Expertise Directory Search
The expertise of our scientists, engineers, and support staff encompasses more than 100 transportation-related disciplines and expertise areas. The following expertise areas and contacts can be found at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), and offices housed at the research and development facility: the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, the Office of Operations Research and Development, the Office of Safety Research and Development, and the Office of Corporate Research, Development, and Innovation Management, which supports all three research offices and manages the Exploratory Advanced Research Program. The 16 laboratories and data centers at TFHRC provide a vital resource for advancing the body of knowledge that has been created and developed to solve national transportation goals. If you can’t find your research contact below, try the Roles and Responsibilities search. If you would like to see how our organization is structured, try the Staff Directory.
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| Area of Expertise |
First Name |
Last Name | Telephone | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Highway System | Mohamadreza | Banihashemi | mohamadreza.banihashemi.CTR@dot.gov | (202) 493-3334 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Big Data Analysis and Visualization | Mohamadreza | Banihashemi | mohamadreza.banihashemi.CTR@dot.gov | (202) 493-3334 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Connected Vehicles Research and Development | Mohamadreza | Banihashemi | mohamadreza.banihashemi.CTR@dot.gov | (202) 493-3334 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Highway Safety Manual | Norah | Ocel | Norah.Ocel@dot.gov | (443) 717-0891 | Roadway Team |
| Interactive Highway Safety Design Model Research and Development (IHSDM) | Norah | Ocel | Norah.Ocel@dot.gov | (443) 717-0891 | Roadway Team |
| Local and Rural Road Safety | Norah | Ocel | Norah.Ocel@dot.gov | (443) 717-0891 | Roadway Team |
| Safety Data and Analysis | Norah | Ocel | Norah.Ocel@dot.gov | (443) 717-0891 | Roadway Team |
| Chemistry | Nusnin | Akter | nusnin.akter@dot.gov | Infrastructure Materials Team | |
| Transportation Pooled Fund Program Management | Patricia | Sergeson | patricia.sergeson@dot.gov | (202) 493-3166 | Research and Technology Program Development and Partnership Team |
| Traffic Management Center Automation and Artificial Intelligence Application | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Artificial Intelligence Applications in ITS | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Dynamic Traffic Demand (O-D) Estimation | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Environmental Impact of Connected Vehicles | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Connected Vehicle Studies | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Infrastructure-based Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Work Zones | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices | Peter | Huang | peter.huang@dot.gov | (202) 493-3484 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Bridge Engineering | Ping | Lu | ping.lu@dot.gov | (202) 493-3143 | Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Team |
| Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (TOL) | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Traffic Estimation and Prediction System | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Traffic Flow Theory | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Traffic Signal Control Research | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Dynamic Traffic Assignment | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Freight Professional Development | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Localized Bottleneck Reduction | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Operations Research and Development Technology Facilitation | Randy | VanGorder | randall.vangorder@dot.gov | (202) 493-3266 | Technical Direction |
| Aggregates | Richard C (Rick) | Meininger | richard.meininger@dot.gov | (202) 493-3191 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Concrete Materials Research and Development | Robert | Spragg | robert.spragg@dot.gov | (202) 493-3233 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Durability of Cement-based materials | Robert | Spragg | robert.spragg@dot.gov | (202) 493-3233 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Long-Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP) | Robert | Zobel | robert.zobel@dot.gov | (202) 493-3024 | Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Team |
| Internal Curing of Cement-based materials | Robert | Spragg | robert.spragg@dot.gov | (202) 493-3233 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Resistivity and Formation Factor Testing | Robert | Spragg | robert.spragg@dot.gov | (202) 493-3233 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Crash Data Analysis | Roya | Amjadi | roya.amjadi@dot.gov | (202) 493-3383 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Evaluation of Low Cost Safety Improvements | Roya | Amjadi | roya.amjadi@dot.gov | (202) 493-3383 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Communications Research and Technology | Shana | Baker | shana.baker@dot.gov | (202) 493-3181 | Program Management |
| Research Advisory Committee (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)) | Shana | Baker | shana.baker@dot.gov | (202) 493-3181 | Program Management |
| Research and Technology Coordinating Committee | Shana | Baker | shana.baker@dot.gov | (202) 493-3181 | Program Management |
| Research and Technology Corporate Master Plan | Shana | Baker | shana.baker@dot.gov | (202) 493-3181 | Program Management |
| Highway Safety Manual | Shyuan-Ren (Clayton) | Chen | clayton.chen@dot.gov | (202) 493-3054 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Interactive Highway Safety Design Model Research and Development (IHSDM) | Shyuan-Ren (Clayton) | Chen | clayton.chen@dot.gov | (202) 493-3054 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Roadway Design Safety Research | Shyuan-Ren (Clayton) | Chen | clayton.chen@dot.gov | (202) 493-3054 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Safety and Operational Effects of Geometrics | Shyuan-Ren (Clayton) | Chen | clayton.chen@dot.gov | (202) 493-3054 | Safety Data and Analysis Team |
| Exhibits Research and Technology | TaMara | McCrae | tamara.mccrae@dot.gov | (202) 493-3382 | Marketing and Communications Team |
| Research and Technology Product Distribution Center (Report Center) | TaMara | McCrae | tamara.mccrae@dot.gov | (202) 493-3382 | Marketing and Communications Team |
| Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Facility Tours | TaMara | McCrae | tamara.mccrae@dot.gov | (202) 493-3382 | Marketing and Communications Team |
| Automated Highway System | Taylor | Lochrane | taylor.lochrane@dot.gov | (202) 493-3293 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems | Taylor | Lochrane | taylor.lochrane@dot.gov | (202) 493-3293 | Transportation Enabling Technologies Team |
| Asphalt Chemistry Research and Development | Terry | Arnold | terry.arnold@dot.gov | (202) 493-3305 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Chemistry | Terry | Arnold | terry.arnold@dot.gov | (202) 493-3305 | Infrastructure Materials Team |
| Safety Research and Development | Vacant | Vacant | Program Management |