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                        Office Of Research, Development, And Technology At The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center


            
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        The following contacts can be found at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), and offices housed at the research and development facility: the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, the Office of Operations Research and Development, the Office of Safety Research and Development, and the Office of Corporate Research, Development, and Innovation Management, which supports all three research offices and manages the Exploratory Advanced Research Program. The 16 laboratories and data centers at TFHRC provide a vital resource for advancing the body of knowledge that has been created and developed to solve national transportation goals.

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All media inquiries and interview requests should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at 202-366-0660.Displaying 26 - 50 of 97NameRoles and ResponsibilitiesOffice
                    
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																								Title
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																								Roles and Responsibilities
																								Backup PersonKuehn, David E
																																				david.kuehn@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3414
																																				Team Director/Program Manager
																																				Exploratory Advanced Research Team
																																				Provide Federal Highway Administration leadership
	Manage scientific coordination
	Manage partnership development
	Provide visionary leadership for Exploratory Advanced Research Program
	Provide international and national scientific program coordination
	Provide leadership and communication for Corporate Master Plan for Research and Deployment of Technology and InnovationMcCrae, TaMara
																																				tamara.mccrae@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3382
																																				Management Analyst
																																				Marketing and Communications Team
																																				Perform national exhibit coordination and support
	Provide research and technology communications support
	Coordinate Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center facility tours
	Oversee the Research and Technology Product Distribution Center
	Coordinate communications/publications support services Manage editorial and layout contracts for Public Roads magazineMero, Laura
																																				Laura.Mero@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3377
																																				Research Psychologist
																																				Human Factors Team
																																				Develop, manage, and coordinate safety and operations human factors research
	Lead Traffic Control Devices Consortium Pooled Fund Study (TPF-5(316)
																																				Arnold, MichelleFitzgerald, Cara
																																				cara.fitzgerald@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3376
																																				Program Coordinator
																																				Program Management
																																				Provide program coordination and monitoring
	Coordinate office management initiativesShine, Daniel
																																				daniel.shine@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3375
																																				Team Director
																																				Marketing and Communications Team
																																				Provide overall leadership for research and technology marketing, communications, and innovation delivery
	Plan communications and outreach strategies
	Manage Federal Highway Administration processes for innovation management and delivery
	Coordinate Research and Technology StoryPol, James
																																				james.pol@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3371
																																				Technical Director, Safety Research and Development
																																				Safety Research and Development Technical Direction
																																				Provide technical direction, management, and coordination for the Safety Research and Development (R&D) Program
	Oversee tracking of budget development, procurement, and spend plan execution
	Identify national highway safety research and development needs
	Coordinate advanced research, applied research, and technology facilitation activities to improve highway safety
	Manage Safety R&D Technical Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract
	Coordinate research and development activities to support the Highway Safety ManualDavis, Gregory W (Greg)
																																				gregory.davis@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3367
																																				Intelligent Transportation Systems Safety Research Program Manager
																																				Roadway Team
																																				Perform research on intelligent transportation systems to improve highway safety
	Coordinate cooperative intersection collision avoidance systems research
	Manage research to develop vehicle-to-infrastructure communications applications to improve highway safetyCorrigan, Matthew
																																				matthew.corrigan@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3365
																																				Research Civil Engineer
																																				Infrastructure Analysis and Construction Team
																																				Conduct and manage research to improve infrastructure construction and project delivery and to advance civil integrated management (CIM)
																																				Petros, Katherine AThor, Craig
																																				craig.thor@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3338
																																				Chief Scientist
																																				Program Management
																																				Provide technical guidance for the Research and Technology (R&T) Program for Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
	Coordinate FHWA R&T priorities across external agencies and domestic and international partners
	Coordinate the strategic direction of the FHWA R&T program with FHWA senior managers and the Office of the Secretary
																																				Special AssistantFay, Charles
																																				charles.fay@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3336
																																				SHRP 2 Safety Research Manager
																																				Safety Data and Analysis Team
																																				Manage, coordinate, and conduct highway safety analysis
	SHRP2 safety data training
																																				Mohamedshah, YusufBanihashemi, Mohamadreza
																																				mohamad.banihash@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3334
																																				Research Civil Engineer (Highway)
																																				Safety Data and Analysis Team
																																				Provide expertise in data analytics research.
