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Office of Operations R&D, HRDO-01
Robert Ferlis
HRDO-01, Acting Director
202-493-3268
robert.ferlis@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Leadership of Operations R&D
- Transportation management and operations improvement through
research, development, and testing
- Identification of future opportunities
Major Projects
- Office business plan
- Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
Vacant
Administrative Assistant
202-493-3303
Primary Responsibilities
Major Projects
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Technical Director, HRDO-02
Robert Ferlis
Technical Director
202-493-3268
robert.ferlis@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Coordination of project team activities with FHWA's Strategic Plan and Performance Plan goals and objectives
- Technical advice for project teams
- Customer/partner feedback
- RD&T product deployment
- Advanced Research Program
Major Projects
- Unit planning
- ITS support
- Advanced mobility systems
- Liaison to headquarters and field offices
- Vehicle-Highway Automation
- Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII)
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
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Travel Management Team, HRDO-03
Raj Ghaman
Team Leader
202-493-3270
raj.ghaman@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Program management and development
- Contract management
- Technical direction
- Team management and leadership
- University Transportation Center(UTC)
Major Projects
- Adaptive control hardware and software development including national standards
- National Highway Institute course instruction
- Dynamic control software
- Adaptive Control Software (ACS) "Lite"
- Traffic management center (TMC) pooled fund
Backup Person
Deborah Curtis
Henry Lieu
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3273
henry.lieu@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Development of Dynamic Traffic Assignments (DTA) Systems
- Capacity and level of service
- Infrastructure security
- Weather
Major Projects
- Dynamic Traffic Assignments and traffic flow theory
- Technical support and program management
- Software testing
- Adverse weather traffic operations
Backup Persons
Raj Ghaman
Deborah Curtis
Deborah Curtis
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3267
deborah.curtis@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- ACS, ramp metering, ACS evaluation, and operation of work zones
- Advanced research
- Freight analysis and modeling
Major Projects
- Ramp metering for recurring and nonrecurring congestion
- Strategic Work Zone Analysis Program
- QuickZone and Work Zone Final rule
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
James Colyar
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3282
james.colyar@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Freeway operations
- Traffic analysis and simulation tools
- Next Generation Simulation Modeling (NGSIM)
- Traffic modeling of evacuations
Major Projects
- Next Generation Simulation (NGSIM) program
- Traffic Analysis Toolbox
- CORSIM Application Guidelines
- Ramp Management and Control Handbook
- Coordinated Freeway and Arterial Operations Handbook
- Empirical Studies of Traffic Flow in Increment Weather
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
Dale Thompson
Transportation Specialist
202-493-3420
dale.thompson@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Operations partnerships
- Access management
- Performance measures and data quality
Major Projects
- TMC pooled fund
- Integrated corridor management systems
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
Randall VanGorder
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3266
randall.vangorder@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Traffic Research Laboratory (TReL) development and management
- Incident management
- Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) specialty vehicles
- Technology facilitation
Major Projects
- Manage TReL
- Development of TReL integrated environment
- TReL Strategic Plan development
- Specialty vehicle field operational test with Minnesota DOT
Backup Person
Raj Ghaman
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Enabling Technologies Team, HRDO-04
Gene McHale
Team Leader
202-493-3275
gene.mchale@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Technical direction
- Team management and leadership
- Infrastructure-related aspects to cooperative vehicle-infrastructure collision avoidance systems
Major Projects
- Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
- Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
Backup Person
Peter Huang
James Arnold
Electronic Engineer
202-493-3265
james.a.arnold@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Global positioning system (GPS)
- Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC)
Major Projects
- Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) and High-Accuracy NDGPS
- Technical support to ITS communications systems
Backup Person
Rudy Persaud
David Gibson
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3271
david.gibson@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Advanced and innovative research
- University research liaison
- Traffic sensors and detection
Major Projects
- Sensors and controllers for CICAS
- University Research Centers of Excellence
- Stereo-Pedestrian Sensor Project
Backup Person
Gene McHale
Peter Huang
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3484
peter.huang@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- IVI enabling research
- Intersection collision avoidance
Major Projects
- Technologies for CICAS testing and evaluation
- Infrastructure-based intersection collision avoidance experimental tests with State departments of transportation
- ITS applications for work zones
Backup Person
David Gibson
Rudy Persaud
Highway Research Specialist
202-493-3391
rudy.persaud@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Road weather management
- Rural ITS
- GPS
Major Projects
- Spring maintenance decision support systems
- Environmental sensor stations investments
- NDGPS development
Backup Person
James Arnold
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