IN THIS ISSUE

• CSA 2010 Improves Motor Carrier Safety
• Volpe Workforce Ready for Tomorrow's Challenges
• Public Safety Partnership Tested by Exercise Tremor
• Massport Pioneers Vessel-Monitoring System for Air Traffic Controllers
• Volpe Honors Service and Commitment of Veterans
• New Brochure: How to Start Work with the Volpe Center
• Volpe Launches Combined Federal Campaign
• Modernization of Avionics Focus of IEEE Conference

"Modernization of Avionics and Air Traffic Management - Perspectives from the Air and Ground" was the theme of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 28th Digital Avionics Systems Conference held in Orlando, Florida in late October. Several senior Volpe Center specialists presented the results of their research and analysis:

• "Possible Enhancements of Airport Operations Based on Runway Visual Range Visibility Measurements" by Dr. Thomas Seliga and Timothy Hall.
• "Colorado Wide Area Multilateration Separations Standards Targets of Opportunity and Flight Test Analysis" by Timothy Hall.
• "Capacity Improvement Analytical Tools and Benchmark Development for Terminal Operations" and "Stochastic Airspace Simulation Tool Development," which is related to the development of a National Airspace System simulation and analysis capability, by Dr. Seamus McGovern.
• "Symbols for Cockpit Displays of Traffic Information," which evaluates proposed traffic symbols for intuitiveness, ease of learning, and ease of remembering, by Dr. Michael Zuschlag, Dr. Divya Chandra and John Helleberg of the Volpe Center and Stephen Estes of MITRE.
• "Impact of Traffic Symbol Directional Cues on Pilot Performance during a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System Event," by Dr. Zuschlag and Andrew Kendra of the Volpe Center, Wes Olson of MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Bill Kaliardos of the FAA.