Short Biography
Dr. Luis Amador is the former Minister of Public Works and Transportation of Costa Rica (May 2022-March 2024), he is an Associate Professor, he joined Concordia in 2010. Former Undergraduate Curriculum Director (2013-2015) and Former Undergraduate Programs Director (2017-2022). He earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick in 2010, a Masters of Arts in Economics from Concordia University, a Masters in Business Administration in 2006 and two Bachelors; one in Civil Engineering (2002) and another one in Business Administration (1997) from Universidad Fidelitas in Costa Rica. Former Member of the Board of Directors of Costa Rica Roads Administration (CONAVI). Worked as Director of Engineering Services and Community Planning at the Urban Municipality of Kindersley in Saskatchewan, and as Director of Technical Studies for the Costa Rica Construction Association. He was a lecturer for about three years at Universidad Fidelitas (2002 to 2005). He also lectured at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) during fall 2008. His expertise is in the areas of Pavement Engineering and Transportation Asset Management. His professional experience also includes the development of Trip Generation and Parking Rates Analysis and Road Safety Management Systems, the update of Guidelines and Procedures for Transportation Studies in Qatar and the massive data collection and analysis for the update of Qatar Transportation Master Plan. He is the author of the book "Civil Engineering System Analysis" (CRC press, 2016), and co-author of Asset Management Decision-Making for Infrastructure Systems (Springer 2022). Dr. Amador received the following awards:
- Nason Prize 2007-2008. University of New Brunswick. Best Paper in Transportation Policy Analysis. Sole Author.
- Best Young Professional Paper at the 2011 Conference of the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Sole Author.
