Volpe Center Highlights - May/June 2002
Papers and Presentations
Director's Notes |
Focus |
Safety |
Mobility and Economic Growth
Human and Natural Environment |
Organizational Excellence |
Homeland Security
Papers and Presentations
Dr. Arthur Flores of the Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division participated in the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Chemical Testing, held in Austin, Texas, from April 14 to 18, 2002. He presented the paper "The Relationship between Breath Alcohol and Breath Temperature." The Volpe Center supports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Traffic Records by conducting studies of techniques for measuring alcohol on the breath and in blood. The studies include evaluation of breath alcohol testing procedures and practices of state law-enforcement agencies.
Mr. David Read of the Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division participated in a meeting of a Working Group of the International Civil Aviation Organization held in Bordeaux, France, from February 25 to 26, 2002. Participants included international representatives from the aircraft industry and from regulatory agencies. Mr. Read presented the paper, "Discussion of Selected Elements of the Proposed Background Noise Correction Procedure," pertaining to aircraft noise certification, and participated in related technical discussions. The Volpe Center supports the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Environment and Energy in the development and evaluation of novel technologies related to mitigation of aircraft noise.
Dr. Lee discussed the difficulties of evaluating benefits from such ITS technologies as freeway surveillance. (View larger image.)
|
Dr. Douglass Lee of the Service and Operations Assessment Division presented a paper titled "Making the Case for ITS Investment" at a one-day conference on "Measuring the Contribution of ITS to Transportation Services," held in Sacramento, California, on February 5, 2002. The conference was sponsored by the California Department of Transportation and presented by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California Davis and at Berkeley.
Volpe Center staff presented papers at the American Meteorological Society's 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, held May 13 to 16, 2002, in Portland, Oregon.
- Dr. Leonard Kurzweil, Automations Application Division, Mr. David Reiser of Computer Sciences Corporation (a Volpe contractor), and MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff co-authored the paper titled "A Web-Based Display and Access Point to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)." ITWS integrates weather data from FAA and National Weather Service sensors and systems, as well as aircraft in flight, to produce weather products for use within Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) areas.
- Mr. Dale Rhoda, Automation Applications Division, and two co-authors from MIT Lincoln Laboratory presented a paper titled "Aircraft Encounters with Thunderstorms in Enroute vs. Terminal Airspace Above Memphis, Tennessee." The study described in the paper used two-dimensional and three-dimensional weather radar data to compare the storm avoidance and penetration behavior of pilots in enroute airspace with that of pilots who encountered the very same storms at lower altitudes, in terminal airspace near the Memphis airport.
Promoting Public Health and Safety
As the nation's leading transportation systems center, the Volpe Center is regularly called on to provide solutions for a wide variety of critical transportation safety problems. Working with federal, state, local, and international agencies, we apply our expertise to help ensure the safety of all modes of transportation, including air, rail, marine, transit, and highway.
A new brochure highlights the Volpe Center's safety initiatives, including Vehicle Crashworthiness, High-Speed Rail, Human Factors, Rail Structural Integrity, Accident Prevention, Drug and Alcohol Testing, Defect Investigation, and Air and Motor Carrier Safety Performance Systems.
Return to Top
