Francesc Robusté is Professor of Transportation since 2002. Dr. Civil Engineer by the Technical University of Catalonia at Barcelona (BarcelonaTech, UPC, 1989), Ph.D. in Engineering (1988), MSc in Operations Research (1987), and MEng in Transportation (1986) by the University of California at Berkeley, MEng in Civil Engineering (1983). Director of the Abertis endowed Chair on transportation infrastructure management in Spain since 2003. President of the Spanish Transportation Engineering Society (FIT, Foro de la Ingeniería del Transporte, 2005-2014). Director of CENIT, the research Center for Innovation in Transport at BarcelonaTech (2006-2013). Dean of the Civil Engineering School at Barcelona (2004-2007).

Miguel Estrada Romeu is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from UPC. Prof. Estrada has been accredited with three research periods (sexenios) by AQU Catalunya.His research activity focuses on three main areas: (i) the design and operation of freight transport networks, (ii) public transport operations, and (iii) the management of demand-responsive public transport. He has published more than 50 articles in indexed journals, including 20 in first-quartile journals such as Transportation Research Part A, B, C, E, Omega, and the Journal of Urban Mobility. He has supervised five doctoral theses—two of which received research awards—and is currently supervising three ongoing doctoral projects. In addition, he has delivered over 50 conference presentations and contributed to 65 courses, seminars, and workshops.Prof. Estrada has participated as principal investigator or collaborator in 20 competitive research projects (10 national, 12 European, and 1 regional) and in 18 R&D contracts with public and private entities. Much of this activity has been developed in collaboration with the Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT) and with CARNET (Cooperative Automotive Research Network, led by UPC and SEAT-Volkswagen).He currently serves as the UPC Rector’s Delegate to EIT Urban Mobility and as Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Urban Mobility. From 2012 to 2020, he was Deputy Director of the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering, with responsibility for master’s programs. He is also a member of the Academic Council of CARNET.

Francesc Soriguera holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC - BarcelonaTech). He is associate professor of transportation in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the UPC, and a member of the BIT-Barcelona Innovation in Transport research group. He is currently Vice-Dean of Master's Degree Studies at the School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona. His teaching and research activity has been complemented by stays at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and at the TØI - Institute of Transportation Economics – Norwegian Center for Transport Research. His lines of research include traffic analysis and management, the improvement of urban mobility and the optimisation of transport operations.

Dr. Civil Engineer by the Technical University of Catalonia at Barcelona, Civil Engineer by Universidad de Cantabria, specialist Construction, Organization and Management. Holds an e-Logistics Master and a Master in Supply Chain Management, Master in Shipping Business and a post-graduate course in road safety in municipalities. He is a lecturer in Civil Engineering School and in Nautical Faculty of Barcelona. He was project manager in Centre d’innovació del Transport (2004-2013), CENIT and head the Infrastructure, Transportation and Territory Department. Awarded with Dragados and Uralita Awards related to Civil Engineering. Dr. Estrada holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering (UPC-BarcelonaTech, 2008) and  he has approved 2 periods

Hugo Badia is Associate Professor of Transportation and Serra Hunter Fellow (academic excellence program) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UPC-BarcelonaTech. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (UPC-BarcelonaTech, 2016) with international mention due to his visits at TU Delft (2014, hosted by Associate Prof Van Nes) and UC Berkeley (2015, hosted by Prof Daganzo). He was a postdoc and associate researcher in the Division of Transport Planning at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology (2017-2021) and previously a researcher at Centre for Innovation on Transport - CENIT (2009-2012).His research is focused on design and operation of public transport networks, on-demand services and micromobility solutions, and the evaluation of the impact of vehicle electrification and automation on the transport system. Dr Badia has published several papers in SCI journals, in particular, in some of the most prestigious ones such as Transportation Research Part A, B and C. He has participated in more than 20 national and international conferences, seminars and dissemination sessions. His PhD thesis was awarded with the 14th Abertis Prize in Management of Transport Infrastructure as the best thesis of the year 2016, his research with the Young Researcher Excellence Network Award of the Spanish Transport Engineering Forum (FIT, 2016), and he was finalist in the ITF-OECD Young Researcher of the Year Award (2014) with his contribution “Competitive transit network design in cities with radial street patterns”. Dr Badia received different FPU fellowships from the Spanish Ministry of Education to fund the PhD and the associated international visits.Dr Badia has participated in 13 research projects from national (Spain and Sweden) and European calls and others of high interest for public administrations. He supervised one PhD thesis and currently supervises three PhD candidates more, additionally, several Bachelor and Master theses. He is the UPC representative at the Doctoral Training Network (DTN) associated to the program on Urban Mobility from the European Institute of Technology (EIT), and was the responsible of the organization of the 3rd DTN Annual Forum (2022). Dr Badia, together with Prof Jenelius (KTH), was in charge of the organization of the 8th International Symposium on Transport Network Reliability (INSTR, 2021). He was invited two times for a one-week visit by Prof Leurent from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech-ENPC.Hugo Badia research lines: public transport, on-demand transport, micromobility, urban mobility, and the impact of electric and automated vehicles on the transport system.

