Student Internships Now Open for Summer 2016
Volpe seeks talented and diverse individuals to fill 18 summer 2016 Pathways Internship positions in a variety of fields.
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A National Plan for the Future of Freight
By 2045, America’s population is forecast to grow by more than 20 percent. Our freight transportation system will need to keep pace with this growth and with changing trade and demand patterns. Maintaining an agile system is one of the key goals of the National Freight Strategic Plan, now in...
“Unconference” Debuts at Volpe Day 2015
Each year, Volpe staff come together for Volpe Day, an opportunity to learn more about each other’s work, share ideas, and get to know colleagues. This year, Volpe debuted a new format: an “unconference.”
Volpe Technical Center Director Nets Award for Exceptional Leadership in Transportation
Luisa Paiewonsky, director of Volpe’s Center for Infrastructure Systems and Technology, received the Leadership in Infrastructure Revitalization Award from Boston-based The Engineering Center Education Trust.
NASA’s Vision for Transformative Aeronautics
NASA Director of Airspace Operations and Safety John Cavolowsky discusses coming changes in aeronautics, unmanned aerial systems, and how to find inspiration beyond aviation.
U.S. DOT SBIR 16.1 Solicitation Amendment 0001
This document is the U.S. DOT SBIR 16.1 solicitation amendment 0001 for Topic 16.1-FA1.
Steven Lang Retires, Volpe Begins National Search for Successor
Steven Lang, director of Air Traffic Systems and Operations, will retire from Volpe on October 31. Lang joined Volpe in 2011 and has a career spanning nearly 40 years in air traffic control and air traffic management.
User and Machine: Secrets to a Harmonious Marriage
For more than a century, Americans have had a special relationship with their cars. But with great leaps in automobile automation that could remove driver control, that relationship is suffering existential growing pains, according to Donald Fisher, principal technical advisor at Volpe and the...
Volpe Says Goodbye to Robert Johns and Begins National Search for New Director
Volpe Director Robert Johns will leave Volpe at the end of December to return to his home state of Minnesota. “We’re looking for the next great leader to carry the torch at Volpe,” said U.S. DOT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Gregory Winfree.