Ricardo Valerdi

Courses

• MGMT 359 Sports Analytics

Teaching Interests

• Sabermetrics
• Product Development
• Forecasting

Publications and Working Papers

• Selected Publications

  • Valerdi, R., “Balancing Expert Opinion and Historical Data: The Case of Baseball Umpires,” Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics, 9(3), 161-163, 2016.
  • Valerdi, R., “Play Ball: The Science of Baseball Program,” 1st Annual California STEM Summit, Sacramento, CA, Nov 18-19, 2013.
  • Valerdi, R., Valenzuela, D., Hernandez, K., Monreal, J., “Measures of Effectiveness for a STEM Program: The Arizona Science of Baseball,” 11th Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Atlanta, GA, March 2013.
  • Blackburn, C. and Valerdi, R., “Measuring Systems Engineering Success: Insights From Baseball,” 18th INCOSE Symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2008. 

Professional Associations

• International Council on Systems Engineering
• International Society of Parametric Analysts
• Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

Media Coverage

• “Nearly 6,000 football helmets recalled for head injury risk,” KVOA Tucson News (Aalia Shaheed), August 18, 2016
• “Students get a lesson in math and science through Angels baseball,” LA Times (Alex Chan), June 30, 2016
• “Inning of Giving – Science of Baseball,” MLB.TV, June 29, 2016
• “How a smartphone app and $15 piece of cardboard are taking on football concussions,” SB Nation (Louis Bien), March 29, 2016
• “Why The Knuckleball Pitch Is So Hard To Master In Baseball,” KJZZ (Steve Goldstein), March 4, 2016
• “Program mixes soccer, science lessons,” The Press-Enterprise (Laurie Williams), February 26, 2016
• “Let's have a concussion discussion: UA researchers team with athletes to cut concussions,” The Daily Wildcat (Mackenzie Boulter), February 18, 2016
• “University Of Arizona Football Players Develop App To Help Recognize Concussion Symptoms,” Sport Techie (Josh Shanes), February 10, 2016
• “This virtual reality app will show you what it's like to have a concussion,” Mashable (Adario Strange), February 9, 2016
• “Virtual reality concussion app presented to NCAA officials,” KOLD 13 Tucson/FOX 11 (Janice Yu), February 8, 2016
• “App Simulates Concussion Issue for Football Players,” Facility Safety Management, February 8, 2016
• “UA-built App Tackles Concussion Issue Head-On,” UA News (Emily Litvack), February 3, 2016
• “UA Team to Present Concussion App to NCAA,” KOLD Tucson/FOX 11 (Teresa Jun), February 1, 2016
• “Students program soccer-playing robots with help of UA professor,” The Daily Wildcat (Natalie Robbins), January 22, 2016
• “Know the symptoms of concussion? There's an app for that,” AZ Family KTKV (Jason Volentine), October 1, 2015.
•  “App helps athletes recognize concussions,” KSAZ Fox 10 Arizona (Marcy Jones), September 30, 2015.
• “University of Arizona researchers are building a Google Cardboard app that will let users familiarize themselves with head injury as a form of precaution,” PSFK (Emma Hutchins), September 30, 2015
• “UA researchers, athletes work to develop concussion education app,” KOLD 13 Tucson/FOX 11 (Barbara Grijalva), September 29, 2015
• “App has athletes seeing double to make them think twice about concussions,” Phys.org (Brie DeFelice), September 28, 2015
• “The Science of Baseball: Using the Game to Draw Students to STEM, Arizona Diamondbacks Partner With U. of Arizona Professor to Engage Kids,” Chase Bank (Kelsey Perry), September 29, 2015
• “UA group developing app to educate athletes and parents about concussions,” KTAR News (Bob McClay), September 28, 2015
• “Concussion Awareness: Virtual Reality App Makes Athletes See Double,” Medical Design Technology Magazine, September 28, 2015
• “Virtual Reality App Simulates Concussions,” Training & Conditioning September 28, 2015
• “App Makes Athletes Think About Concussions,” UA News (Jill Goetz), September 23, 2015
• “The Perfect Home Run: Academy Scholar-Athletes Learn the ‘Science of Baseball’,” Nationals Community Newsletter (Zach Jamison), August 2015
• “Angels Program Teaches Kids Science, Math Through Baseball,” ABC7 Los Angeles (Greg Lee), July 24, 2015

 Awards and Honors

• Foreign Member, Mexican Academy of Engineering
• Frank Freiman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cost Estimation and Parametric Modeling
• NCAA MindMatters Concussion Education Program winner
• Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) Distinguished Visiting Fellow
• Best Thesis Advisor, MIT Technology & Policy Program
• Best journal article of the year, Systems Engineering Journal
• Best journal article of the year, Defense Acquisition Research Journal