Road safety in the Caribbean region: institutions and data management (edX)
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Alejandro Furas
Alejandro Furas is the Secretary-General of the New Car Assessment Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP) and the Technical Director of Global NCAP. He has been an FIA Foundation and Global NCAP Delegation member at the WP29 (UN Geneva) since 2011. In 2008, Alejandro became the Project Engineer for EDU-CAR Plan, an initiative of the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, FIA Foundation, and the World Bank. In 2009, he became a member of the team that developed Latin NCAP, and since then he has been responsible for the selection, purchase, transportation, testing, and inspection of the vehicles as well as post-crash meetings and the publication of results. Alejandro earned his Mechanical and Industrial Engineering degrees at the Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay (UDELAR) in 2008 where he remains part of the Assistant professor line-up until today. Alejandro developed research in alternative energy and fuels since 2005. Until 2007, he developed his career as part of the leadership of a successful racing team for more than 9 years.