Volpe Center Highlights - July/August 2000
Mobility
Director's Notes |
Focus |
Safety |
Mobility |
Human and Natural Environment |
Economic Growth and Trade |
National Security
Ensure that the transportation system is accessible, integrated and efficient, and offers flexibility of choices.
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Volpe Staff Member Appointed as President of the Institute of Navigation
During the month of June 2000, Ms. Karen Van Dyke of the Volpe Center's Center for Navigation was appointed as the President of the Institute of Navigation (ION). The ceremony took place during ION's annual meeting, which was held from June 26 to 29, 2000, in San Diego, California, as part of the International Association of the Institute of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress. Dr. Frank Tung, Deputy Director of the Volpe Center, and Dr. James Carroll and Mr. Jon Parmet of the Center for Navigation also attended.
Dr. Frank Tung congratulates Ms. Karen Van Dyke
on her appointment as President of the Institute
of Navigation.
(Graphic courtesy of Ms. Karen Van Dyke)
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As President, Ms. Van Dyke will serve a 1-year term as Chief Executive Officer, as well as Chair of the ION Council and Executive Committee, which represents the ION at all official functions. Ms. Van Dyke previously served as the Eastern Region Vice-President, and more recently as Executive Vice-President. In this role, she chaired the Strategic Planning Committee.
While at the ION annual meeting, Ms. Van Dyke co-chaired a session on propagation and atmospheric effects, and attended ION Council meetings. Dr. Carroll moderated a Federal Radionavigation Plan user meeting. Mr. Parmet, who is working on the development of an outage reporting system for the Federal Aviation Administration's Wide Area Augmentation System, also participated in the IAIN/ION conference.
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