Abertis Chair-USP awards on Transportation Engineering
On June 30, 2016 Abertis Foundation and Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo promoted the 1° Prêmio Cátedra Abertis-USP de Gestão de Infraestruturas de Transportes. The best PhD Thesis and Master thesis on Transportation Engineering during 2015 were awarded.
It is an act of the International Abertis Chairs Network – Partner of Arteris – also in Spain, France, Puerto Rico and Chile. The candidates awarded in Brazil also will participate in the International Abertis Award.
Abertis Chair in Brazil was created with the aim to promote integral formation on Transport Infrastructure management as well as the research, development and innovation in this field. Abertis award is open to students, researchers, lecturers and professionals in the field of Transportation.
Awarded works
- Ph D Thesis “Identificação e mapeamento de áreas de deslizamentos associadas a rodovias utilizando imagens de sensoriamento remoto”, Dr. Luis Augusto Manfré, diredted by Prof. Dr. José Alberto Quintanilha, from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo.
- Master thesis “Evaluation of the coarse aggregate influence in the fatigue damage using fine aggregate matrices with different maximum nominal sizes”, Mr. Reuber Arrais Freire, directed by Prof. Dra. Verônica T. F. Castelo Branco, da Universidade Federal do Ceará
- Special mention in Ph D Thesis category “Medidas de desempenho para avaliação da qualidade de serviço em rodovias de pista simples no Brasil”, Dr. José Elievam Bessa Júnior, directed by Prof. Dr. José Reynaldo Anselmo Setti, de la Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos da Universidade de São Paulo
- Special mention in Master Thesis category “Análise de percepção da sinalização vertical por parte do condutor, utilizando ambientes simulados de direção: um estudo de caso na Rodovia BR-116”, Mr. Miguel Andres Castilho Rangel, directed by Prof. Dra. Ana Paula Camargo Larocca, de la Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos da Universidade de São Paulo.