	Work on projects using informatics, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced computing methods to address the anticipated high volume data to be produced by connected and automated vehicles.
	Provide expertise for implementing the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Safety implementation program with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
	Work on vehicle automation with staff from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transporation System Joint Program Office and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
																																				Tan, Carol HFessmann, Volker
																																				Volker.Fessmann@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3322
																																				Highway Research Engineer
																																				Roadway Team
																																				Manage intelligent transportation systems safety research
	Support traffic engineering and human factors research
	Coordinate communication device testing and spectrum activities
																																				Davis, Gregory W (Greg)Do, Ann
																																				ann.do@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3319
																																				Highway Research Engineer
																																				Human Factors Team
																																				Develop, manage, and coordinate the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Program
	Provide pedestrian and bicycle safety technical guidanceZhang, Wei
																																				wei.zhang@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3317
																																				Highway Research Engineer
																																				Roadway Team
																																				Manage Intersection Safety research program
	Manage safety and operational evaluation of alternative intersection and interchange designs
	Conduct inhouse research on big data analysis and visualization
	Perform system evaluation linking crash severity to level of service
	Explore aerial-based traffic data collection at large intersections and interchanges
																																				Chen, Shyuan-Ren (Clayton)Tan, Carol H
																																				carol.tan@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3315
																																				Team Leader, Safety Data and Analysis Team
																																				Safety Data and Analysis Team
																																				Manage Highway Safety Information System
	Manage highway safety data and analysis research
	Manage safety management systems research
	Coordinate development of Model Minimum Inventory of Roadway Elements
	Co-manage Motorcycle Crash Causation StudyArnold, Terry
																																				terry.arnold@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3305
																																				Senior Research Chemist
																																				Infrastructure Materials Team
																																				Manage the Chemistry Laboratory
	Lead and conduct research and forensic investigations involving the chemistry of highway materials
																																				Youtcheff, Jr., John S (Jack)Bhide, Shrinivas
																																				shrinivas.bhide@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3302
																																				Research Civil Engineer
																																				Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Team
																																				Conduct research in the Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Program.
																																				VacantArispe, Eduardo
																																				eduardo.arispe@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3291
																																				Research Mechanical Engineer
																																				Roadway Team
																																				Manage the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory and Roadside Safety research program
	Maintain certification of the crash test lab and the test data
	Advance the use of dynamic finite element analysis software to design crashworthy roadside safety structures and predict vehicle crash outcomes
	Coordinate efforts related to motorcycle crashes into barriers
	Coordinate investigations of suspension and steering component failures in angular crashes
	Develop testing protocols for dynamic impact testing for various research needs
																																				Chen, Shyuan-Ren (Clayton)Eisert, Jesse
																																				jesse.eisert@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3284
																																				Research Psychologist
																																				Human Factors Team
																																				Develop, manage, and coordinate safety and operations human factors researchMcHale, Gene M
																																				gene.mchale@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3275
																																				Team Leader, Transportation Operations Applications Team
																																				Transportation Operations Applications Team
																																				Manage and lead team
	Provide program management and development
	Provide technical direction
	Conduct ITS related research including advanced technologies for traffic management and connected and automated vehicles
																																				Andersen, Carl KPagenkopf, James
																																				james.pagenkopf@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3272
																																				Hydraulics Research Engineer
																																				Bridge Engineering Team
																																				Conduct research on the hydraulics and hydrology of highway structures, bridge scour, pressure flow scour, culvert hydraulics, bottomless culverts, highway drainage, and multihazard modeling.
																																				Kerenyi, KornelBujanovic, Pavle
																																				pavle.bujanovic@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3271
																																				Highway Research Engineer
																																				Transportation Enabling Technologies Team
																																				Conduct operations highway research
	Conduct CARMASM researchThompson, Dale
																																				dale.thompson@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3270
																																				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
																																				Andersen, Carl KCurtis, 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
	Develop cooperative vehicle-highway systems
	Conduct connected vehicles research: dynamic mobility applications (DMA) and signal phase and timing (SPaT) activities
																																				McHale, Gene MRandall VanGorder
																																				randall.vangorder@dot.gov
																																				(202) 493-3266
																																				Highway Research Engineer
																																				Operations Research and Development Technical Direction
																																				Serve as Contracting Office's Representative (COR) for the Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory's (STOL) support and IDIQ contract
	Manage the STOL
	Perform Traffic Analysis and Simulation Pooled Fund Study (TAS PFS)
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