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Departamento de Ingeniería del
Transporte, Territorio y Urbanismo /
Department of Transport Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning

Prof. María Castro Malpica

Dra. Ing. Caminos, Canales y Puertos (PhD Civil Engineering)

Actividad Docente / Teaching

Caminos (Grado Ing. Civil y Territorial) / Roads (Bachelor, Civil Engineering)
Diseño viario (Máster Universitario en Sistemas de Ingeniería Civil) / Road Design (Master in Civil Engineering Systems)
Dirección Trabajos Fin de Grado (Ing. Civil y Territorial).
Dirección Trabajos Fin de Máster (Máster Universitario en Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos; Máster Universitario en Sistemas de Ingeniería Civil).

Publicaciones / Main publications

Artículos en revistas científicas / Journal articles (peer reviewed papers):

MODELING URBAN ROAD SCENARIOS TO EVALUATE INTERSECTION VISIBILITY. González-Gómez, K., Rollins, D. K., Castro, M. (2022). Sustainability, 14, 354.
IMPACT ON DRIVER BEHAVIOUR OF GUARDRAILS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHT IN HORIZONTAL-VERTICAL COORDINATED ROAD SCENARIOS WITH A LIMITED AVAILABLE SIGHT DISTANCE. Lioi, A., Hazoor, A., Castro, M., Bassani, M. (2022). Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour,84, 287–300.
ASSESSING SIM RACING SOFTWARE FOR LOW-COST DRIVING SIMULATOR TO ROAD GEOMETRIC RESEARCH. Higuera De Frutos, S., Castro, M. (2021). Transportation Research Procedia, 58, 575–582.
3D MODELING OF HIGHWAY GUARDRAILS FOR SIGHT DISTANCE ASSESSMENT. Lioi, A., De Santos-Berbel, C., Bassani, M., Castro, M. (2021). Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 147(11), 04021078.
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ROAD CRASH FREQUENCY USING BAYESIAN MODELS WITH INTEGRATED NESTED LAPLACE APPROXIMATION (INLA). Satria, R., Aguero-Valverde, J., Castro, M. (2021). Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 13(11), 1240–1262.
RISK-BASED CALIBRATION OF ROAD SAG VERTICAL CURVE DESIGN GUIDELINES ON UNDIVIDED HIGHWAYS. Rinaldi, A., de Santos-Berbel, C., Bella, F., Castro, M. (2021). Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 147(10), 04021055.
ASSESSMENT OF INTERSECTION CONFLICTS BETWEEN RIDERS AND PEDESTRIANS USING A GIS-BASED FRAMEWORK AND PORTABLE LIDAR. González-Gómez, K., Lopez-Cuervo Medina, S., Castro, M. (2021). GIScience & Remote Sensing, 58(4), 587–602.
DRIVER GLARE EXPOSURE WITH DIFFERENT VEHICLE FRONTLIGHTING SYSTEMS. Alcón Gil, P., De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2021). Journal of Safety Research, 76, 228–237.
ANALYSIS OF SIGHT DISTANCES AT URBAN INTERSECTIONS FROM A VULNERABLE USERS’ APPROACH: A CASE STUDY. González-Gómez, K., Castro, M. (2020). Transportation Research Procedia, 45, 226–233.
A COMBINED APPROACH TO ADDRESS ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES BEYOND CITIES: HOT ZONE IDENTIFICATION AND COUNTERMEASURES IN INDONESIA. Satria, R., Tsoi, K. H., Castro, M., Loo, B. P. Y. (2020). Sustainability, 12(5), 1–18.
RELIABILITY-BASED SAFETY EVALUATION OF HEADLIGHT SIGHT DISTANCE APPLIED TO ROAD SAG CURVE STANDARDS. Andrade-Cataño, F., De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2020). IEEE Access, 8, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977258.
EFFECT OF VEHICLE SWIVELING HEADLAMPS AND HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN ON NIGHTTIME SIGHT DISTANCE. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2020). Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 170, 32-50.
EVALUATING PEDESTRIANS’ SAFETY ON URBAN INTERSECTIONS: A VISIBILITY ANALYSIS. González-Gómez, K., Castro, M. (2019). Sustainability, 11(23), 6630.
FRAMEWORK FOR 3D POINT CLOUD MODELLING AIMED AT ROAD SIGHT DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS. González-Gómez, K., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Castro, M. (2019). Remote Sensing, 11(23), 2730.
USING SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE IN 3D MODELING OF HIGHWAYS WITH TREE-COVERED ROADSIDES TO ESTIMATE SIGHT DISTANCE. Iglesias, L., De Santos-Berbel, C., Pascual, V., Castro, M. (2019). Remote Sensing, 11(22), 2625.
SUITABILITY TESTING OF LIDAR PROCESSING SOFTWARE AIMED AT 3-D SIGHT DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS. González-Gómez, K., Castro, M. (2018). Transportation Research Procedia, 33, 163-170.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL HIGHWAY MODEL FOR SIGHT DISTANCE EVALUATION ON UNDERPASSING HIGHWAYS. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2018). Journal of Surveying Engineering, 144(4), 05018003
A METHOD TO IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF EXISTING ROADS. Higuera de Frutos, S., Castro, M. (2017). Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(11), 952–963.
RELIABILITY-BASED ANALYSIS OF SIGHT DISTANCE MODELLING FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY. De Santos-Berbel, C; Essa, M.; Sayed, T., Castro, M. (2017). Journal of Advanced Transportation. Article Number: UNSP 5612849.
LINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF ASPHALT PAVEMENTS: 3D-FE RESPONSE MODELS. Ramos García, J. A., Castro, M. (2017). Construction and Building Materials, 136, 414-425.
GIS TOOLS FOR ANALYZING ACCIDENTS AND ROAD DESIGN: A REVIEW. Satria, R., Castro, M. 2016. Transportation Research Procedia, 18, 242-247.
DATABASES FOR HIGHWAY INVENTORIES. PROPOSAL FOR A NEW MODEL. Higuera de Frutos, S., Castro, M. (2016) Transportation Research Procedia, 18, 205-211.
HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN CONSISTENCY: SPEED MODELS AND LOCAL OR GLOBAL ASSESSMENT. Luque, R., Castro, M. (2016). International Journal of Civil Engineering, 4(6), 347-355.
AN INDEX FOR SIGHT-HIDDEN DIPS ASSESSMENT. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2016). Transport, 169(1), 24-33.
LIDAR-BASED ROADWAY AND ROADSIDE MODELLING FOR SIGHT DISTANCE STUDIES. Castro, M., López- Cuervo Medina, S., Paréns-González, M. De Santos-Berbel, C. (2016). Survey Review, 48(350), 309-315.
FINDING AND CHARACTERIZING HIDDEN DIPS IN ROADS. M. Castro, De Blas, A., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Sánchez, J. A. (2015). Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 10(4), 340-345.
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF GEOMETRIC DESIGN CONSISTENCY AND ROAD SIGHT DISTANCE. Castro, M., De Santos-Berbel, C. (2015). International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29(12), 2061-2074.
TERRAIN MODEL RESOLUTION EFFECT ON SIGHT DISTANCE ON ROADS. Castro, M., García-Espona, A., Martínez, L. (2015). Periodica Polytechnica: Civil Engineering, 59(2), 165-172.
SIGHT DISTANCE STUDIES ON ROADS: INFLUENCE OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS AND ROADSIDE ELEMENTS. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M., López- Cuervo Medina, S., Paréns-González, M. (2014). Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 160, 449-458, .
A METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE SIGHT-HIDDEN DIPS’ PARAMETERS. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Sánchez, J. A. (2014). Measurement, 52, 85-93.
GIS-BASED SYSTEM FOR SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAYS. Castro, M., Anta, J. A., Iglesias, L., Sánchez, J. A. (2014). Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 28(3), 04014005.
USING SMARTPHONES AS A VERY LOW-COST TOOL FOR ROAD INVENTORIES. Higuera de Frutos, S., Castro, M.(2014). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 38(1), 136-145.
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCAL OPERATING SPEED MODEL FOR CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS INTEGRATING LASER, GPS AND GIS FOR VEHICLE’S SPEED MEASUREMENT. Castro, M., Pardillo, J. M., Jurado, R. (2013). Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 8(4), 281-288.
VEHICLE SPEED MEASUREMENT: COSINE ERROR CORRECTION. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Sánchez J. A. (2012). Measurement, 45(8), 2128-2134.
HIGHWAY DESIGN SOFTWARE AS SUPPORT OF A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING COURSE. Castro, M. (2012). Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 20(3), 468-473.
OPERATING SPEED MODELS FOR TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. F., Sánchez, J. A. (2012). P. I. Civil Eng-Transport, 165(2), 107-118.
SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAYS USING GIS TOOLS. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Sánchez, J. A., Ambrosio, L. (2011). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 19(6), 997-1005.
OPERATING SPEED AND SPEED DIFFERENTIAL FOR HIGHWAY DESIGN CONSISTENCY. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. F., Sánchez, J. A., Iglesias, L. (2011). Journal of Transportation Engineering, 137(11), 837-840.
ANALYSIS OF THE TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE ON FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DEFLECTION. Ramos, J.A., Castro, M. (2011). Construction and Building Materials, 25(8), 3530-3539.
AUTOMATED GIS-BASED SYSTEM FOR SPEED ESTIMATION AND HIGHWAY SAFETY EVALUATION. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. A., Vaquero, C. M., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R. (2008). Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 22(5), 325-33.
ESTIMATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE FATIGUE CURVES – A DAMAGE THEORY APPROACH. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. A. (2008). Construction and Building Materials, 22(6), 1232-1238.
REVISING A GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY ENGINEERING CURRICULUM. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Sánchez J. A. (2008). International Journal of Engineering Education, 24(6), 1180-1190. .
HIGHWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Sánchez J. A. (2008). P. I. Civil Eng-Transport, 161(2), 91-97.
THERMAL SENSITIVITY AND FATIGUE LIFE OF GAP-GRADED ASPHALT MIXES INCORPORATING CRUMB RUBBER FROM TYRE WASTE. Gallego, J., Castro, M., Prieto, J. N., Vassallo, J. M. (2007). Transportation Research Record, 1998, 132-139. (Abstract)
DAMAGE BASED MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE FATIGUE CURVES. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. A. (2007). Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 19(8), 700-702.
GEOMETRIC MODELLING OF HIGHWAYS USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DATA AND SPLINE APPROXIMATION. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Sánchez J. A. (2006). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 14 (4), 233-243.
FATIGUE AND HEALING OF ASPHALT MIXTURES: DISCRIMINATE ANALYSIS OF FATIGUE CURVES. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. A. (2006). Journal of Transportation Engineering, 132 (2), 168-174.
STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF ASPHALT PAVEMENTS ON CONCRETE BRIDGES. Castro, M. (2004). Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 31 (4), 695-702.

