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U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology |
July 28, 2016 |
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Anne Aylward, a proven senior leader and results-driven
executive with more than 30 years in the transportation field, has been
selected as Volpe’s new director. She is the organization’s seventh permanent
director and the first woman to hold the position.
Aylward’s new role builds on her 20 years of service at
Volpe, during which time she has made substantial contributions to U.S. DOT
priorities.
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Vehicle automation is paving the way for major societal
changes in how we move people and goods in urban areas, according to Dr. Emilio
Frazzoli, MIT professor and co-founder of nuTonomy, who
is working to design an urban taxi network that combines autonomous vehicles
and ride-sharing...read more
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Invasive species and noxious weeds can destroy entire
ecosystems, stemming from something as seemingly innocuous as a seed latching
to the bottom of a dump truck. Through the SBIR Program, S-K Environmental developed a novel
solution for construction sites that has a 97 percent success rate...read more
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Volpe
recently opened its campus for an event that showcased the intersection of
transportation, safety, health, and human behavior. Tours and demonstrations
highlighted vehicle simulators, the B.A.T. Mobile, concussion goggles, a Jaws
of Life rescue, and more…see videos and pictures
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Accurate, complete, and timely crash and inspection data
from states lets FMCSA better
identify motor carriers that could pose a risk to the traveling public. A newly revamped website is helping improve that data...read more
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The following professional opportunities are available at Volpe:
- Center Director, Air Traffic Systems and Operations
- Community Planner
- Contract Specialist
- Environmental Engineer
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Volpe Staff at U.S. and International Events
Volpe staff were featured at the following events in June and July:
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Michael Scarpino presented at the Ocean State Clean Cities Stakeholder Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, on July 19. Scarpino discussed the Northeast Diesel Collaborative Clean Freight Corridor Workgroup’s efforts to develop clean corridors by coordinating across the states to advance high-efficiency, low-emission alternative transportation technologies across all modes.
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Michael Dinning presented and
facilitated a discussion on cybersecurity and transportation resilience at
the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee Meeting,
held June 22-23 in Irvine, California.
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Dr. Divya
Chandra presented
study recommendations on subjective instrument flight complexity and proposed
next steps for research with Dr. Rebecca
Markunas. This presentation was in support of the Pilot Controller Procedures and Systems Integration Working Group of the Performance-Based Operations Aviation
Rulemaking Committee, held June 21-23 in Englewood, Colorado. The research
impacts aviation safety by exploring human factors issues related to instrument
design procedures and associated charting to help mitigate pilot error.
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Dr. Kristin
Lewis participated
in the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Alternative Fuels Task
Force working meeting, held June 20-23 in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Lewis
provided technical expertise in support of FAA’s Office of Environment and
Energy.
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George Noel presented a
paper on assessing emissions impacts from automated vehicles at the Air & Waste Management Association’s
109th Annual Conference & Exhibition, held June 20-23 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Christopher
Cutler and Amanda Rapoza participated in the Institute
of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) Noise-Con 2016 Conference, held June
13-15 in Providence, Rhode Island. Cutler won the INCE Leo Beranek Student
Medal of Excellence in the study of noise control in 2015.
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Mikio
Yanagisawa presented
on emerging advanced vehicle technologies at the 2016 Traffic Safety Conference, held June 6-8 in College Station,
Texas, hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The presentation
provided attendees the opportunity to learn about research data collection and
usage; benefits estimation techniques; and potential changes and issues that
may arise from new vehicle technologies.
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Jason Glaneuski
participated
as a panelist during a discussion on
unmanned aircraft systems integration in the national airspace at the Association of Unmanned Vehicles
International’s Robotica 2016 conference, held June 6-9 in Devens,
Massachusetts.
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Safety – Railroads
Technology Assessment
Transportation
Planning
Vehicle-to-Vehicle
Technologies
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