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Juan Carlos Piña Pardo

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My current research focuses on integrating operations research and machine learning techniques to address real-world challenges in large-scale transportation and logistics systems, with an emphasis on last-mile logistics.

Educación

  •  Doctor en Ingeniería Industrial, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2022

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Associate Full Time

    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    2022 - 2024

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    KEDGE Business School

    Bordeaux, Francia

    2025 - 2025

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Affiliate Other

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Estados Unidos

    2024 - A la fecha

  •   Visiting Lecturer Part Time

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    2026 - 2026

Premios y Distinciones

  •   2020 TSL Cross-regional Doctoral Grant

    INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society

    Estados Unidos, 2020

    This grant partially funded a research stay at MIT during my PhD studies.

  •   2020 PUCV Distinguished Teaching Award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2020

    Premio a la Docencia Distinguida PUCV en 2020.

  •   Best Paper and Presentation Award at the XIII Chilean Conference on Operations Research

    Instituto Chileno de Investigación Operativa

    Chile, 2019

    Premio al mejor paper y a la mejor presentación en OPTIMA 2019.


 

Article (7)

Designing urban distribution networks with loading and unloading zones

Palacios-Arguello, Laura; Pina-Pardo, Juan C.; Lopez, Christian Clavijo

Article ISI
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING  (2026)

Last-mile delivery with drone resupply at transshipment platforms

Pina-Pardo, Juan C.; Winkenbach, Matthias

Article ISI
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW  (2026)

The flying sidekick traveling salesman problem with multiple drops: An effective heuristic approach

Schaumann, SK; Kundu A.; Pina-Pardo, J.C.; Winkenbach M.; Gatica, RA; Wagner S.M.; Matis, TI

Article ISI SCOPUS
Computers and Industrial Engineering  (2025)

Dynamic vehicle routing problem with drone resupply for same-day delivery

Pina-Pardo, J.C.; Silva D.F.; Smith A.E.; Gatica, RA

Article ISI SCOPUS
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies  (2024)

Fleet resupply by drones for last-mile delivery

Pina-Pardo, J.C.; Silva D.F.; Smith A.E.; Gatica, RA

Article ISI SCOPUS
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH  (2024)

Design of a two-echelon last-mile delivery model

Pina-Pardo, J.C.; Moreno M.; Barros M.; Faria A.; Winkenbach M.; Janjevic M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics  (2022)

The traveling salesman problem with release dates and drone resupply

Pina-Pardo, J.C.; Silva D.F.; Smith A.E.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Computers and Operations Research  (2021)

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Ricardo Gatica

Profesor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

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Juan Piña

Assistant Professor

School of Industrial Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile