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Prof. Fabricio Espinoza
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)

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0 road safety management
0 Electric vehicles.
0 Public passenger transport
0 Quality in public transport

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Fabricio Espinoza was born in Cañar, Cañar province, Ecuador. He graduated from the Universidad Politecnica Salesiana in May 2004, with a degree in Automotive Mechanical Engineering; he studied a master degree at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) at the Instituto Investigacion del Automovil (2011-2012, with a Master in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Engineering) and is currently studying a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the UPM. Currently I am the director of the Automotive Engineering program at the Universidad Politecnica Salesiana.

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Published: 19 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Background: Road safety is a significant public health problem because it causes negative consequences on victims and families. The objective was to analyze the most significant changes in traffic crashes in Ecuador during the period from 2000 to 2019. With data obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and Census, we performed the analysis to identify: the number of traffic crashes, the number of victims, and other study variables. Methods: Descriptive and analytical statistics and the contrast of proportions were used to analyze data from 2000 to 2019. Results: According to the ideal joinpoint analysis model, there was a significant decrease in the number of recorded traffic accidents from 2015 to 2019 of −8.54 per year, while the tendency to die increased in females (2.05 per year) and males (3.29 per year). The most common crash was a collision, and the automobile appeared as the most involved vehicle from 2015 to 2019. The hypothesis test contrast is used to determine if statistically significant differences exist between age groups by gender of the driver injured in the period 2017–2018. Conclusions: This study determines the most significant changes in the variables related to traffic crashes, where mortality due to this cause in the last four years has had a growth rate of 1.8% compared to collisions that presented a rate of −31.12%. The contrast of the hypothesis test shows significant differences in the injury level between males and female drivers, depending on the age group.

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Fabricio Espinoza-Molina; Christian Ojeda-Romero; Henry Zumba-Paucar; Giovanny Pillajo-Quijia; Blanca Arenas-Ramírez; Francisco Aparicio-Izquierdo. Road Safety as a Public Health Problem: Case of Ecuador in the Period 2000–2019. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8033 .

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Fabricio Espinoza-Molina, Christian Ojeda-Romero, Henry Zumba-Paucar, Giovanny Pillajo-Quijia, Blanca Arenas-Ramírez, Francisco Aparicio-Izquierdo. Road Safety as a Public Health Problem: Case of Ecuador in the Period 2000–2019. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):8033.

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Fabricio Espinoza-Molina; Christian Ojeda-Romero; Henry Zumba-Paucar; Giovanny Pillajo-Quijia; Blanca Arenas-Ramírez; Francisco Aparicio-Izquierdo. 2021. "Road Safety as a Public Health Problem: Case of Ecuador in the Period 2000–2019." Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8033.

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Published: 18 May 2021 in Electronics
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This article proposes an energy-efficiency strategy based on the optimization of driving patterns for an electric vehicle (EV). The EV studied in this paper is a commercial vehicle only driven by a traction motor. The motor drives the front wheels indirectly through the differential drive. The electrical inverter model and the power-train efficiency are established by lookup tables determined by power tests in a dynamometric bank. The optimization problem is focused on maximizing energy-efficiency between the wheel power and battery pack, not only to maintain but also to improve its value by modifying the state of charge (SOC). The solution is found by means of a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. The optimizer simulation results validate the increasing efficiency with the speed setpoint variations, and also show that the battery SOC is improved. The best results are obtained when the speed variation is between 5% and 6%.

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Juan Valladolid; Diego Patino; Giambattista Gruosso; Carlos Correa-Flórez; José Vuelvas; Fabricio Espinoza. A Novel Energy-Efficiency Optimization Approach Based on Driving Patterns Styles and Experimental Tests for Electric Vehicles. Electronics 2021, 10, 1199 .

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Juan Valladolid, Diego Patino, Giambattista Gruosso, Carlos Correa-Flórez, José Vuelvas, Fabricio Espinoza. A Novel Energy-Efficiency Optimization Approach Based on Driving Patterns Styles and Experimental Tests for Electric Vehicles. Electronics. 2021; 10 (10):1199.

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Juan Valladolid; Diego Patino; Giambattista Gruosso; Carlos Correa-Flórez; José Vuelvas; Fabricio Espinoza. 2021. "A Novel Energy-Efficiency Optimization Approach Based on Driving Patterns Styles and Experimental Tests for Electric Vehicles." Electronics 10, no. 10: 1199.

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Published: 02 March 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Background: Although public bodies need to know drivers’ perception of road safety, in Latin America there are no valid and reliable instruments that propose an integral dimensionality. The objective of this study was to design and validate a Road Safety Perception Questionnaire (RSPQ). Methodology: The design included a review of the available evidence and expert knowledge to select the dimensional items for the instrument. A pilot test was carried out to determine possible corrections and adjustments to the questionnaire, after which a Confirmatory Factor Analysis was performed on a stratified sample of 736 Ecuadorian drivers to determine its reliability and construct validity. Results: The results suggest that the RSPQ has a clear factorial structure with high factorial weight items and good internal consistency. The results of the 41-item model grouped into six dimensions (human, vehicle, road infrastructure, regulatory framework and intervention measures, socioeconomic and driving precautions) obtained the best adjustment indexes at the absolute, incremental and parsimonious levels. Conclusions: The preliminary RSPQ evidence can be considered a valid and reliable instrument to assess drivers’ perception of road safety.

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Fabricio Espinoza Molina; Blanca Arenas Ramirez; Francisco Aparicio Izquierdo; Diana Zúñiga Ortega. Road Safety Perception Questionnaire (RSPQ) in Latin America: A Development and Validation Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2433 .

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Fabricio Espinoza Molina, Blanca Arenas Ramirez, Francisco Aparicio Izquierdo, Diana Zúñiga Ortega. Road Safety Perception Questionnaire (RSPQ) in Latin America: A Development and Validation Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (5):2433.

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Fabricio Espinoza Molina; Blanca Arenas Ramirez; Francisco Aparicio Izquierdo; Diana Zúñiga Ortega. 2021. "Road Safety Perception Questionnaire (RSPQ) in Latin America: A Development and Validation Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2433.

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Published: 31 December 2020 in Ingenius
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En la presente investigación, se obtiene un modelo matemático de predicción del consumo específico de combustible en un motor ciclo Otto de 1,4 litros con inyección electrónica sin hacer modificaciones, al usar como combustible mezclas de gasolina con concentraciones a partir de 0 %, 25 %, 50 %, 75 % y 100 % en volumen de etanol anhidro. Para el análisis de los resultados se realizó un diseño de experimento de mezcla reticular simplex lattice, el cual se sometió a un ciclo de conducción urbano de la ciudad de Cuenca a 2558 m s. n. m. en un banco de potencia de rodillos. La adquisición de datos y la obtención del algoritmo fueron a través de un análisis de métodos estadísticos descriptivos. La validación del algoritmo se realizó por medio del análisis de residuos. Como resultado principal se cuenta con un modelo matemático, el que permite predecir el consumo de combustible del motor, para rangos de concentración de etanol del 0 % al 100 % en la gasolina sin la necesidad de realizar pruebas reales.

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Fabricio Espinoza; Fredy Tacuri; Wilmer Rafael Contreras Urgiles; Javier Vázquez. Algoritmo de predicción del consumo de combustible para mezcla de etanol anhídrido en ciudades de altura. Ingenius 2020, 41 -49.

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Fabricio Espinoza, Fredy Tacuri, Wilmer Rafael Contreras Urgiles, Javier Vázquez. Algoritmo de predicción del consumo de combustible para mezcla de etanol anhídrido en ciudades de altura. Ingenius. 2020; (25):41-49.

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Fabricio Espinoza; Fredy Tacuri; Wilmer Rafael Contreras Urgiles; Javier Vázquez. 2020. "Algoritmo de predicción del consumo de combustible para mezcla de etanol anhídrido en ciudades de altura." Ingenius , no. 25: 41-49.