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Denis Schweizer, PhD

Professor, Finance


Denis Schweizer, PhD
Office: S-MB 11305  
John Molson Building,
1450 Guy
Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 2926
Email: denis.schweizer@concordia.ca
Website(s): SSRN
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Education

Doctorate (European Business School)

Professor Dr. Denis Schweizer studied business administration at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main.  In April 2008 he completed a doctorate at European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel with a thesis entitled “Selected Essays on Alternative Investments.”  During his doctorate, he worked as research assistant at the PFI Private Finance Institute/ EBS Finance Academy in Oestrich-Winkel and was responsible for the conception of executive education programs.  Furthermore, he gained teaching experience as he regularly held trainings in executive education.  During this time he was awarded the titles of Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP).  In August 2008 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Alternative Investments at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.  From September 2011 until January 2012, he was a visiting scholar at New York University, USA.  In August 2014 he was appointed as Associate Professor at Concordia University John Molson School of Business and was promoted to Full Professor in 2020 and is a Research Fellow at the Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

Denis Schweizer is the Director of the Desjardins Centre for Innovation in Business Finance. From June 2016 to June 2019, he was appointed as director of the Van Berkom Small-Cap Investment Management Program (VBIMP).  During his tenure, the $1m investment fund (invested in a North American small-cap stock portfolio) outperformed its benchmark by ~40% (simple alpha based on invested capital) for the 2017-2018 period.  He held the Manulife Professorship in Financial Planning from 2015 to 2021. 

Since 2011, he has published numerous articles in leading journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Journal of Business Ethics, among others.  He is an Associate Editor of Finance Research Letters, an editorial review board member of Small Business Economics and of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and has been a guest editor for numerous special issues (e.g., for Journal of Corporate Finance) as well.  His research outputs have received a number of academic best paper and recognition awards, such as the 2021 Helena Yli-Renko Research Impact Award for the highest citations in the five years following publication, sponsored by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the USC Marshall School of Business, and the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Research Price.  His innovative research ideas received multiple competitive research grants from e.g. the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Education of Good Governance Fund of Autorité des Marchés Financiers of about $1,000,000.  Denis Schweizer is teaching at all university levels including BSc, MSc, MBA, and PhD-level as well as in executive education programs.  His teaching excellence was recognized with four WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management best teacher awards.

Areas of expertise

  • Alternative Investments
  • Blockchain
  • Chinese Capital Markets
  • Crowdfunding
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Commodities
  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Fintech
  • Fraud
  • Hedge Funds
  • Insider Trading
  • Initial Coin Offerings
  • Innovation
  • Rare Earth Material
  • Real Estate
  • Risk Management
  • Venture Capital


Research activities

Research

  • Pavement Engineering: Pervious Pavements, Chipsealed Roads, HMA, Airport Pavements, Low volume roads.
  • Pavement Performance Modeling
  • Road Safety and Highway Planning including Roadway Lighting
  • Land Use and Transport Modeling for Transportation Asset Management
  • Road Management Systems: Soft-computing techniques for clustering homogeneous groups and learning treatment effectiveness
  • Civil Infrastructure Management Systems: Spatial-Temporal Coordination of Activities and Re-optimization
  • Optimization Techniques for Multi-objective Across-Assets Management Systems
  • Bayesian Statistics and Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation for Reliability-based performance modeling (safety, deterioration, mobility, accessibility)
  • R-studio applications for Transportation Management
  • Multimodal Trip Generation
  • Public transport accessibility
  • Policy Analysis: Funding Civil Infrastructure, Infrastructure and Economic Development
  • Incorporing Natural Hazard Vulnerability into Road Management Systems

