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Past Events

To read news and see videos from our past speakers, click on an event below. You can use the filters to find events that are of greatest interest to you.

Dr. David Y. Jeong, senior mechanical engineer in the Center for Infrastructure Systems and Engineering at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, presented "Cracked Up—Broken Rails are Serious Business" on December 6, 2012.


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Steven Lang, director of the Center for Air Traffic Systems and Operations at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, spoke on the topic of "Advancing Aircraft Wake Turbulence Research to Achieve Aviation Capacity and Safety Objectives."


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Dr. Qi Van Eikema Hommes, senior electronics engineer in the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, spoke on the topic "Better Means to Anticipate What May Go Wrong: Assessment of Hazard Analysis Techniques for Increasingly Complex Electronic Control Systems in Highly Integrated Systems" on November 14, 2012.


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"Every Day Counts: An Innovation Initiative," with U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administrator Victor M. Mendez, was designed to identify and deploy innovation aimed at shortening project delivery, enhancing the safety of our roadways, and protecting the environment.


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Automated or autonomous? That is the question Gary Ritter, director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, presented to the transportation community on June 26, 2012.


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George Naccara, Federal Security Director at Logan International Airport, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spoke on the topic of risk-based security and enhanced behavior detection and analysis on May 22, 2012.


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An overlooked resource in hard times? Excess capacity. If you look carefully, it is everywhere and is a source for low-cost innovation—even in the transport sector. Robin Chase, founder and former CEO of Zipcar and GoLoco, spoke on the contrast between industrial capitalism versus a collaborative economy on April 4, 2012.


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Dr. Stephen Popkin, director of the Center for Safety Management and Human Factors at Volpe, spoke about the cross-modal safety work being conducted at the U.S. DOT Safety Council on March 22, 2012. Volpe has played a key role in the birth and genesis of the Safety Council.


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The United States is at a challenging juncture for transportation infrastructure investment. Kirk T. Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation and 2011-2012 president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, presented how states and the U.S. DOT collaborate to accelerate and embrace change and analysis on February 17, 2012.


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Stephen M. Carmel, a senior vice president at Maersk Line Limited, spoke about the "made in" label's irrelevance in today's global economy during a presentation at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, on February 16, 2012.


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