 October 2026

I am a civil engineer with a degree officially recognised in Spain and an MSc in Transport, Territory and Urban Planning. I am a PhD candidate at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, specialising in accessibility, territorial analysis and demand-responsive transport. I combine scientific programming, mobility data analysis and route optimisation with experience in construction and business project evaluation.

Professional experience

Researcher in transport and mobility

University of Castilla-La Mancha · Ciudad Real, Spain · Since February 2026

Development of transport models and analysis of demand, accessibility and service inefficiencies through programming and mobility data processing. Research on rural public transport and improvements based on demand-responsive services.

R&D Researcher · EsMaaS Project

UCLM · Mob&UP Research Group · April 2023 – May 2025

Analysis of access to essential services and rural mobility patterns using mobile-phone data. Territorial classification through Ward hierarchical clustering, Python and MATLAB programming, GIS analysis and OSRM routing.

Civil Engineer · Independent Projects

Cali, Colombia · 2021

Management and supervision of residential construction; drawing review, quality control support and monitoring of site works using AutoCAD and Revit.

Technical and Project Evaluation Support · Founding Member

Fundación Productivos / Productivos.org · Cali, Colombia · May 2016 – March 2019

Programming, maintenance and administration of the web platform and its databases, technical support and user assistance. Support for the assessment of business ideas and investment proposals using evaluation criteria and diagnostic tools.

Civil Engineering Intern

Constructora Bolívar · Cali, Colombia · December 2016 – June 2017

Support for the resident engineering team on housing construction sites: monitoring of activities, review of specifications and construction processes, quality control and technical documentation.

Education

PhD in Territory, Infrastructure and Environment · In progress

University of Castilla-La Mancha · 2023 – ongoing

Research on rural demand-responsive transport, accessibility and route optimisation. Ongoing work on genetic algorithms for the Dial-a-Ride Problem with time windows, applied to Campo de Montiel.

MSc in Transport, Territory and Urban Planning

Universitat Politècnica de València · Studies completed in December 2021; degree awarded in January 2022

75 ECTS. Overall grade: 7.812/10. Master’s thesis: 10/10. Development of DGIS to assess public transport accessibility, applied to Santiago de Cali.

Degree in Civil Engineering · Ingeniero Civil

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana · Cali, Colombia · 2012 – 2018

Thesis on the spatial distribution of MIO transit routes and perceived service quality in Comuna 18, Cali. Official recognition in Spain of the Colombian degree as the qualifying master’s degree for the regulated profession Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, by decision dated 9 May 2025.

Additional training and languages

  • University Expert Certificate in Technologies and Tools for Transport Digitalisation · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2025.
  • English as a Second Language · University of Calgary, 2022: two programmes of 275 hours each, 550 hours in total.
  • MATLAB Onramp, Airport Engineering and Revit Architecture.
  • Spanish: native. English: CEFR B2, self-assessed.

Tools and technical skills

  • Programming and data: Python, Pandas, GeoPandas, JupyterLab and MATLAB; mobility data processing and automation of analyses.
  • Transport and GIS: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, OSRM, Docker and PTV Visum; accessibility analysis, MaaS and demand-responsive transport.
  • Engineering and reporting: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit and Microsoft Office; technical review and communication of findings.

Software and applied research

DGIS · Accessibility analysis software

My own MATLAB tool for assessing urban and interurban public transport accessibility. Explore the software, manuals and tutorials.

Demand-responsive transport optimisation

Ongoing research on routes with time windows and genetic algorithms. I assess waiting time, travel time, costs and emissions to explore rural service alternatives. Explore the experimental trip request tool · Spanish interface.

Selected publications

Selected work in which I am a co-author.

Conference presentations

Presenter at the International Geographical Congress (Dublin, 2024), the Scientific Campus of the Spanish Transport Engineering Forum (Cercedilla, 2024), EUGEO (Barcelona, 2023) and the Spanish Transport Engineering Congress (La Laguna, 2023). Work on accessibility, rural mobility and territorial inequalities.

Browse theses, presentations and all previous entries

Contact

ingdavidramirez94@gmail.com
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