César Núñez
César Núñez is a Ph.D. student at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on Mobility as a Service (MaaS), big data applications in transport systems, public transport planning and operation, and travel behaviour modelling.
He holds a M.Sc. in Transportation Science from the University of Chile (Santiago, Chile), after earning his B.Eng. in Civil Engineering at the same institution. He has worked as a transportation engineer in the public and private sector, as well as in consultancy.
Education
| 2021 - present | Ph.D. Student Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany Thesis subject: Implementation of MaaS schemes in the developing world. |
| 2012 - 2015 | M.Sc. Transportation Science (Summa cum laude) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Thesis: “Measurement of quality of service indicators from passive data, for the public transport system of Santiago”. |
| 2005 - 2011 | B.Eng. Civil Engineering (Summa cum laude) University of Chile, Santiago, Chile |
Work Experience
| 02/2019 – 06/2021 | STP Santiago (Bus Operator) Santiago, Chile Senior Analyst Demand modelling, route planning and economic evaluation for the company (37 routes, 900 buses). |
| 11/2013 - 12/2018 | Directorio de Transporte Público Metropolitano (DTPM – Public Transport Authority), Santiago, Chile Transportation Analyst Route planning and analysis of the interaction of the bus network with urban projects of metropolitan scale (380 routes, 6,500 buses). Development of quality of service scheme for contracts in tendering processes (190 routes, 3,000 buses). |
| 12/2010 - 02/2011 | Coordinación Transantiago, Santiago, Chile Research Intern |
| 01/2010 | Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI), Santiago, Chile Research Intern |
Publications
Munizaga, M.A., Núñez, C. and Gschwender, A. (2016). Smart card data for wider transport system evaluation. In: Kurauchi, M. and Schmöcker, J.D. (Eds.), Transport Planning with Smart Card Data. Boca Raton, USA. CRC Press. (ISBN: 978-1498726580): pp 163-178.