Current grants and research contracts



  • Principal Investigator, Trip Generation and Parking Rates, 2017-2020
  • Principal Investigator ( 3 researchers), Road safety and lighting evaluation, Road Safety Research Program, FQRNT-MTQ-FRSQ, 127500$, 2012-2015
  • Principal investigator on the Study of Land use and Transport modeling for Transportation Asset Management, Discovery Grant, NSERC, 115000$, 2012-2017
  • Principal Investigator on the connection of Road Safety and Road management systems. Start-up, Concordia University, $50,000 (2010-2012)
  • Principal Investigator. Infrastructure Management Systems for the Town of Kindersley, $20,000 (2011-2012)


Publications

Books

Amador Jimenez, L, 2016. Civil Engineering Systems Analysis. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis). England.
http://www.amazon.ca/Civil-Engineering-Systems-Analysis-Amador-Jimenez/dp/1482260794/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-1&keywords=amador jimenez

Aldulaimi, M. and Amador Jimenez, L. 2015. A Method to Calibrate Roadway Lighting Warrants and Levels with Crash History. Scholars' Press. Germany
http://www.amazon.ca/Calibrate-Roadway-Lighting-Warrants-History/dp/363976871X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-2&keywords=amador jimenez

Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Pavement Deterioration Modeling: Capturing Uncertainty and practical applications. Paperback. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-3659157882. Germany.
http://www.amazon.ca/Pavement-Deterioration-Modeling-Esteban-Jimenez/dp/3659157880/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-3&keywords=amador jimenez

Articles in refereed publications

1.       Zareie, A., Amin,M.S.R., and Amador, L.E. 2015. Thornthwaite Moisture Index Modeling to Estimatethe Implication of Climate Change on Pavement Deterioration. Journal ofTransportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering. [In press]

2.       Amin, M.S.R., andAmador, L.E. 2015. Travel demand modeling to simulate traffic loads forpavement deterioration curves: dealing with aggregate data at urban andregional scales. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering [CJCE-2015-0295 R1].

3.       Amin, M.S.R., andAmador, L.E. 2014. The Multi-criteria based Pavement Management System forRegional Road Network of Atlantic Provinces of Canada. International Journal ofPavements, Volume 13 Number 1-2-3 January-May-September 2014 [In Press].

4.       Amin, M.S.R.*, Zareie, A.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2014. Climatechange modeling and the weather related road accidents in Canada. Transportation Research Part D: Transportand Environment. Vol.32 pp.171-183 [IF=1.626]

5.       Amin,M. S. R.*,Amador, L. 2014. “Discussion on Road Infrastructure ManagementPractices”. Accepted for publication on the Journalof Infrastructure Asset Management.

6.       Nabavi, M.*, Saunier, Nξ, Miranda-Moreno, Lξ.,and Amador, L. 2014. A method for roadlighting audit and safety screening. Transportation Research Record, Journal of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, No.2458.pp.27-36. [IF=0.482]

7.       Amador Jimenez, L.and Willis, Cξ. 2013. Demonstrating a Correlation between the Maturity ofRoad Safety Practices and Road Safety Incidents. Traffic Injury prevention. [IF.1.75]

8.       Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2013. Integrationof Alternating Heuristic Algorithm and Geographic Information System forOptimal Allocation of Open Spaces. In press, InternationalJournal of the Constructed Environment.

9.       Faghih-Imani, A.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2013. Towards a sustainable Pavement Management: Incorporation ofEnvironmental Impacts of Pavement Treatments into a performance-basedoptimization”. Accepted for publication in TransportationResearch Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the NationalAcademies.[IF=0.482]

10.    Heydari, S.*, Miranda-Moreno. Lξ, and Amador-Jimenez, L.2013. Full Bayes Methods for Road safety studies: Does PriorSpecification Matter?. TransportationResearch Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the NationalAcademies.[IF=0.482]

11.    Amador Jimenez, L. and Afghari, A.* 2012. Road Safety andPavement Management a case study of Tanzania. In Press, March 2015. Baltic Journal of Road and BridgeEngineering. [IF 1.6]

12.    Amador Jimenez, L. and Afghari, A.* 2012. Non-monetized multi-objective decision making systemfor road management. InternationalJournal of Pavement Engineering. Vol 14, Issue 7. pp. 686-696 [IF 0.402].

