Dr. Marco Antonio Cruz Sandoval serves as Regional Director of the Department of Sustainable Technologies and Civil Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he leads the academic strategy for the Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Sustainable Development Engineering programs across the Mexico City Region. In this role, he promotes educational innovation, applied research, and faculty development to strengthen academic excellence and institutional impact.
He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a Ph.D. in Sustainability from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain, including a research stay at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He also earned an M.Sc. in Sustainability Science and Technology, an M.Sc. in Engineering with a specialization in Data Science, and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Engineering with a specialization in Renewable Energy, further strengthening his interdisciplinary expertise at the intersection of engineering, data analytics, and sustainability.
His professional career combines academic leadership, international research, and engineering project development, with research interests in urban sustainability, spatial analysis, smart cities, educational innovation, and data-driven decision-making. He is a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNII) and the author of more than 45 Scopus-indexed scientific publications on sustainability, complex thinking, engineering education, and urban studies
cruzsandovalmarco@tec.mx
