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About Us

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Helen A. Blackman

Helen Blackman is is director of Organizational Culture and Work Life. She serves as an advisor for strategic organizational management and supports the associate administrator/director of the Volpe Center in his leadership and executive oversight functions. She also serves as a facilitator and...

Frank Y. Wang, PhD

Dr. Frank Y. Wang is an aerospace engineer at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center. He has been involved in wake turbulence measurement, analyses, concepts of operation development, safety case construction, sensor evaluation, and wind, weather, and navigational aspects of characterizations related to wake...

Don Pickrell, PhD

Dr. Don Pickrell is the U.S. DOT Volpe Center's chief economist, as well as a lecturer in the department of civil engineering at MIT.

David G. Madsen

David Madsen is the principal technical advisor in motor carrier safety at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center.

Kim Cardosi, PhD

Dr. Kim Cardosi is the principal technical advisor in aviation human factors at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center.