13.    Heydari, M.* and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Comparing Full Bayesian likelihoods to predict roadcollisions and prioritize improvements. Journal of Civil Engineering and Science. [On line]http://www.academicpub.org/jces/paperInfo.aspx?PaperID=1539

14.    Amador-Jimenez, L and Amin, M.S.R.* 2012. SimulatingFreight-traffic between Atlantic Canada and Quebec to support pavementmanagement on New Brunswick’s regional highways. Journal of InfrastructureSystems of the American Society of Civil Engineers. [IF 0.7]

15.    Amin, M.S.R.*, and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Who Makes the Inevitable Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Urban Usesat the Peripheries of a Megacity?". InternationalJournal of the Constructed Environment, Volume 2,Issue 2, pp.95-110.

16.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Willis, C ξ. 2012. Demonstrating a correlation between infrastructure andnational development. InternationalJournal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. Volume 19, Issue 3,2012. [IF.0.518]

17.    Amador, L. and Mrawira, Dξ. 2012. PavementDeterioration: Bayesian Regression in Pavement Deterioration Modeling:Revisiting the AASHTO Road Test Ruth Depth Model. Infraestructura Vial, LANAMME. November 2012, No. 25.

18.    Amador, L. and Magnuson, Sξ. 2011. “Adjacency Modelingfor the Coordination of Investments in Infrastructure Asset Management: CaseStudy of the Town of Kindersley”. Transportation Research Record: Journal ofthe Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. No.2246, pp. 8-15. [IF:0.482]

19.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2011. Capturing Variabilityin Pavement Performance Models from Sufficient Time-Series Predictors: A CaseStudy of the New Brunswick Road Network. Canadian Journal of CivilEngineering, Vol.38, No 2, pp. 210-220.  [IF: 0.472]

20.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, Dξ. 2011. “Reliability-basedinitial pavement performance deterioration modeling”. International Journalof Pavement Engineering. Vol. 12,No.2, pp. 177-186. [IF 0.402]

21.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2009. RoadsPerformance Modeling & Management System from two condition data points:case study of Costa Rica”. Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 135, No.2, pp: 999-1007 [IF: 0.460]

Conference Proceedings


  • 1.       Maghsoudi, R. and Amador, L. 2016. Capacity-Based Optimal Allocation ofStorm Pipe Replacements: Considering Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization.To be presented at the 93th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    2.            Nabavi, M.,Saunier, N., Miranda-Moreno, L., Bruneau, N., Amador, L. 2016. Effects of Road Lighting onBicycle and Pedestrian Accident Frequency: A Case Study in Montréal. To bepresented at the 93th Annual meeting of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    4.       Aldulaimi, M. andAmador Jimenez. 2016. A method to calibrate roadway lighting warrants. To be presented at the 93th Annual meeting of the Transportation ResearchBoard of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    5.       Amador, L., and Matout, N. 2015. A low Cost method to develop an initialpavement management system. 93th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    6.       Amador, L., and Matout, N. 2015. A low Cost solution to estimatepavement roughness condition. 92th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    7.       Amin, M. S. R.*, Amador, L. 2014. A Performance-BasedPavement Management System for the Road Network of Montreal City – a ConceptualFramework. 12th International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP)conference on Asphalt Pavements, June 1–5, 2014, Raleigh, North Carolina

    8.       Amin, M. S. R.*, Amador, L. 2013. Spatio-temporal modeling of the impact of climatechange on road accidents - A Case Study of New Brunswick. Federal Committee onStatistical Research Conference, November 4 – 6, Washington D.C., USA.

    9.       Amin,M. S. R.*,Amador, L. 2013. A Multi-Criteria Pavement ManagementSystem for the Rural Road Network of Bangladesh. CSCE 2013 General Conference,May 29 – June 1, Montreal.

