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Volpe Center Highlights - Fall 2004
Awards
Focus |
SAVE-IT |
Safety |
Mobility |
Global Connectivity
Environmental Stewardship |
Security |
Organizational Excellence
Highlighting Volpe Experts |
Awards |
Published and Presented
FAA Safe Flight 21 Team Achievement Award. On April 13, 2004, Volpe staff from the Surveillance and Assessment Division and the Airport Surface Division received the Federal Aviation Administration Safe Flight 21 Team Achievement Award for outstanding work in the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) Deployment effort. Dr. Mike Geyer, Mr. Chris Daskalakis, Mr. Khang Nguyen, Ms. Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo, Mr. Steve Nuzzi, Mr. Allen Mackey, Mr. Angelo V. Rallo, Mr. Ray Lambert, Mr. Brent Midwood, and Mr. Theofilos Papadopolous earned the award for developing and demonstrating improved aviation surveillance capabilities for the FAA. Transportation Research Forum Student Paper Award. On March 22, 2004, Ms. Sarah Dammen of the Economic and Industry Analysis Division presented a paper at the 45th Annual Transportation Research Forum (TRF) in Evanston, Illinois. Ms. Dammen's paper, "The Effects of Safety Practices, Technology, and Firm Characteristics on Motor Carrier Safety," won the TRF's graduate student paper contest. International Society of Logistics (SOLE) Award. Dr. Bahar Barami of the Economic and Industry Analysis Division received recognition from SOLE for her paper, "Technology Fixes for the New Global Risks: Do They Address Asymmetric and Non-linear Threats," which appeared in the January-March 2003 edition of Logistics Spectrum. SOLE selected it as the best paper published during 2003. Find the paper at http://www.volpe.dot.gov/library/published/spectrum_1102.doc.
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