Margarita Martínez-Díaz (PhD in Civil Engineering, Universidade da Coruña, 2018) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UPC-BarcelonaTech, where she belongs to the BIT research group. She is also a visiting professor at Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal and an affiliated researcher with the Transportation Systems Engineering group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Her PhD thesis, Highway travel time information systems: from traditional to cooperative driving environments, was awarded Sobresaliente cum Laude with international mention and received both the International and National Abertis Awards. She later published it with Springer Nature. In 2020, she obtained a DAAD fellowship for a five-month postdoctoral stay at TUM, hosted by Prof. Constantinos Antoniou. Her research focuses on dynamic traffic management, connected and automated vehicles, sustainable and equitable mobility, and accessibility. She has contributed to over 15 competitive projects at regional, national, and international levels, including serving as PI and UPC coordinator for Women in Urban Mobility I & II (EIT Urban Mobility) and as PI of CulturalRoad (Horizon Europe), which addresses the equitable implementation of CCAMs. Her work appears in leading journals such as Transportation Research Part B and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. She is a reviewer for numerous JCR journals and, currently, guest editor for special issues in the Journal of Transport Geography (on gender and mobility) and Journal of Urban Mobility (on equitable mobility). At UPC, she supervises 4 PhD dissertations and has guided over 20 master theses, several within the international Master in Urban Mobility (UPC–EIT). She is active in professional organizations including FIT, hEART, the EU Ambassadors for Diversity in Transport, and the Global Alliance for Feminist Transport. MMD is an evaluator for EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie calls for Doctoral Networks, as well as for research calls of national and regional agencies in Spain and Switzerland. She also leads a transportation dissemination program on a major Spanish radio network.

Dr. Marcos Medina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a PhD in Transportation Engineering and Infrastructure from UPC, a Master’s in Transportation and Logistics Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Geography from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. With over 20 years of academic and research experience, his work focuses on territorial engineering, logistics, spatial analysis, and transport planning. He has contributed to numerous research and consultancy projects on urban mobility and public transport logistics, and in 2022 he received the Spanish National Research Prize on Urban and Metropolitan Mobility (ATUC). Dr. Medina is also an expert in GIS applications for engineering, transportation and territorial planning. His research areas include transportation engineering, logistics, geomatics, and territorial planning.

Dr. César Trapote-Barreira is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Section of the Department of Physics and a member of BIT at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from UPC, a Master’s in Aeronautical Management from UAB, a Master’s in Business Administration from ESADE Business School, and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from UPC with specializations in Transportation and Structures. With over 20 years of academic and research experience, his work focuses on airport planning and management, airline network design and operations, and ethics in engineering. He has contributed to numerous research and consultancy projects on air transportation, airport management, and urban mobility.

Dr. Zacarías Grande Andrade is a Researcher and Accredited Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds an International PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Cantabria (Spain), an MBA and a Master’s in Leadership and Managerial Skills from GADE Business School (Madrid), and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, where he received the Best Academic Record Award.With over a decade of research and teaching experience in Spain, Ireland, and Chile, his work focuses on railway and road engineering, probabilistic safety analysis, Bayesian networks, and infrastructure optimization. He has contributed to numerous European and national research projects, and leads doctoral research in artificial intelligence applications for railway systems and infrastructure management.Dr. Grande has co-authored several high-impact publications, and received multiple distinctions such as the Talgo Technological Research Award and the MWCC 35 under 35 recognition for outstanding young professionals in engineering and construction.

Dr. Clément Lemardelé is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a PhD in Transportation Engineering and a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the UPC, and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the CentraleSupélec University (Paris, France). With over 5 years of academic and research experience, his work focuses on the optimization of last-mile logistics operations, especially focusing on the use of autonomous delivery robotics. He has contributed to numerous research and consultancy projects on last-mile logistics improvement and was a member of the EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network, highlighting his compromise with technology transfer activity

Dr. Ing. Enrique Jiménez Meroño is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a PhD and MSc in Civil Engineering, both from UPC-BarcelonaTech. He currently works as a technical advisor in planning and digitalization of public transportation for the Subdirecció General de Transport Públic per Carretera i Mobilitat of the Generalitat of Catalonia. With over 8 years of academic and research experience, his work focuses on urban mobility and public transport planning, simulation, operation, and management. He has contributed to several research and consultancy projects related to vehicle-sharing, and to the implementation of ticketing and faring systems in public transportation. In 2025 his PhD thesis received awards from the top Spanish associations of public transportation operators (ATUC) and academy research in transportation and mobility (FIT).

Pau Arcas is a PhD candidate and researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). His doctoral research focuses on transit network design. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation (awarded the Best Academic Record, UPC), and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris. His research interests lie in the strategic design and territorial dimension of public transportation systems, with a particular emphasis on the strategic design phase. His approach integrates continuous approximation methods, geographic information systems, and urban planning perspectives. He has been awarded the FPU 2024 national scholarship and the FI SDUR regional scholarship. 