    10.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Alecsandru, C.ξ and Amador-Jiménez, L. 2013. Micro-simulationof gap acceptance by turning vehicles at a signalized intersection in auniversity campus. 48th CTRF Annual Conference, Canadian TransportationResearch Forum. Halifax,June 2013.

    11.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Amador, L., Reimer, W. ξ and Tamima, U. ξ 2013.Prediction of inter-provincial trade flow traffic to supportmulticriteria pavement management. 48th CTRF Annual Conference, CanadianTransportation Research Forum. Halifax,June 2013.

    12.   Foomani, M.G.*, Amador,L., and Khodabakhshi,A.H.* 2013. Multi-objective speedoptimization for heavy good vehicles in interrupted transportation networks.48th CTRF Annual Conference, Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Halifax, June 2013.

    13.   Amin, M.S.R.*,Alecsandru, C. ξ andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2013. The impact of bicycle path on theroad user's decision at an in-campus signalized intersection.Proceedings of the CMRSC-XXIII, 23rd CanadianMultidisciplinary Road Safety Conference. Montreal,May, 2013

    14.   Sayyadi, G.*, Amin, MSR.* and AmadorJimenez, L. A Multivariate Analysis of Road Safety Accident Index. Proceedingsof the CMRSC-XXIII, 23rd CanadianMultidisciplinary Road Safety Conference. Montreal,May, 2013

    15.   Amador Jimenez, L.and Faghih-Imani, A.* 2013. From strategic optimization to tactical plans:coordinating treatments on road infrastructure. 91th Annual meeting of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    16.   Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. Spatial Analysis of Sustainable Urban Development Indicatorsfor Montreal City. Third International Conference ofthe Constructed Environment. Vancouver, BC.

    17.   Rodrigues, J.D.*, Chaverri, J. ξ and Amador, L. 2012. Strategic Pavement Management: Costa Rica’scase study. International Conference on ManagementSciences 2012, Dubai, UAE.

    18.   Willis C. ξ, and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. A maturity approach forbusiness climate from a global perspective. InternationalConference on Management Sciences 2012, Dubai, UAE.

    19.   Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. How much forest is Required to Absorb Interprovincial Truck Flow inducedGHG emissions?. 4thTRANSLOG (Transportation and Logistics) Conference, Burlington, ON

    20.   Amin, M.S.R.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2012. Carbon footprintof induced Traffic from highway 25 extension project. 59th Annual North AmericanMeetings of the Regional Science Association International. Ottawa, ON.

    21.   Faghih-Imani, A.* and Amador Jimenez,L. 2012. Spatial Temporal Coordination ofMaintenance and Rehabilitation Works in Transportation Asset Management. 59thAnnual North AmericanMeetings of the Regional Science Association International. Ottawa, ON.

    22.    Amin, M.S.R.* and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Simulation of land use change and building construction of new roadinfrastructure. 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science AssociationInternational, Ottawa, ON

    23.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Alecsandru, C. ξ and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. Calibration of identical behavior of differentvehicles for gap acceptance at a signalized intersection before and afterbicycle lane construction. 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International,Ottawa, ON

    24.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Oum, N.* andAmador. 2012. Qui gere le marché de l’habitation de Montreal?.  Presented at the 80th Congres of the AssociationFrancophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). Montreal.

    25.   Amador-Jimenez.2012. Integral Infrastructure Management: Measuring Economic and PerformanceBenefits of Trade-Off Analysis. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation AssetManagement. San Diego, CA

    26.    Amador-Jimenez, L, and Afghari, A.* 2012. Lifecycle Optimization and Tradeoff Analysis amongcompeting objectives for a road corridor. 91stAnnual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.

    27.    Amin, M.S.R.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2011. Who makesinevitable conversion of the agricultural lands into urban uses at theperipheries of a Megacity?. Presented at the Second InternationalConference of the Constructed Environment. Chicago,U.S.


