Dr. Joseph (Joey) L. Hartmann is the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Associate Administrator of the Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) and the Director of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC).

Prior to joining the Office of RD&T, Hartmann held the position of Director, Office of Bridges and Structures in the FHWA Office of Infrastructure. His office was responsible for the development and implementation of Federal regulations, policy and technical guidance that support bridge and tunnel programs to improve safety and design practice at the national level.  His office had legislative authorities for bridge and tunnel design on the Interstate System, implementation, and oversight of the National Bridge and Tunnel Inspection Standards, the National Bridge and Tunnel Inventories, and Federal floodplain regulations.  In addition, his office provided leadership and direction in structural, geotechnical, and hydraulic engineering aspects of all FHWA programs, and coordinated those activities with FHWA field offices, other Federal agencies, State departments of transportation (DOTs), local agencies, academia, and other partners and customers.

Prior to this assignment, Hartmann held other key leadership positions at FHWA including Team Leader, Structural Engineering Team in the Office of Bridges and Structures; Team Leader, Bridge and Foundation Engineering Team; and Team Leader, Infrastructure Inspection and Management Teams, both in the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development.  Hartmann also served as a primary structural forensic investigator for the Agency.  He was the FHWA Principle Investigator for several catastrophic failures including the I-35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the I-90 Central Artery Tunnel suspended ceiling collapse in Boston, and more recently, the I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse north of Seattle.

He formally began his career with FHWA in 2001 as a research structural engineer in the TFHRC Structures Laboratory.

Prior to joining FHWA, Hartmann held several positions as either a Senior Engineer or Bridge Engineer for design consultants and an industry trade association.  He started his relationship with FHWA in 1990 while in graduate school as a graduate research fellow working in the TFHRC Structures Laboratory.  Since 2005,  Hartmann has been an Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering at George Mason University.