Jesús MONCLÚS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Qualifications

• 09/04. Visiting Researcher at the Traffic Technique Dept. of Lund University (Sweden)
• 09/03. "Doctoral Degree in Mechanical Engineering", University of Zaragoza (Spain).
• 12/00. Visiting Research Engineer at the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI).
• 8/97 - 5/99. "Masters in Transportation Safety", George Washington University (GWU) @ Washington, DC. Fulbright Fellow 97/99. Average GPA: 4.0.
• 10/87 - 09/91, 10/92 - 12/93. BS in Mechanical Engineering. Ranked top 95%. University of Zaragoza, Spain. Several grants awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
• 10/91 - 07/92. Coursework at the Milan Polytechnic toward the BS degree, Italy. Sponsored by the European Union (Erasmus Student Exchange Program).

Professional activities

• 9/03 -. Head of Crash Research & Vehicle Safety, FITSA Foundation.
• 9/99 - 9/03. Head of Traffic Safety Dept., the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE).
• 3/98 - 8/99. Research Assistant. FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center @ GWU. Project Manager: Development of a Detailed FEM Model of Dodge Grand Caravan.
• 9/94 - 8/97. Traffic Accident Investigator at the Research Institute for Automobile Repairs, Zaragoza (Spain). Accomplishments: design, implementation and lecturing of the first course on "Advanced Topics in Crash Investigation" ever offered in Spain, technical reports and court depositions, braking and handling vehicle test programs.
• 9/95 - 7/97. Vehicle Safety Journalist. for the newspaper Heraldo de Aragón (HdA), Zaragoza (Spain). Weekly articles on road safety.
• 6/93 - 7/94. Scientific Journalist. HdA Newspaper, Zaragoza (Spain). The team of journalists was awarded with the Regional College of Mechanical Engineer's Price 1994.

Memberships

• 6/04 -. Member of the European Commission's Group of Experts on Transport Accidents. President of the Sub-Group on Road Transport.
• 12/03 -. Member of the "Traffic Safety Policy Evaluation" Working Group of the European Transport Safety Council.

Main areas of interest

• Child safety
• Crash data collection
• Global burden of crashes, with especial focus on traffic safety in developing and transitional countries
• Sustainable mobility
• Automobile and environment
• International and inter-regional cooperation.

Awards

• Royal Spanish Automobile Club (RACE) Journalism Award 1996
• Royal Catalonian Automobile Club (RACC) Journalism Award 1996
• Spanish Road Association Journalism 2nd Prize 2001 and 2003

Recent publications

• SCENARIOS ON MOBILITY AND SAFETY IN THE ENLARGED EUROPE. Forecast study conducted by the Fondazione Caracciolo according to the Delphi Method. J. Monclus et al. Oct. 2004.
• A PROPOSAL FOR AN IN-DEPTH CRASH INVESTIGATION PROGRAMME IN SPAIN. J. Monclus. Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR). Hannover (Germany), Sept. 2004.
• SPANISH CRS USE AND EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY RESULTS. Jesus Monclus-Gonzalez, Royal Automobile Club of Spain. 18th ESV International Technical Conference. Paper No 122. Nagoya (Japan), 2003.
• AN INVESTIGATION OF SIDE IMPACT TEST METHODOLOGIES FOR CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USING FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS. Jesus Monclus-Gonzalez, Royal Automobile Club of Spain. Dhafer Marzougui, George Bahouth & Azim Eskandarian, FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center. 18th ESV International Technical Conference. Paper No 121. Nagoya (Japan), 2003.
• A CONFLICT-AVOIDING, ARTIFICIAL VISION BASED, INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER. Cristina Conde, Jorge Pérez, Pedro González, Jesús Silva & Enrique Cabello, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - ESCET. Jesús Monclús & Tomás Santa Cecilia, Royal Automobile Club of Spain. 2003 ITS World Congress. Madrid (Spain), 2003
• EuroRAP: VALORANDO LA SEGURIDAD DE LAS CARRETERAS EUROPEAS. Jesús Monclús, Real Automóvil Club de España - RACE. Steve Lawson, Automobile Association -AA (Gran Bretaña). Sam Schouten, Real Automóvil Club Holandés - ANWB. Paper Presented at the Spanish Road Conference. Pamplona (Spain), 2002.
• LA SEGURIDAD DE LAS CARRETERAS VISTA POR SUS USUARIOS. Jesús Monclús & Fernando Santamaría, Real Automóvil Club de España - RACE. Paper Presented at the Spanish Road Conference. Oviedo (Spain), 2001.
• DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED FINITE ELEMENT MODELS OF CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANT PROTECTION. Jesus Monclus-Gonzalez & Azim Eskandarian, FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center. Osamu Takatori & Junya Morimoto, Japan Automobile Research Institute. 17th ESV International Technical Conference. Paper No 01-S9-O-126. Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2001.
• Versatility and Limitations of a Fully Detailed Finite Element Model of a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan for Crashworthiness Applications. Jesus Monclus-Gonzalez, Cing-Dao Kan and Nabih E. Bedewi, FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center. The George Washington University. SAE World Congress Paper No 2000-01-0629. Detroit (USA), 2000.

• Co-author of the book "Basics of Crash Investigation", 2001
• Co-author of "RACE's Safe Driving Manual", 2003
• Editor of the "FITSA Traffic Safety Barometer 2004"

Last updated: 2005-06-21