    28.    Amin, M.S.R.* and Amador-Jimenez, L. 2011. Land use and transport modeling to supporttransportation asset management: case study of the new Brunswick road networkand it`s regional interactions. Presented in the joint 58th North AmericaRegional Science Conference and Second Conference of the Regional Science ofthe Americas.Miami, FL.

    29.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2011. Bayesian Regression in Deterioration Modeling:Revisiting the AASHO RoadTest Rut Depth Model”. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Congress ofthe Transportation Research Board. Washington D.C.

    30.   Amador-Jimenez, L.2011. Relating Land Use and Transport modeling with transportation assetmanagement. Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Transportation and Development Institute of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers. Chicago, U.S.

    31.   Mrawira, Dξ. Kachua, S.ξ, andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2010. “Across Asset Trade-off Analysis and Framework forAdjacency Consideration in Long-term Planning for Transportation AssetManagement”. 89th Annual Meeting of the TransportationResearch Board Washington. D.C.

    32.   Amador-Jimenez, L.2009. “Multilevel Bayesian AccidentPrediction Modeling for Multi-objective Road Management Systems. Proceedings of the XV Ibero-Latin American AsphaltPavement Congress. Lisbon, Portugal.

    33.    Mrawira D.ξ, Amador-Jimenez, L. 2009. Cross-Assets Trade-off Analysis: Why Are We StillTalking About It?".Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Washington. D.C.

    34.   Mrawira D.ξ, Amador-Jimenez, L. 2008. Breaking the Silos in Asset Management:Comprehensive Optimization in Long-Term Planning over multiple asset types”. Proceedings of the 3rd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference.Lisbon,Portugal.

    35.   Amador-Jimenez, L.,Mrawira D.ξ 2008. “AssetPerformance Modelling: What to do when you only have two condition data points”. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Washington. D.C.

    36.   Mrawira D.ξ, MacNaughton J.ξ, &Amador-Jimenez, L. 2008. Pushing the frontier of Asset Management: usingtrade-off analysis across asset-types to support agency’s budget exercise”. Proceedings of the 7th InternationalConference on Managing Public Assets. CalgaryAlberta.



Participation activities

Books

Amador Jimenez, L, 2016. Civil Engineering Systems Analysis. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis). England.
http://www.amazon.ca/Civil-Engineering-Systems-Analysis-Amador-Jimenez/dp/1482260794/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-1&keywords=amador jimenez

Aldulaimi, M. and Amador Jimenez, L. 2015. A Method to Calibrate Roadway Lighting Warrants and Levels with Crash History. Scholars' Press. Germany
http://www.amazon.ca/Calibrate-Roadway-Lighting-Warrants-History/dp/363976871X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-2&keywords=amador jimenez

Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Pavement Deterioration Modeling: Capturing Uncertainty and practical applications. Paperback. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-3659157882. Germany.
http://www.amazon.ca/Pavement-Deterioration-Modeling-Esteban-Jimenez/dp/3659157880/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1447189467&sr=8-3&keywords=amador jimenez

Articles in refereed publications

1.       Zareie, A., Amin,M.S.R., and Amador, L.E. 2015. Thornthwaite Moisture Index Modeling to Estimatethe Implication of Climate Change on Pavement Deterioration. Journal ofTransportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering. [In press]

2.       Amin, M.S.R., andAmador, L.E. 2015. Travel demand modeling to simulate traffic loads forpavement deterioration curves: dealing with aggregate data at urban andregional scales. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering [CJCE-2015-0295 R1].

3.       Amin, M.S.R., andAmador, L.E. 2014. The Multi-criteria based Pavement Management System forRegional Road Network of Atlantic Provinces of Canada. International Journal ofPavements, Volume 13 Number 1-2-3 January-May-September 2014 [In Press].

4.       Amin, M.S.R.*, Zareie, A.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2014. Climatechange modeling and the weather related road accidents in Canada. Transportation Research Part D: Transportand Environment. Vol.32 pp.171-183 [IF=1.626]

5.       Amin,M. S. R.*,Amador, L. 2014. “Discussion on Road Infrastructure ManagementPractices”. Accepted for publication on the Journalof Infrastructure Asset Management.

