Dr. Borja García de Soto is a Scientific Associate at the Infrastructure Management Group in the Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH). He received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Florida International University (FIU) in 2000, the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering in the area of Structural Design from FIU in 2001, the degree of Master of Science in Engineering in the area of Engineering and Project Management from the University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley) in 2004, and a Ph.D. in the area of Project and Infrastructure Management from ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 2014. Dr. García de Soto is a registered civil engineer (Professional Engineer (PE) license in California and Florida) with international experience in multiple aspects of project management, including risk management and control, delay analysis, forensic engineering, and project cost estimating. His research interests include the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques (such as neural networks and case-based reasoning), sustainable and resilient infrastructures, data-sensing and automation, and information management and modeling in the field of infrastructure and project management. In 2015 he founded the ASCE Switzerland Group and he is currently the president.
