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Volpe Center Highlights - November/December 2005
Published and Presented
Director's Notes |
Focus |
Safety |
Mobility |
Environmental Stewardship
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Published and Presented
Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations. September 26-28, 2005, Volpe Center staff participated in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference in Crystal City, Virginia.
Mr. Steve Creaghan of the Airport Surface Division and Mr. Alan Fuchs of the Telecommunications Division presented a Volpe Center/NASA paper, "Safety Assessments of Air Traffic Management Research and Development Projects," summarizing the safety assessment methodology developed for NASA's Advanced Air Transportation Technologies Project. Mr. Chris Daskalakis of the Surveillance and Assessment Division presented "Assessing Wide Area Multilateration and ADS-B as Alternative Surveillance Technology." Wake Vortices. Dr. James Hallock, Chief of the Aviation Safety Division, co-authored, with Dr. David Burnham of Scensi, Inc., "Measurements of Wake Vortices Interacting with the Ground." The paper was published in the September-October 2005 issue of the Journal of Aircraft, published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Integrated GPS and Loran-C Tracking. Dr. James Carroll of the Surveillance and Assessment Division presented "Performance Analysis of an Integrated GPS/Loran-C Tracking System" at the 34th Annual Convention and Technical Symposium of the International Loran Association held in Santa Barbara, California, October 17-20, 2005. The analysis is part of a program sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enhance Loran-C performance.
A recent Volpe report focuses on the impacts of four widely deployed transit ITS technologies: advanced fleet management, transit signal priority, electronic fare collection, and improved traveler information. Above, a dynamic message sign provides traveler information on the Washington, D.C. transit system. (© iStockphoto)
Transit ITS. Dr. Scott Smith of the Service and Operations Assessment Division and Mr. Kevin Gay of the Motor Carrier Safety Assessment Division developed "Representation of Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Network-Based Travel Models" for the Federal Transit Administration Office of Planning with support from the ITS Joint Program Office. The report provides guidelines for incorporating the impacts of transit ITS improvements into current planning models and techniques. The executive summary is available at http://tmip.fhwa.dot.gov/clearinghouse/docs/transit_its/. Automated Decision Support. For FAA, the Volpe Center published How Much Decision Support? Ideas, Research and Experience Relevant to Automated Decision Support for FAA Aviation Safety Oversight, October 2005. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-05-12. The report was co-authored by Mr. Lawrence Berk of the Aviation Safety Division and Dr. James Hallock, Division Chief. Noise Control Engineering. Dr. Judith Rochat of the Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division co-authored two papers presented at the National Conference on Noise Control Engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17-19, 2005: "FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM)" with Mr. Clay N. Reherman of the Division, and "Variability of Pavement Noise Benefit by Vehicle Type" with Mr. David R. Read of the Division. Dr. Rochat also presented "Pavement Influence on Noise Mitigation Strategies" at the 8th International Conference on Concrete Pavements in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 14-18, 2005.
Human Factors—Related Reports and Presentations
To complement the "Focus" article, this subsection highlights recent publications and presentations by members of the Human Factors Division.
Human Factors in Railroad Operations. On behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Volpe Center published Preview Information in Cab Displays for High-Speed Locomotives, July 2005, DOT-VNTSC-FRA-04-06, DOT/FRA/ORD-04/12. Dr. Thomas Sheridan and Dr. Jordan Multer co-authored the report with Dr. Jay Einhorn of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See www.volpe.dot.gov/opsad/pubs.html. Human Factors in Aviation Traffic Flow Management. For FAA, the Volpe Center published Human Factors Integration Challenges in the Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Environment, August 2005, DOT-VNTSC-FAA-05-08, DOT/FAA/AR-05/40. This report by Dr. Eric Nadler was written to benefit the current FAA TFM Modernization. See www.hf.faa.gov/Workbench/techrptdetails.aspx?id=1644. Effect of Simulator Motion Cues. Dr. Judith Bürki-Cohen presented "The Effect of Simulator Motion Cues on Initial Training of Airline Pilots" at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference in San Francisco, California, on August 16, 2005. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The Volpe Center participated in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, September 26-30, 2005. Dr. Thomas Sheridan presented the kickoff address titled "A Brief History of Normative Models of Human Behavior" for a new technical group on Human Performance Modeling. He also presented "Allocating Bits to Dynamic Displays: When More is More and When More is Less" in a session on Principles for Display Design, and served as a panelist in a session on Levels of Automation. Dr. Jordan Multer co-authored, with Dr. Emilie Roth of Roth Cognitive Engineering, "Fostering Shared Situation Awareness and On-track Safety Across Distributed Teams in Railroad Operations," presented at a symposium titled "Large-Scale Coordination." Navigation Symbology. Volpe Center researchers Dr. Michelle Yeh and Dr. Divya Chandra, on behalf of FAA, published Designing and Evaluating Symbols for Electronic Displays of Navigation Information: Symbol Stereotypes and Symbol-Feature Rules, September 2005, DOT-VNTSC-FAA-05-16, DOT/FAA/AR-05/48. See www.volpe.dot.gov/opsad/pubs.html. Violations of Restricted Airspace. For NASA's Langley Research Center, Dr. Michael Zuschlag prepared Potential Interventions by Government and Industry to Minimize Violations of Temporary Flight Restrictions, September 2005, NASA/CR-2005-213924, and Violations of Temporary Flight Restrictions and Air Defense Identification Zones: An Analysis of Airspace Violations and Pilot Report Data, September 2005, NASA/CR-2005-213923. See http://ntrs.nasa.gov/.
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