6.       Nabavi, M.*, Saunier, Nξ, Miranda-Moreno, Lξ.,and Amador, L. 2014. A method for roadlighting audit and safety screening. Transportation Research Record, Journal of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, No.2458.pp.27-36. [IF=0.482]

7.       Amador Jimenez, L.and Willis, Cξ. 2013. Demonstrating a Correlation between the Maturity ofRoad Safety Practices and Road Safety Incidents. Traffic Injury prevention. [IF.1.75]

8.       Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2013. Integrationof Alternating Heuristic Algorithm and Geographic Information System forOptimal Allocation of Open Spaces. In press, InternationalJournal of the Constructed Environment.

9.       Faghih-Imani, A.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2013. Towards a sustainable Pavement Management: Incorporation ofEnvironmental Impacts of Pavement Treatments into a performance-basedoptimization”. Accepted for publication in TransportationResearch Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the NationalAcademies.[IF=0.482]

10.    Heydari, S.*, Miranda-Moreno. Lξ, and Amador-Jimenez, L.2013. Full Bayes Methods for Road safety studies: Does PriorSpecification Matter?. TransportationResearch Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the NationalAcademies.[IF=0.482]

11.    Amador Jimenez, L. and Afghari, A.* 2012. Road Safety andPavement Management a case study of Tanzania. In Press, March 2015. Baltic Journal of Road and BridgeEngineering. [IF 1.6]

12.    Amador Jimenez, L. and Afghari, A.* 2012. Non-monetized multi-objective decision making systemfor road management. InternationalJournal of Pavement Engineering. Vol 14, Issue 7. pp. 686-696 [IF 0.402].

13.    Heydari, M.* and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Comparing Full Bayesian likelihoods to predict roadcollisions and prioritize improvements. Journal of Civil Engineering and Science. [On line]http://www.academicpub.org/jces/paperInfo.aspx?PaperID=1539

14.    Amador-Jimenez, L and Amin, M.S.R.* 2012. SimulatingFreight-traffic between Atlantic Canada and Quebec to support pavementmanagement on New Brunswick’s regional highways. Journal of InfrastructureSystems of the American Society of Civil Engineers. [IF 0.7]

15.    Amin, M.S.R.*, and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Who Makes the Inevitable Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Urban Usesat the Peripheries of a Megacity?". InternationalJournal of the Constructed Environment, Volume 2,Issue 2, pp.95-110.

16.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Willis, C ξ. 2012. Demonstrating a correlation between infrastructure andnational development. InternationalJournal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. Volume 19, Issue 3,2012. [IF.0.518]

17.    Amador, L. and Mrawira, Dξ. 2012. PavementDeterioration: Bayesian Regression in Pavement Deterioration Modeling:Revisiting the AASHTO Road Test Ruth Depth Model. Infraestructura Vial, LANAMME. November 2012, No. 25.

18.    Amador, L. and Magnuson, Sξ. 2011. “Adjacency Modelingfor the Coordination of Investments in Infrastructure Asset Management: CaseStudy of the Town of Kindersley”. Transportation Research Record: Journal ofthe Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. No.2246, pp. 8-15. [IF:0.482]

19.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2011. Capturing Variabilityin Pavement Performance Models from Sufficient Time-Series Predictors: A CaseStudy of the New Brunswick Road Network. Canadian Journal of CivilEngineering, Vol.38, No 2, pp. 210-220.  [IF: 0.472]

20.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, Dξ. 2011. “Reliability-basedinitial pavement performance deterioration modeling”. International Journalof Pavement Engineering. Vol. 12,No.2, pp. 177-186. [IF 0.402]

21.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2009. RoadsPerformance Modeling & Management System from two condition data points:case study of Costa Rica”. Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 135, No.2, pp: 999-1007 [IF: 0.460]

