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Lisa L. Losada-Rojas

  • Assistant Professor CCEE

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    Education

    Research


    Dr. Lisa L. Losada-Rojas is an Assistant Professor at the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico. She also holds courtesy appointments in the Community + Regional Planning Department and the Geography and Environmental Studies Department. She completed her B.S. in Civil Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, with a concentration in Transportation. Before joining UNM, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto St. George Campus in Canada.

    Her research focuses on developing transportation solutions that promote community health through behavioral changes. She believes that strategic planning in transportation and public health is crucial to achieving these goals. This belief led her to create the Rural and Urban Transportation Advancement to Healthier Communities (RUTA+HC) group at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Losada-Rojas and RUTA+HC students employ both qualitative and quantitative methodologies from fields such as transportation, behavioral sciences, social sciences, planning, economics, psychology, and human factors to address complex issues at the intersection of transportation and health.


    CE 482/582 Traffic and Highway Engineering

    CE 491/598 Statistics for Civil Engineers

    Other Teaching Interest:

    Transportation Planning

    GIS for Transportation

    Econometric Methods for Transportation


    Chaves Lasso, Y.T., Ferenchak, N., Simon, W., Sheets, S., & Losada-Rojas, L.L.* (2025). “Impact of Access Management on Arterial Road Crashes: A Case Study of Albuquerque, New Mexico.” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Vol. 34, p. 101660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101660

    Losada-Rojas, L.L., Kumar, I., Cruz-Porter, A., Ke, Y., Zhlanin, A., St Germain, B., Gkritza, K., & Beaulieu, L.J. (2025). “Community Capitals and Economic Resilience: Insights from the Great Lakes Region Post-Great Recession.” Regional Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2355987

    Losada-Rojas, L.L., Pyrialakou, D., Waldorf, B.S., Banda, J.A., & Gkritza, K. (2024). Understanding transportation-related health determinants and their interrelationships in rural U.S. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101887

    Joshi, A.R., Ferenchak, N., & Losada-Rojas, L.L. (2024). “Bus Rapid Transit as Arterial Corridor Traffic Calming: The Relationship Between Transit Infrastructure and Motor Vehicle Operating Speeds.” Traffic Injury Prevention, 0(0), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2024.2373662

    Chahine, R., Losada-Rojas, L.L., & Gkritza, K. (2024). Navigating post-pandemic urban mobility: Unveiling intentions for shared micro-mobility usage across three U.S. cities. Travel Behaviour and Society, 36, 100813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100813

    Habib, K., Losada-Rojas, L.L., & Ferenchak, N. (2024). A Review of the Impacts of Human Factors on Cycling: Perceptions, Workload, and Behavior. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241242766

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5dyKleUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


    Grants

    New Mexico Department of Transportation

    • Pedestrian Awareness Program
    • Need Assessment for Microtransit Implementation in Rural New Mexico

    Center for Pedestrians and Bicyclist Safety

    • Exploring the Influence of Tinted Windows and Other In-vehicle Distractions on Driver Detection of VRUs
    • Evaluating Vulnerable Road User Stress During Motor Vehicle Interactions in Urban Traffic Environments
    • Understanding Workload Measures Captured in Naturalistic and Immersive Virtual Environments to Disentangle Impacts on Bicyclist Safety
    • Understanding External Factors and Workload’s Impact on Cyclist Safety

    Engagement

    UNM Grand Challenges - Safer Streets

    Active Transportation Committee Member - Mid-Region Council of Governments, NM


    2025 - School of Engineering Early Career Faculty Teaching Excellence

    2024 - Fall Best Paper Award - Gerald May Department of Civil Engineering, The University of New Mexico (shared with Dr. Nicholas Ferenchak)

    2024 - CEGSAC Emerging Leader - Purdue University

    2024 - Best Submission to Special Poster Call - TRB Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices Committee

    2024 - Paper Reviewer of the Year - TRB Transportation Planning and Development Committee

    2021 - CEE Rising Stars Workshop Participant - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    2021 - LATinE: Latinx Trailblazers in Engineering Fellow - Purdue University

    2021 - Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship - Purdue University

    2020 - Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award - Lyles School of Civil Engineering

    2019 - 1st Annual Conference on Next-Generation Transport Systems Conference (NGTS-4) Best Presentation Award

    2019 - Colombian Student Association Travel Grant

    2018-2019 - Women in Transportation Society (WTS) Maggie Walsh Leadership Legacy Scholarship

    2018-2019 - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Edward J. Cox Memorial Transportation Scholarship

    2017 - Purdue Women in Engineering Program Fall Travel Grant

    2017 - Best Presenter Award - Purdue ITE Fall Seminar

    2016 - Best Civil Engineering Undergraduate Thesis Award - Universidad Nacional de Colombia