Contact Dr Edgar Jimenez Perez
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754257
- Email: E.Jimenez@cranfield.ac.uk
- Blog: https://doblevia.wordpress.com/
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Areas of expertise
- Aviation Management & Operations
- Systems Engineering
Background
Edgar has a track record of over 18 years dedicated to understanding and addressing complex problems related to transport systems in academic and consulting positions. His academic career started in 2006 in the University of Ibague, in Colombia, where he obtained his BSc in Civil Engineering. While teaching and researching in areas related to highway design and traffic engineering there, he completed a Post Graduate Course in Highways and Transportation at the National University of Colombia in Manizales. At both universities Edgar studied with more attention the dynamics of conventional public transport systems in Colombian cities, their unique propositions and challenges.
The dynamics of urban mobility motivated him to pursue further education by completing an MSc in Complex Transport Infrastructure Systems at the University of Lisbon (Instituto Superior Tecnico) in the framework of the MIT Portugal Programme. Living in Europe sparked his interest for air transport as a focus area amidst the transformation in the sector, and its contribution to tourism in Portugal. It was also a great opportunity to experience first hand the benefits of developing convenient, integrated, accessible and affordable public transport. Therefore he continued his studies and obtained a PhD cum laude in Transport Systems at the University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, also within the framework of the MIT Portugal Programme. During the PhD, Edgar spent one semester as a Visiting Researcher in the Massachussets Institute of Technology. His researcher provided an opportunity to better understand the mutual effects of airline business models and operational attributes on airport infrastructure and strategic planning.
After finishing his PhD, Edgar returned to Colombia and joined the University of Ibague as professor and then Programme Director of the Civil Engineering Department. There, he rediscovered the role of infrastructure design and participative policy making in the promotion of sustainable transport. He supported the design of public policy that aimed at improving the sustainability of transport systems by directly advising the Municipality of Ibague, the RAPE Region Central, the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority - Aerocivil and the Interamerican Development Bank, amongst other organisations. He also developed different courses at postgraduate level for the National University of Colombia in Medellin and the University of Cauca. He is one of the founding members of the Academic Network on Mobility - RAM, that brings together academics working around transport issues in Colombia.
In 2018 he joined the Centre for Air Transport Management at Cranfield University, which has been, for 60 years, at the forefront of postgraduate education, consulting and research in planning and management of the air transport sector globally. Since 2022 Edgar is the Course Director of the MSc in Airport Planning and Management.
Research opportunities
My research aims to cover different aspects of the sustainability and strategic planning of integrated transport systems. I am particularly interested in the intersection of societal and technological aspects influencing our decisions on mobility and the resulting effects on human mobilities.
Current activities
Edgar Jimenez has experience in the design of public policy for transport systems and sustainability, as well as in university lecturing and research in transport systems and higher education. His research interests cover the topics of strategic airport planning, airport competition, urban mobility and integration and sustainability in transport systems.
Clients
Colombian Civil Aviation Authority (Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil)
Interamerican Development Bank
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Lu M, Perez EJ, Mason K & He Y. (2024). Fractal assessment analysis of China's air-HSR network integration. Journal of Transport Geography, 114
- Waltert M, Jimenez Perez E & Pagliari R. (2023). Flexible facility requirements for strategic planning of airport passenger terminal infrastructure. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Jimenez E, Blasco-Puyuelo J, Alcolea R, Salamanca R, Rothe H, .... (2023). Enabling real-time collaborative decision-making between airport and surface transport operations. Transportation Research Procedia, 72
- Jimenez E, Ellis D & Uyan B. (2023). Vision 2030 and prospects for network airlines in Saudi Arabia. Transportation Research Procedia, 75
- Ellis D & Jimenez E. (2022). A comparative strategic analysis of China Airlines and EVA Air. Transportation Research Procedia, 65(C)
- Waltert M, Wicki J, Jimenez Perez E & Pagliari R. (2021). Ratio-based design hour determination for airport passenger terminal facilities. Journal of Air Transport Management, 96(September)
- Jimenez E & Suau-Sanchez P. (2020). Reinterpreting the role of primary and secondary airports in low-cost carrier expansion in Europe. Journal of Transport Geography, 88
- Jimenez E, Claro J & De Sousa JP. (2013). The airport business in a competitive environment. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 13(4)
- Jimenez E, Claro J & Pinho de Sousa J. (2012). Spatial and commercial evolution of aviation networks: a case study in mainland Portugal. Journal of Transport Geography, 24
Conference Papers
- Rothe H, Jimenez E, Moxon R, Ellis D, Mujica M, .... (2022). Integrated multimodal airport operations for efficient passenger flow management: Two case studies
- Mujica Mota M, Scala P, Schultz M, Lubig D, Luo M, .... (2021). The rise of the Smart Passenger I: analysis of impact on departing passenger flow in airports
- Mujica Mota M, Scala P, Herranz R, Schultz M & Jimenez E. (2020). Creating the future airport passenger experience: IMHOTEP
- Jimenez E & Suau-Sanchez P. (2019). Identifying the true European ‘low-cost airports'
- Marquez F, Espinosa M, Pacheco J, Jimenez ER, Zuluaga JG, .... (2019). Impact of a car-free day on CO2e and PM2.5 emissions in intermediate cities – Ibagué as a case study
- Jimenez E, Claro J, Pinho de Sousa J & de Neufville R. (2017). Dynamic evolution of European airport systems in the context of Low-Cost Carriers growth
- Mota MM, Boosten G, De Bock N, Jimenez E & de Sousa JP. (2017). Simulation-based turnaround evaluation for Lelystad Airport
- Jimenez E & Rengifo D. (2016). Delivering User Information in Resource-constrained Urban Transit Systems: The Case of Ibague, Colombia
- Jimenez E, Claro J & Sousa JPD. (2014). The Airport Business in a Competitive Environment
Books
- Medina JC, Pinho de Sousa J & Jimenez Perez E. (2021). Defining and Prioritizing Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of Mobility Systems in Emerging Cities In Nathanail EG, Adamos G & Karakikes I (eds), Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems (1278). Springer International Publishing.
- Hernandez I, Lopez O, Bernal E, Jimenez E, Mazorco J, .... (2018). Ciencia con conciencia: Apagando el piloto automático y activando el piloto intencional en la cultura investigativa en América Latina In Team LAURDSP(ed.), Research strategy, culture development and doctoral support : tools and techniques for Latin American universities. LAURDS - Latin American University Research and Doctoral Support.
