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• Provide management support and monitoring

• Manage the Geotechnical Laboratory
• Conduct geotechnical engineering research

• Manage the Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) Program
• Manage Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled-Fund Study (ELCSI-PFS)
• Support highway safety research
• Manage and conduct highway safety analysis

• Provides technical direction for the Office of Operations Research and Development
• Ensures coordination of FHWA research efforts related to Automated and Connected Vehicles across Federal Highway Administration offices and other Department of Transportation agencies.
• 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

• 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

• Driving behavioral data analysis
• Human factors research related to visibility, work zones, etc.
• Manage NCUTCD Pooled Fund study

• Manage the Chemistry Laboratory
• Lead and conduct research and forensic investigations involving the chemistry of highway materials

• Manage the Nondestructive Evaluation Program and Laboratory
• Conduct research on nondestructive evaluation technologies for bridges and other infrastructure

• 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).

• Conduct research to improve behavior and performance of structural materials
• Provide technical assistance to bridge owners, designers, consultants, and academic researchers
• Perform forensic investigations

• Conduct research in the Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Program.

• Conduct operations highway research
• Conduct CARMA^SM research

• Develop, manage, and coordinate roadway safety research program
• Provide technical guidance and support to address roadway safety issues
• Coordinate research and technical assistance for the Highway Safety Manual
• Support intelligent transportation systems connected vehicle research on vehicle-to-infrastructure communications for safety

• Provide support activities for administrative management programs

• Conduct and manage research to improve infrastructure construction and project delivery and to advance civil integrated management (CIM)

• Lead the Office of Safety and 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

• 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

• 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 safety

• Develop, manage, and coordinate the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Program
• Provide pedestrian and bicycle safety technical guidance

• 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 Story

• Analyze roadside safety data
• Coordinate vehicle safety research
• Evaluate occupant risks in crashes
• Advance the use of simulation modeling in research and development
• Coordinate investigations of rollover causation and reduction

Develop, manage, and coordinate safety and operations human factors research

• Manage, coordinate, and conduct highway safety analysis
• SHRP2 safety data training

• Manage intelligent transportation systems safety research
• Support traffic engineering and human factors research
• Coordinate communication device testing and spectrum activities