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MARCELA ALONDRA CHAMORRO GINÉ

Department Director and Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Infrastructure Management, Disaster Risk and Resilience Management, Highway Engineering, Water Infrastructure Management

Educación

  •  Civil Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo. Canada, 2012
  •  Civil Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Public Policies, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2017

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - 2022

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2007

  •   Department Director and Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Minister Advisor Part Time

    Ministry of Public Works of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    2007 - 2011

  •   Technical Advisor Part Time

    DDQ Ingeniero Consultor

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2010

  •   Short term temporary assignment Part Time

    Banco Mundial

    Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2005

  •   Researcher and Lecturer Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2007

  •   Project Engineer Part Time

    Dictuc S.A.

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2007

  •   Member of the Board of Directors Other

    Council of Infrastructure Policies (CPI)

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

  •   Member of the Board of Directors Other

    International Association for Earthquake Engineering, IAEE

    Japón

    2024 - A la fecha

  •   Member of the Advisory Council Other

    COPEC UC Foundation

    Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Supervisión Postdocs
- Diana Contreras (PhD University of Salzburg, Austria) postdoc 2018 – 2019, CIGIDEN.
- Felipe Rivera (PhD UCL) postdoc 2024, CIGIDEN

Supervisión Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
- Cristina Torres (March 2015), PhD dual degree with Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Thesis: Multiobjective heuristic optimization for transportation infrastructure management. Best thesis at UC 2015, Award on Transportation Asset Management Catedra Abertis – UC, Chile (2016) and Catedra Abertis International (2016).
- Alelí Osorio (May 2015), PhD dual degree with University of Waterloo, Canada. Thesis: Development of performance models and maintenance standards of urban pavements for network management.
- María Calahorra (July 2020). PhD dual degree with University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Thesis: Development of Best-Value Procurement for improving cost and Schedule performance in highway projects. Award on Transportation Asset Management Catedra Abertis – UC, Chile (2021)
- Manuel Contreras, PhD Candidate , Gradiuation expected in July 2025.

Master Students Supervised: 8 Graduated Master of Science in Civil Engineering PUC and 10 Graduated Master in Engineering (MAC, PUC)


Difusión y Transferencia


Protección Intelectual: 1 libro protección por derecho de autor, 2 software (Siger RV y SGPUC) protección por derecho de autor, 2 Manuales de Usario softwares SIGER RV y SGPUC por derecho de autor.

Principal Investigator, Project funded by the Interamerican Development Bank “Evaluación de Término Plan de Adaptación y Mitigación de los Servicios de Infraestructura al Cambio Climático 2017-2022”/ “Final Assessment of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan for Infrastructure Services 2017-2022”, developed for the Ministry of Public Works of Chile

Principal Investigator, Project funded by The World Bank “Metodología para la estimación de contingentes para actualización de la RM N° 048-2015-EF/52”, methodology to estimate contingencies caused by extreme natural events on highway contracts of the Ministry of Transportation of Peru, Escuela de Ingeniería (June 2018- June 2020)

Principal Investigator CLAPES UC (2021-Present), Latin American Centre for Economic and Social Policies

Jurado Premio Sacyr - Centro de Innovación UC a la Innovación en Infraestructura (2017)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   MARCELA ALONDRA CHAMORRO GINE

    MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION

    Chile, 2007

    2007-2012 President of the Republic International Scholarship, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Planning of Chile.