Comunicaciones en Congresos / Conference Proceedings and Presentations:

ANALYSIS OF SIGHT DISTANCES AT URBAN INTERSECTIONS. VULNERABLE USERS’ APPROACH. González-Gómez, K., Castro, M. (2019). In Transport Infrastructure and Systems: Proceedings of the AIIT International Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Systems. Rome, Italy, 23-24 September 2019.
SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSES AT URBAN INTERSECTIONS USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES. González-Gómez, K. (2019). In III Campus Científico del Foro de Ingeniería del Transporte. Madrid, Spain, 4-5 April 2019.
EVALUATING 3D SIGHT DISTANCE AT URBAN INTERSECTIONS USING A LIDAR-BASED MODEL AND CONSIDERING MULTIPLE USERS. González-Gómez, K., Iglesias-Martínez, L., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Castro, M. (2018). In International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering 2018. Belgrade, Serbia, 27-28 September 2018.
INTEGRACIÓN DE DATOS GEOESPACIALES EN ESTUDIOS ESTADÍSTICOS DE ACCIDENTALIDAD. González-Gómez, K., Rodríguez-Solano, R., Castro, M. (2018). In XVIII Congreso Nacional Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica. Valencia, Spain, 20-22 June 2018.
SUITABILITY TESTING OF LIDAR PROCESSING SOFTWARE AIMED AT 3-D SIGHT DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS. González-Gómez, K., Castro, M. (2018). In XIII Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte. Gijón, Spain, 6-8 June 2018.
ADDRESSING SIGHT-DISTANCE-RELATED SAFETY EFFECTS OF INSTALLING MEDIAN BARRIERS AT HORIZONTAL CURVES OF UNDIVIDED HIGHWAYS UNDER A 3D APPROACH. De Santos-Berbel, C., González-Gómez, K., Castro, M., Anta, J.A. (2018). In 5th Int. Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure. Zadar, Croatia, 17-19 May 2018.
MOBILE MAPPING FOR SIGHT DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS. González-Gómez, K. (2017). In II Campus Científico del Foro de Ingeniería del Transporte. Madrid, Spain, 30-31 May 2017.
A COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY SIGHT DISTANCE. Castro, M., De Santos-Berbel, C., Iglesias, L. (2017).Transport Infrastructure and Systems: Proceedings of the AIIT International Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Systems (Rome, Italy, 10-12 April 2017) (p. 193). CRC Press.
INFLUENCE OF HEADLAMP LIGHTING PARAMETERS ON NIGHTTIME SIGHT DISTANCE. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M., Iglesias, L. (2016). International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering 2016 (Belgrade, Serbia, 24-25 November 2016).
ESTIMATION OF SIGHT DISTANCE ON HIGHWAYS WITH OVERHANGING ELEMENTS. Iglesias, L., Castro, M., Pascual-Gallego, V., De Santos-Berbel, C. (2016). International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering 2016 (Belgrade, Serbia, 24-25 November 2016).
STOPPING-SIGHT-DISTANCE SIMULATION USING A NEW PROBABILISTIC APPROACH. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro, M. (2015). Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design. Vancouver, Canada, 22-24, June 2015.
A METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATION OF VERTICAL-ALIGNMENT GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS. Higuera de Frutos, S., Castro, M., De Santos-Berbel, C. (2015). Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design. Vancouver, Canada, 22-24, June 2015.
ESTUDIO DE VISIBILIDAD EN CARRETERAS USANDO MODELOS DIGITALES DE ELEVACIÓN DE ALTA RESOLUCIÓN. De Santos-Berbel, C., Iglesias Martínez, L., Castro, M., Paréns González, M., Anta, J. A., Rama Huecas, E. (2014). Conferencia ESRI España 2014.
HERRAMIENTA SIG PARA ESTIMAR LA DISTANCIA DE VISIBILIDAD DISPONIBLE EN CARRETERAS. ANÁLISIS DE LA INFLUENCIA DE LA SEPARACIÓN DE LOS PUNTOS DE CÁLCULO. García-Espona, A., Castro, M., Iglesias, L. (2014). XVI Congreso Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica 2014.
DISTANCIA DE VISIBILIDAD EN CARRETERAS: INFLUENCIA DE MODELOS DIGITALES DE ELEVACIONES Y ELEMENTOS DE LAS MÁRGENES. De Santos-Berbel, C., Castro Malpica, M., López-Cuervo Medina, S., Paréns-González, M. (2014). XI Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2014).
SIGHT DISTANCE FOR ROAD SAFETY ANALYSIS USING GIS. De Santos Berbel, C., Anta, J. A., Castro, M., Iglesias, L. (2013). ESRI Europe, Middle East, and Africa User Conference (EMEAUC) 2013.
LA DISTANCIA DE VISIBILIDAD EN CARRETERAS COMO HERRAMIENTA PARA EVALUAR LA SEGURIDAD VIAL: APLICACIÓN PRÁCTICA. De Santos Berbel, C., Anta, J. A., Castro, M., Paréns González, M. (2013). Conferencia ESRI España 2013.
DETERMINACIÓN DEL EJE DE LA CARRETERA Y LA DISTANCIA DE VISIBILIDAD UTILIZANDO DATOS GPS Y HERRAMIENTAS SIG. Castro, M., Iglesias, L., López-Cuervo Medina, S., Rodríguez-Solano, R. (2010). XIV Congreso Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica 2010.
SPEED MODELS FOR HIGHWAY CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS. A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. F., Ardila, N., Melo, J. (2010). 4th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design. Valencia (España), 2010.
ADAPTATION AND CALIBRATION OF IHSDM FOR EVALUATING HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN SPAIN. Domínguez-Lira, C. A., Castro, M., Pardillo-Mayora, J. M., Gascón-Varón, C. (2010). 4th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design. Valencia (España), 2010
ALIGNMENT INDICES AS A TOOL TO EVALUATE SAFETY AND DESIGN CONSISTENCY IN TWO LANE RURAL ROADS. Castro, M., Sánchez, J. F., Pardillo-Mayora J. M. (2005). 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design. Chicago (USA), 2005. (Abstract)

Proyectos de Investigación / Research Projects

Desarrollo de un sistema para el análisis de la consistencia del trazado de carreteras / Development of a system for highway geometric design consistency analysis

Líneas de Investigación / Research Fields

Trazado de carreteras, distancia de visibilidad, consistencia, SIG, GPS, simuladores de conducción, dimensionamiento de firmes, pavimentos de puentes, aplicación del método de los elementos finitos al estudio de pavimentos / Geometric design of roads, sight distance, consistency, GIS, GPS, driving sumulators, structural design of pavements, bridge pavements, application of Finite Element Method to analysis and design of pavements