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  1. Assessing the Efficacy of Vertical Deflection Versus Visual Signalling in Urban Transition Zones: A Field Study on Speed Compliance

    Article • Eng—Advances in Engineering, August 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  2. Effect of driver characteristics and traffic-calming measures on speed

    Article • Journal of Safety Research, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  3. Impact of Speed and Differential Correction Base Type on Mobile Mapping System Accuracy

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  4. EARLY PREDICTION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE THROUGH WOOCLAP, LEARNING ANALYTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

    Article • November 2025, IATED Academy, S.L.

    Dr Maria Castro

  5. Analysis of Vehicle Lateral Position in Curves Using a Driving Simulator: Road Markings, Human Factors and Road Features

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  6. Effect of Road Markings on Speed Through Curves on Rural Roads: A Driving Simulator Study in Spain

    Article • Infrastructures, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  7. Effect of traffic-calming countermeasures on vehicle speed near a pedestrian crossing. A driving simulator study

    Article • May 2024, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb

    Dr Maria Castro

  8. Validation of a Driving Simulator for Speed Research on Two-lane Rural Roads

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  9. Impact on driver behaviour of guardrails of different height in horizontal-vertical coordinated road scenarios with a limited available sight distance

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  10. Modeling Urban Road Scenarios to Evaluate Intersection Visibility

    Article • Sustainability, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  11. Accurate 3D modeling of highway guardrails to estimate the available sight distance

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems, November 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  12. Sag curve design criteria on undivided highways derived from reliability theory

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems, October 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro, Professor Francesco Bella

  13. Assessment of intersection conflicts between riders and pedestrians using a GIS-based framework and portable LiDAR

    Article • GIScience & Remote Sensing, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Maria Castro

  14. Virtual recreation of the glare exposure for drivers along a highway segment.

    Article • Journal of Safety Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  15. Assessing sim racing software for low-cost driving simulator to road geometric research

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  16. Spatial analysis of road crash frequency using Bayesian models with Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA)

    Article • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, March 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Maria Castro

  17. A Combined Approach to Address Road Traffic Crashes beyond Cities: Hot Zone Identification and Countermeasures in Indonesia

    Article • Sustainability, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  18. How road Sag Curve design affects Headlight Sight Distance from a probabilistic point of view

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  19. Analysis of sight distances at urban intersections from a vulnerable users’ approach: A case study

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  20. Evaluating Pedestrians’ Safety on Urban Intersections: A Visibility Analysis

    Article • Sustainability, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  21. Framework for 3D Point Cloud Modelling Aimed at Road Sight Distance Estimations

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro

  22. UAV-based platforms to obtain a cloud point of a highway and its roadisdes, covered by trees

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria Castro, Dr. César De Santos-Berbel

  23. Effect of fixed and swiveling headlights on nighttime sight distance on highways

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  24. 3D sight distance evaluation of highway underpasses

    Article • Journal of Surveying Engineering, November 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  25. Suitability Testing of LiDAR Processing Software Aimed at 3-D Sight Distance Estimations

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  26. A Method to Identify and Classify the Vertical Alignment of Existing Roads

    Article • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Maria Castro

  27. Linear visco-elastic behavior of asphalt pavements: 3D-FE response models

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  28. Methodology to estimate 3D sight distance on highways

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  29. Analysis of sight-distance-related accident risk on curves using reliability theory

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro, Dr. Tarek Sayed

  30. Highway Geometric Design Consistency: Speed Models and Local or Global Assessment

    Article • International Journal of Civil Engineering, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria Castro

  31. Modelling a highway and its roadsides in 3D for sight distance studies using a Lidar cloud point

    Article • Survey Review, April 2016, Maney Publishing

    Dr Maria Castro, Dr. César De Santos-Berbel

  32. An index for sight-hidden dips assessment

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport, February 2016, ICE Publishing

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  33. Databases for Highway Inventories. Proposal for a New Model

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  34. GIS Tools for Analyzing Accidents and Road Design: A Review

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  35. Finding and characterizing hidden dips in roads

    Article • The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, December 2015, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Dr Maria Castro

  36. Combined analysis of design consistency and sight distance of higways in a GIS

    Article • International Journal of Geographical Information Science, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro

  37. Terrain Model Resolution Effect on Sight Distance on Roads

    Article • Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, January 2015, Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics

    Dr Maria Castro

  38. A methodology to measure sight-hidden dips’ parameters

    Article • Measurement, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  39. GIS-Based System for Sight Distance Analysis of Highways

    Article • Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, May 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Maria Castro

  40. Using smartphones as a very low-cost tool for road inventories

    Article • Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  41. Development of a local operating speed model for consistency analysis integrating laser, GPS and GIS for measuring vehicles speed

    Article • The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, December 2013, Riga Technical University

    Dr Maria Castro

  42. Vehicle speed measurement: Cosine error correction

    Article • Measurement, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  43. Operating speed models for two-lane rural highways

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport, May 2012, ICE Publishing

    Dr Maria Castro

  44. Sight distance analysis of highways using GIS tools

    Article • Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  45. Operating Speed and Speed Differential for Highway Design Consistency

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering, November 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Maria Castro

  46. Analysis of the temperature influence on flexible pavement deflection

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  47. Highway design software as support of a project-based learning course

    Article • Computer Applications in Engineering Education, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Maria Castro

  48. Automated GIS-Based System for Speed Estimation and Highway Safety Evaluation

    Article • Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, September 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Maria Castro

  49. Estimation of asphalt concrete fatigue curves – A damage theory approach

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  50. Vehicles' operating speed and highway safety analysis using geographic information systems

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport, May 2008, ICE Publishing

    Dr Maria Castro

  51. Damage Based Model for Prediction of Asphalt Concrete Fatigue Curves

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, August 2007, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Maria Castro

  52. Thermal Sensitivity and Fatigue Life of Gap-Graded Asphalt Mixes Incorporating Crumb Rubber from Tire Waste

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, January 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Maria Castro

  53. Geometric modelling of highways using global positioning system (GPS) data and spline approximation

    Article • Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Castro

  54. Fatigue and Healing of Asphalt Mixtures: Discriminate Analysis of Fatigue Curves

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering, February 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Maria Castro

  55. Structural design of asphalt pavement on concrete bridges

    Article • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, August 2004, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Maria Castro