Conference Proceedings


  • 1.       Maghsoudi, R. and Amador, L. 2016. Capacity-Based Optimal Allocation ofStorm Pipe Replacements: Considering Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization.To be presented at the 93th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    2.            Nabavi, M.,Saunier, N., Miranda-Moreno, L., Bruneau, N., Amador, L. 2016. Effects of Road Lighting onBicycle and Pedestrian Accident Frequency: A Case Study in Montréal. To bepresented at the 93th Annual meeting of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    4.       Aldulaimi, M. andAmador Jimenez. 2016. A method to calibrate roadway lighting warrants. To be presented at the 93th Annual meeting of the Transportation ResearchBoard of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    5.       Amador, L., and Matout, N. 2015. A low Cost method to develop an initialpavement management system. 93th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    6.       Amador, L., and Matout, N. 2015. A low Cost solution to estimatepavement roughness condition. 92th Annualmeeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,Washington, DC.

    7.       Amin, M. S. R.*, Amador, L. 2014. A Performance-BasedPavement Management System for the Road Network of Montreal City – a ConceptualFramework. 12th International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP)conference on Asphalt Pavements, June 1–5, 2014, Raleigh, North Carolina

    8.       Amin, M. S. R.*, Amador, L. 2013. Spatio-temporal modeling of the impact of climatechange on road accidents - A Case Study of New Brunswick. Federal Committee onStatistical Research Conference, November 4 – 6, Washington D.C., USA.

    9.       Amin,M. S. R.*,Amador, L. 2013. A Multi-Criteria Pavement ManagementSystem for the Rural Road Network of Bangladesh. CSCE 2013 General Conference,May 29 – June 1, Montreal.

    10.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Alecsandru, C.ξ and Amador-Jiménez, L. 2013. Micro-simulationof gap acceptance by turning vehicles at a signalized intersection in auniversity campus. 48th CTRF Annual Conference, Canadian TransportationResearch Forum. Halifax,June 2013.

    11.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Amador, L., Reimer, W. ξ and Tamima, U. ξ 2013.Prediction of inter-provincial trade flow traffic to supportmulticriteria pavement management. 48th CTRF Annual Conference, CanadianTransportation Research Forum. Halifax,June 2013.

    12.   Foomani, M.G.*, Amador,L., and Khodabakhshi,A.H.* 2013. Multi-objective speedoptimization for heavy good vehicles in interrupted transportation networks.48th CTRF Annual Conference, Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Halifax, June 2013.

    13.   Amin, M.S.R.*,Alecsandru, C. ξ andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2013. The impact of bicycle path on theroad user's decision at an in-campus signalized intersection.Proceedings of the CMRSC-XXIII, 23rd CanadianMultidisciplinary Road Safety Conference. Montreal,May, 2013

    14.   Sayyadi, G.*, Amin, MSR.* and AmadorJimenez, L. A Multivariate Analysis of Road Safety Accident Index. Proceedingsof the CMRSC-XXIII, 23rd CanadianMultidisciplinary Road Safety Conference. Montreal,May, 2013

    15.   Amador Jimenez, L.and Faghih-Imani, A.* 2013. From strategic optimization to tactical plans:coordinating treatments on road infrastructure. 91th Annual meeting of theTransportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

    16.   Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. Spatial Analysis of Sustainable Urban Development Indicatorsfor Montreal City. Third International Conference ofthe Constructed Environment. Vancouver, BC.

    17.   Rodrigues, J.D.*, Chaverri, J. ξ and Amador, L. 2012. Strategic Pavement Management: Costa Rica’scase study. International Conference on ManagementSciences 2012, Dubai, UAE.

    18.   Willis C. ξ, and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. A maturity approach forbusiness climate from a global perspective. InternationalConference on Management Sciences 2012, Dubai, UAE.

    19.   Amin, M.S.R.* and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. How much forest is Required to Absorb Interprovincial Truck Flow inducedGHG emissions?. 4thTRANSLOG (Transportation and Logistics) Conference, Burlington, ON

    20.   Amin, M.S.R.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2012. Carbon footprintof induced Traffic from highway 25 extension project. 59th Annual North AmericanMeetings of the Regional Science Association International. Ottawa, ON.

