Carla A. Tejada, PhD
2023 B2F Scholar
Industrial Engineering
Pronouns: She/Her
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About
Carla Tejada, PhD, recently received her doctorate from the City College of New York Civil Engineering Department. Her research interests are modeling urban freight transportation, network modeling, optimization, and multimodal interactions in the urban scenario. Much of her research has focused on measuring the social impact of freight networks and evaluating the existing freight policy.
While working towards her PhD, Carla was involved with the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Initiative. In the center, Carla served as a curricula development assistant and a transportation module instructor. Carla also collaborated with the New York City Department of Transportation Pedestrian Unit, where she developed a model to measure a Pedestrian Demand Map at the zip code level for New York City.
Before joining City College, Carla worked in several Supply Chain Management areas, such as last-mile delivery and transportation at DHL Express and the procurements department at SONY Corporation of America. She also holds a master’s degree in supply chain management granted by the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.