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                Mero, Laura
First Name:
              Laura

                    
  Last Name:
              Mero

                          
  Telephone:
              (202) 493-3377

                    
  Email:
              Laura.Mero@dot.gov

                    **Team:**Human Factors Team**Office:**Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development**Office Code:**HRSO-30

                    
  Backup Person:
              Arnold, Michelle

          **Area of Expertise:**
        Automated Highway System
                                                Human Factors Guidelines
                                                Traffic Management
                                                Traffic Signal Control Research
    
          **Roles and Responsibilities:**
        Develop, manage, and coordinate safety and operations human factors research
	Lead Traffic Control Devices Consortium Pooled Fund Study (TPF-5(316)
    
          **Biography:**
        Laura joined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2013 as a Transportation Specialist on the Professional Development Program (PDP) in the Kentucky Division and spent more than 4 years in the FHWA Ohio Division. She leads the Traffic Control Devices (TCD) Consortium Pooled Fund Study and manages research projects, provides technical assistance, guidance, and support to other FHWA offices and to State and local transportation agencies in a variety of areas, including automated vehicles. Laura received her B.S. in psychology and M.S. in industrial engineering, human factors option from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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