    21.   Faghih-Imani, A.* and Amador Jimenez,L. 2012. Spatial Temporal Coordination ofMaintenance and Rehabilitation Works in Transportation Asset Management. 59thAnnual North AmericanMeetings of the Regional Science Association International. Ottawa, ON.

    22.    Amin, M.S.R.* and Amador Jimenez, L. 2012. Simulation of land use change and building construction of new roadinfrastructure. 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science AssociationInternational, Ottawa, ON

    23.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Alecsandru, C. ξ and AmadorJimenez, L. 2012. Calibration of identical behavior of differentvehicles for gap acceptance at a signalized intersection before and afterbicycle lane construction. 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International,Ottawa, ON

    24.   Amin, M.S.R.*, Oum, N.* andAmador. 2012. Qui gere le marché de l’habitation de Montreal?.  Presented at the 80th Congres of the AssociationFrancophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). Montreal.

    25.   Amador-Jimenez.2012. Integral Infrastructure Management: Measuring Economic and PerformanceBenefits of Trade-Off Analysis. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation AssetManagement. San Diego, CA

    26.    Amador-Jimenez, L, and Afghari, A.* 2012. Lifecycle Optimization and Tradeoff Analysis amongcompeting objectives for a road corridor. 91stAnnual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.

    27.    Amin, M.S.R.* andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2011. Who makesinevitable conversion of the agricultural lands into urban uses at theperipheries of a Megacity?. Presented at the Second InternationalConference of the Constructed Environment. Chicago,U.S.


    28.    Amin, M.S.R.* and Amador-Jimenez, L. 2011. Land use and transport modeling to supporttransportation asset management: case study of the new Brunswick road networkand it`s regional interactions. Presented in the joint 58th North AmericaRegional Science Conference and Second Conference of the Regional Science ofthe Americas.Miami, FL.

    29.    Amador-Jimenez, L. and Mrawira, D ξ. 2011. Bayesian Regression in Deterioration Modeling:Revisiting the AASHO RoadTest Rut Depth Model”. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Congress ofthe Transportation Research Board. Washington D.C.

    30.   Amador-Jimenez, L.2011. Relating Land Use and Transport modeling with transportation assetmanagement. Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Transportation and Development Institute of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers. Chicago, U.S.

    31.   Mrawira, Dξ. Kachua, S.ξ, andAmador-Jimenez, L. 2010. “Across Asset Trade-off Analysis and Framework forAdjacency Consideration in Long-term Planning for Transportation AssetManagement”. 89th Annual Meeting of the TransportationResearch Board Washington. D.C.

    32.   Amador-Jimenez, L.2009. “Multilevel Bayesian AccidentPrediction Modeling for Multi-objective Road Management Systems. Proceedings of the XV Ibero-Latin American AsphaltPavement Congress. Lisbon, Portugal.

    33.    Mrawira D.ξ, Amador-Jimenez, L. 2009. Cross-Assets Trade-off Analysis: Why Are We StillTalking About It?".Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Washington. D.C.

    34.   Mrawira D.ξ, Amador-Jimenez, L. 2008. Breaking the Silos in Asset Management:Comprehensive Optimization in Long-Term Planning over multiple asset types”. Proceedings of the 3rd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference.Lisbon,Portugal.

    35.   Amador-Jimenez, L.,Mrawira D.ξ 2008. “AssetPerformance Modelling: What to do when you only have two condition data points”. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Washington. D.C.

    36.   Mrawira D.ξ, MacNaughton J.ξ, &Amador-Jimenez, L. 2008. Pushing the frontier of Asset Management: usingtrade-off analysis across asset-types to support agency’s budget exercise”. Proceedings of the 7th InternationalConference on Managing Public Assets. CalgaryAlberta.


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