• 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

• 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

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

• Provide overall leadership of research and technology (R&T) program development and innovation management
• Lead and convene Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA's) R&T Leadership Team
• Lead FHWA's implementation of Future Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)
• Lead FHWA's strategy for the Exploratory Advanced Research Program
• Lead FHWA's communication and outreach for the R&T program, including the FHWA Research Library
• Lead FHWA R&T authorization and coordination
• Lead coordination with external research and technology advisory committee
• Lead coordination and collaboration with international highway research partners
• Lead FHWA's R&T budget development and delivery

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

• 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

• Lead the Office of 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

• 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

• Provide support activities for administrative management programs

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

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

• Provide program coordination and monitoring
• Coordinate office management initiatives

• Lead the Bridge Design and Foundation Engineering Team
• Conduct high-performance materials research
• Perform forensic investigations

• Provide Connected Vehicles Testbed development and operation
• Conduct research on quick incident detection and warning systems
• Conduct research on knowledge-based signal system analysis tools, high-speed intersection safety, and work zone queue detection and warning systems

• Manage selected contracts and activities for the Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

• Lead the legislation and budget team
• Coordinate the national research and technology program development and evaluation
• Develop research and technology partnerships Act as the Research and Technology Leadership Team secretariat
• Develop and maintain partnerships with internal and external groups
• Act as a liaison for National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 20-5
• Develop and coordinate an intellectual property system

• Manage the J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory
• Conduct research on the hydraulics and hydrology of highway structures, bridge scour, pressure flow scour, culvert hydraulics, bottomless culverts, highway drainage, and multihazard modeling

• Lead, conduct, and manage infrastructure preservation and maintenance research and stakeholder outreach efforts
• Manage research to advance civil integrated management (CIM)

• Track office and program financial information Provide program coordination and monitoring
• Provide Transportation Research Board Core Program Services program oversight as Agreement Officer Representative (AOR) and FHWA Liaison Coordinate FHWA’s participation in the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting as FHWA Liaison
• Act as National Cooperative Highway Research Program AOR and FHWA Liaison
• Manage National Cooperative Highway Research Program oversight, financial, and program coordination for FHWA

• Provide Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center property management
• Support financial management of Office of Safety Research and Development

• Conduct research related to the Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Program
• Provide technical assistance to internal and external LTBP program stakeholders
• Lead bridge performance data validation efforts

• 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 magazine

• Manage the Aggregate and Petrographic Laboratory
• Lead and conduct research concerned with aggregate, portland cement concrete, and alternative cementitious materials