Sandra Méndez-Fajardo Position: Assistant Professor (II).

Sandra Méndez-Fajardo
Position: Assistant Professor (II).
Degrees: degree in Civil Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) in
Bogotá, Colombia (2000). MSc in Civil Engineering focused on environmental issues, from
the Universidad de los Andes, Bogota (2007). Doctor in Engineering from the PUJ
(forthcoming in 2016).
Grupo de investigación: Ciencia e Ingeniería del Agua y el Ambiente
Áreas de interés: Integrated Solid Waste Management (municipal, household, Construction
and Demolition, Hazardous, WEEE). Systemic decision making. Participatory design and
territory (community) appropriation for environmental conservation. Participatory design of
public policies with systemic approach.
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e-mail: sandra.mendez@javeriana.edu.co
Main Publications:
Main Author: Chapter Actor-Network Theory on Agent-Based Modelling. Book Social
Systems Engineering: the design of complexity. John Willey & Sons. 2016 (Forthcoming
2016)
Main Author: Actor-Network Theory on Solid Waste Management: A University case
study. International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation. IGI
Global. 1942-535X ed: v.6 fasc.4 p.13 - 25, 2014
Main Author: PROSOFI, an academic model to support the integral development of poor
communities. Revista Educación en Ingeniería ISSN 1900-8260 Vol. 8, N°. 15, pp. 69-82
January/Jun 2013
Co-Author: Quality of Rainwater Runoff on Roofs and Its Relation to Uses and Rain
Characteristics in the VillaAlexandra and Acacias Neighborhoods of Kennedy, Bogota,
Colombia.” J. Environ. Eng., 139(10), 1273–1278. 2013
Co-Author: Towards sustainable Urban facilities: Harvesting of rain water in the Javeriana
University´s Campus in Bogota. Cuadernos de Urbanismo ISSN 2145-0226, 2012
Main Author: Methodology for the appropriation of basic sanitation technologies in native
communities. Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural, Bogota (Colombia) ISSN 0122-1450. p.153176, Jan/Jun 2011
Co-Author: Evaluation of environmental impact diminution when recycled material is used
for threaded unions. Revista Ingeniería y Universidad. Javeriana University. ISSN 01232126 Vol. 13, Number 1, 2009
Policy design
2014-2015: Methodological support for the participatory design of the national policy for
WEEE management in Colombia. Official document in internal review
2008-2010: Participation in the design of the RAS (Reglamento Técnico del Sector de
Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico), Tittle J: Technological alternatives in Water and
Sanitation for rural areas in Colombia. Ministry of Environment, Colombia. Document
published in December 2010