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Full Name E-mail Phone Title Team Primary Role(s) and Responsibilities Backup Person
17 Search Results for "Office of Operations Research and Development"
Arnold, James A james.a.arnold@dot.gov 202-493-3265 Electronic Engineer Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
  • Conduct research utilizing global positioning system
  • Conduct research on dedicated short-range communication
  • Provide spectrum management
  • Conduct research on the nationwide differential global positioning system and high-accuracy nationwide differential global positioning system
  • Provide technical support to intelligent transportation systems communications systems
  
Bared, Joe joe.bared@dot.gov 202-493-3314 Team Leader, Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team
  • Provide team management and leadership
  • Lead the Concepts and Analysis Testbed of the Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory
  • Oversee Student Career Experience Program and staff research
  • Support adaptive signal control technology (ASCT) research
  • Manage ASCT including safety
  • Provide integration of transportation simulation tools
  • Evaluate innovative intersections
  
Curtis, Deborah M deborah.curtis@dot.gov 202-493-3267 Highway Research Engineer Transportation Operations Applications Team
  • Provide adaptive control software, ramp metering, adaptive control software evaluation, and operation of work zones
  • Participate in Exploratory Advanced Research Program
  • Conduct freight analysis and modeling
  • Develop cooperative vehicle-highway systems
  • Coordinate modeling and simulation workshop
  • Provide QuickZone and Work Zone final rule
 McKeever, Benjamin (Ben)
Ferlis, Robert A (Bob) robert.ferlis@dot.gov 202-493-3268 Technical Director, Operations Research and Development Program Management
  • Coordinate project team activities for Federal Highway Administration's strategic plan and performance plan goals and objectives
  • Conduct research, development, and technology product deployment
  • Liaise with the Exploratory Advanced Research Program and Federal Highway Administration headquarters and field offices
  • Provide intelligent transportation system support
  • Conduct research on advanced mobility systems, vehicle-highway automation, and vehicle-infrastructure integration
  
Gibson, David P david.gibson@dot.gov 202-493-3271 Highway Research Engineer Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
  • Conduct advanced and innovative research
  • Act as a university research liaison
  • Conduct research on traffic sensors and detection
  • Conduct research on sensors and controllers for cooperative intersection collision avoidance systems
  • Particpate with University Research Centers of Excellence
  • Conduct stereo-pedestrian sensor project
 McHale, Gene M
Huang, X. Peter peter.huang@dot.gov 202-493-3484 Highway Research Engineer Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team
  • Provide Connected Vehicles Testbed development and operation
  • Conduct research on quick incident detection and warning systems
  • Conduct research on knowledge-based signal system analysis tools, high-speed intersection safety, and work zone queue detection and warning systems
 Bared, Joe
Klein, Janet S janet.klein@dot.gov 202-493-3303 Administrative Assistant Program Management
  • Provide administrative support
  • Provide office management
  
Lochrane, Taylor taylor.lochrane@dot.gov 202-493-3293 Civil Engineer Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team
  • Conduct operations-related research
 Bared, Joe
McHale, Gene M gene.mchale@dot.gov 202-493-3275 Team Leader, Transportation Enabling Technologies Team Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
  • Provide technical direction
  • Provide team management and leadership
  • Research infrastructure-related aspects to cooperative vehicle-infrastructure collision avoidance systems
  • Conduct research on vehicle-infrastructure integration
 Huang, X. Peter
McKeever, Benjamin (Ben) ben.mckeever@dot.gov 202-493-3270 Team Leader, Transportation Operations Applications Team Transportation Operations Applications Team
  • Manage and lead team
  • Provide program management and development
  • Provide technical direction
  • Conduct connected vehicles research: dynamic mobility applications (DMA) and signal phase and timing (SPaT) activities
  • Manage Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed
  • Develop adaptive control hardware and software, including national standards
  
Peters, Joseph I (Joe) joe.peters@dot.gov 202-493-3269 Director Program Management
  • Lead the Office of Operations Research and Development
  • Oversee transportation management and operations improvement through research, development, and testing
  • Identify future opportunities
  • Develop Federal Highway Administration operations and management research and development program
  • Provide advocacy for a nationally coordinated operations research and development program
  • Track research and development programs and projects
 Ferlis, Robert A (Bob)
VACANT     Transportation Specialist Transportation Operations Applications Team
  • Coordinate operations partnerships
  • Conduct research on access management
  • Conduct research on performance measures and data quality
  • Conduct research for traffic management center pooled fund
  • Conduct research on integrated corridor management systems
 McKeever, Benjamin (Ben)
VACANT     Highway Research Engineer Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team
  • Conduct research on traffic analysis and simulation tools
  • Conduct research on driver choice and behavior modeling
  • Conduct modeling and analysis of inclement weather’s impact on traffic
  • Perform intelligent transportation systems deployment analysis
  • Conduct advanced transportation research
  • Conduct research on corridor and network operations
  • Perform CORridor SIMulation (CORSIM) studies
  • Conduct research on vehicle safety systems
 Bared, Joe
VACANT     Highway Research Specialist Transportation Operations Applications Team
  • Conduct research on rural intelligent transportation systems
  • Conduct research on global positioning system
  • Conduct the Clear Roads Pooled Fund Study
  • Condut research on position navigation and timing
  • Conduct research on nationwide differential global positioning system deployment
 Arnold, James A
VanGorder, Randy randall.vangorder@dot.gov 202-493-3266 Highway Research Engineer Transportation Operations Concepts and Analysis Team
  • Perform Traffic Management Center Pooled Fund Study (TMC PFS)
  • Perform Traffic Analysis and Simulation Pooled Fund Study (TAS PFS)
  • Conduct research on dynamic traffic assignment (DTA)
  • Manage the Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (TOL)
 Bared, Joe
Young, Ray raymond.young@dot.gov 202-493-3283 Student Career Experience Program Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
  • Student Career Experience Program
  
Yousuf, Mohammed mohammed.yousuf@dot.gov 202-493-3199 Research Electronics Engineer Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
  • Manage: Connected Vehicles Systems Engineering and Testbed
  • Capture and manage connected vehicles data
  • Develop connected vehicles dynamic mobility applications
  • Manage Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed
  • Act as liaison to Exploratory Advanced Research Program and roadmaps
  • Provide research on accessible transportation and mobility
 McHale, Gene M

 

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