I am a PhD student at the BIT research group with a background in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Urban Mobility. My research focuses on Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services and the integration of Automated Vehicles to improve connectivity and sustainability in metropolitan areas. I combine transport engineering, urban planning, economics, and technology, using analytical models, simulations, and behavioral studies to design scalable, user-centered mobility solutions.

Xuxilu Zhang is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). She holds a BSc and MSc in Statistics from Fujian Normal University and Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, respectively. Her work focuses on behavioral modeling, spatiotemporal analytics, and system-level demand rebalancing in shared micromobility systems, utilizing advanced statistical and AI techniques to understand travel behavior dynamics and improve the efficiency of urban mobility ecosystems.

Yi Zhu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Planning and Management from Ningbo University and a Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Suzhou University of Science and Technology. His research interests lie in shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs), transportation electrification, and sustainable transport policy design. His work focuses on developing and applying agent-based simulation models to analyze behavioral responses and system dynamics among transportation stakeholders, providing quantitative insights that inform data-driven decision-making and the development of sustainable transportation systems. 

She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). She holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Information Engineering and Control from Jilin University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Science from Beijing Forestry University. Her doctoral research focuses on the intelligent control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) platoons under mixed traffic, including predictive car-following control, intention-guided lane changing, and cooperative maneuver execution in simulation environments. She has contributed to several publications on urban mobility, autonomous driving, and connected vehicle systems. She is also a doctoral fellow of the EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network, actively engaging in interdisciplinary research on sustainable and intelligent transport systems."

Peyman is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation from Ozyegin University (Turkey) and a Master’s degree in Geospatial Information Systems from the University of Tehran (Iran). His research, developed within the Horizon Europe CulturalRoad project, focuses on the equitable deployment of Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) solutions through accessibility and affordability analysis. His work integrates geospatial data analytics, transport modeling, and optimization methods to evaluate how shared and autonomous shuttles can enhance first- and last-mile connectivity in public transport networks. Before joining UPC, he worked as a senior GIS developer, contributing to projects in urban mobility, logistics, and intelligent transport systems.

Mohammad is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. He is also a Doctoral Fellow of the EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network, where he contributes to interdisciplinary research on the development of sustainable and smart transportation systems. His current research focuses on the safety implications of Connected Automated Vehicles (CAVs), with particular attention to factors such as driver distraction and sensor error, utilizing advanced traffic simulation tools such as AIMSUN. Before joining BIT, Barcelona Innovative Transportation, at UPC in June 2024, he participated in several teaching and research projects in Iran, mainly focused on traffic engineering, transportation safety, and simulation-based analysis.  

Biel Pallarès is a Civil Engineer with a double master’s degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: the professional qualifying Master in Civil Engineering and a second Master specialized in Urban Mobility. His expertise lies in optimizing public transport and logistics systems, analyzing mobility cost structures, and leveraging multi sectoral data to enhance operations and drive digitalization. Currently, he manages research and academic projects, overseeing implementation while actively contributing to scientific work. He also plays a key role in securing funding through the negotiation, development, and drafting of national and European project proposals. His ongoing projects include iMovE, E-MED, and UMAIS. Previously, he worked at CARNET, the mobility hub founded by UPC, SEAT, and Volkswagen, where he led EIT projects and conducted research on private mobility solutions.  

He is a Support Research Technician in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC—BarcelonaTech). He holds a Master’s in Renewable Energies and Energetic Sustainability (UB), a Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science for Mobility and Transport (UPC—BarcelonaTech), and a degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (UAB). His expertise includes data science applied to mobility datasets, management of energy systems for electric vehicles, battery technologies and integration and energy systems design and optimization. He gained experience at organizations such as Catalan Research Institute of Energy (IREC) or the Department of Systems Engineering, Automation, and Industrial Informatics (ETSEIB UPC). Arnau is currently working on iMove (Interoperabilidad para una Movilidad Eficiente, sEgura y Equitativa), a national project to build a mobility-related data-space platform that enables public authorities, operators and private stakeholders to access, share and analyse mobility data to optimise operations, improve service quality, and enhance safety and equity.

Bryce Chao is a researcher and PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). He holds a Master's in Urban Mobility from the UPC-BarcelonaTech, and Bachelor's in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. His work focuses on analyzing bus transportation efficiency: specifically developing tools and new frameworks to provide insights into how battery electric buses operations, driving, and their networks should be optimized. 

Akanksha Vinod Patil is a PhD candidate and Research Support Staff in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). Her research focuses on energy systems, urban mobility, and transportation simulation, integrating data science and GIS to advance sustainable urban planning. At the BIT Lab, she works on simulation models to analyze and optimize mobility systems from a policy perspective. She holds an MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics from New York University and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Akanksha has led and contributed to multiple interdisciplinary projects on energy demand forecasting, walkability, and human mobility, bridging data-driven analysis with urban sustainability challenges.