  •   CDRI Fellow (2022-2023)

    , Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

    India, 2022

    Fellow, CDRI Fellowship Cohort 2022-2023. Project: “Managing and Financing risk for resilient rural road networks: Standards recommendations under a multihazard approach” Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure


 

Article (57)

A Community Disaster Resilience Index for Chile
Flood impact on structural response of asphalt pavement: A finite element modeling approach
Fragility curves for road embankments exposed to adjacent debris flow
Integration of resilience and risk to natural hazards into transportation asset management of road networks: A systematic review
Natural hazard risk management in the Chilean drinking water industry: Diagnosis and recommendations
SIGeR-RV: A Web-Geographic Information System-Based System for Risk Management of Road Networks Exposed to Natural Hazards
Social vulnerability in Chile: challenges for multi-scale analysis and disaster risk reduction
Traffic interruption risk induced by cut-slope failure: The rainfall effect
Land cover and potential for tsunami evacuation in rapidly growing urban areas. The case of Boca Sur (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile)
Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification of a seismic risk model for road networks
A cost-benefit approach to recover the performance of roads affected by natural disasters
Development and comparison of seismic fragility curves for bridges based on empirical and analytical approaches
Development of fragility curves for road embankments exposed to perpendicular debris flows
Estimation of Exceedance Probability of Scour on Bridges Using Reliability Principles
Importance of Noncost Criteria Weighing in Best-Value Design-Build US Highway Projects
Improving cost performance in design-bid-build road projects by mapping the reasons for cost overruns into the project phases
Seismic risk evaluation of highway tunnel groups
Analysis of roughness performance of chloride-stabilised rural roads
Review article: The spatial dimension in the assessment of urban socio-economic vulnerability related to geohazards
Structured Approach for Best-Value Evaluation Criteria: US Design-Build Highway Procurement
Sustainable Risk Management of Rural Road Networks Exposed to Natural Hazards: Application to Volcanic Lahars in Chile
Assessing the quality of service for drinking water supplies in rural settings: A synthetic index approach
Development and Application of a Sustainable Management System for Unpaved Rural Road Networks
Application of Markov chains and Monte Carlo simulations for developing pavement performance models for urban network management
Characterization of unbound and stabilized granular materials using field strains in low volume roads
Development of fragility curves for road bridges exposed to volcanic lahars
Impact of environmental assessment and budgetary restrictions in pavement maintenance decisions: Application to an urban network
Reliability-Based Estimation of Traffic Interruption Probability due to Road Waterlogging
Reliability-Based Estimation of Traffic Interruption Probability due to Road Waterlogging
Sustainable Management Framework for Transportation Assets: Application to Urban Pavement Networks
Sustainable management framework for transportation assets=> application to urban pavement networks
Concepts for modeling road asset management using agent-based simulation
Towards a sustainable optimization of pavement maintenance programs under budgetary restrictions
OPTIMAL PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS BASED ON A HYBRID GREEDY RANDOMIZED ADAPTIVE SEARCH PROCEDURE ALGORITHM
Development of a condition indicator for managing sealed rural road networks
Development of Condition Indicator for Managing Sealed Rural Road Networks
Incorporating socio-political criteria into the maintenance prioritization of Chilean urban pavement networks
Optimized Maintenance Standards for Unpaved Road Networks Based on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Skid Resistance of Magnesium Chloride Roads
Sustainable Pavement Management Integrating Economic, Technical, and Environmental Aspects in Decision Making
An Iterative Approach for the Optimization of Pavement Maintenance Management at the Network Level
Calibration and Validation of Condition Indicator for Managing Urban Pavement Networks
Current models and practices of economic and environmental evaluation for sustainable network-level pavement management
Current Models and Practices of Economic and Environmental Evaluation for Sustainable Network-Level Pavement Management
Heuristic Optimization Model for Infrastructure Asset Management
Desarrollo conceptual de un sistema integrado para el control de calidad en mediciones de resistencia al deslizamiento
Condition Performance Models for Network-Level Management of Unpaved Roads
Development and validation of a method to evaluate unpaved road condition with objective distress measures
Long-term behaviour model of skid resistance for asphalt roadway surfaces
Validation and Implementation of Ontario, Canada, Network-Level Distress Guidelines and Condition Rating
Development of a Management Framework for Rural Roads in Developing Countries Integrating Socioeconomic Impacts
Development of Distress Guidelines and Condition Rating to Improve Network Management in Ontario, Canada
Estimation of skid resistance and macrotexture thresholds
Pavement and shoulder condition models developed with expert surveys: the chilean application
Asset valuation of low-volume road networks - Application to Chilean unpaved roads
Improving cost performance in design-bid-build road projects by mapping the reasons for cost overruns into the project phases.
Optimal pavement maintenance programs based on a hybrid greedy randomized adaptive search procedure algorithm

BookWhole (1)

Gestión de Infraestructura Vial, 3era Edición

Proyecto (26)

Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales. Puente 2
Desarrollo y aplicación de un modelo de interrupción de tráfico por falla de taludes de caminos por eventos climáticos extremos
Managing and Financing risk for resilient rural road networks: Standards recommendations under a multihazard approach” Fuente de financiamiento: Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
Investigación y Desarrollo de Modelos para Cuantificar y Mitigar el Riesgo de Eventos Naturales en la Red Vial Nacional
Metodología para la evaluación del riesgo de infraestructura de producción de agua potables frente a amenazas de origen natural
Socio-economic modeling of mitigation strategies for resilient critical infrastructure: Application to drink water systems and road networks
Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales
Implementación de un Sistema de Gestión de Pavimentos Urbanos a nivel Piloto
Investigación y Desarrollo de Modelos para Cuantificar y Mitigar el Riesgo de Eventos Naturales en la Red Vial Nacional
Development of Performance Models for Network Level Management of Sealed Rural Roads
Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN)
National Research Centre for Integrated Natural Disaster Management / Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN)
Guide on the best practices for the sustainable maintenance of rural roads in developing countries
Investigación y desarrollo de soluciones a la gestión de pavimentos urbanos en Chile
Metodología para la determinación del estado de Caminos con Soluciones Básicas.
Seguimiento de pavimentos asfálticos
Development of guidelines for evaluation of the pavements on highway ramps and interchanges
Validation and implementation of MTO network level automated/semi-automated pavement distress guidelines and condition rating methodology
Improving network level pavement management through rationalization and utilization of automated/semi-automated technologies
Evaluación estructural del riesgo en puentes de importancia nacional y regional
Modelos de deterioro de caminos no pavimentados
Investigación y desarrollo de procedimientos para la medición y control de fricción superficial en pavimentos en Chile
Análisis de sensibilidad de parámetros del modelo HDM-4 y actualización de la metodología para la determinación del estado de caminos pavimentados
Desarrollo de modelos de textura y fricción superficial en pavimentos, utilizando bases de datos internacionales
Proyecto P089664 – Phase 2 “Data collection technologies for road management – Pavement data. Estudio desarrollado desde Chile para la Unidad de Transporte del Banco Mundial. Participación en Fase 1 y Fase 2 del proyecto.
Desarrollo de un nuevo servicio para evaluar digitalmente la condición superficial del pavimento

Review (1)

Resilience of critical infrastructure to natural hazards: A review focused on drinking water systems
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Nicolas Bronfman

Vicerrector Académico

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO / DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA INGENIERÍA

Santiago, Chile

5
Tomas Echaveguren

Associate Professor

Civil Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

6
Hernan de Solminihac

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Ingeniería y Gestión de la Construcción

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE - CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN

Santiago, Chile

1
JORGE QUENSE

Associate professor

Geohraphy

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY

Santiago, Chile

2
Claudio Mourgues

Profesor Asociado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Esteban Saez

Associate Professor

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Álvaro González

Assistant Professor

Construction and Management Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Jorge León

Profesor Auxiliar

Arquitectura

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaíso, Chile

2
Maria Molinos

Profesora Asociada

Ingenieria Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

6
ALELI OSORIO

Profesora Auxiliar

Departamento de Obras Civiles

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile

59
MARCELA CHAMORRO

Department Director and Associate Professor

Construction Engineering and Management

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Pamela Cisternas

Investigadora

Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres (CIGIDEN)

Santiago, Chile