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U.S. DOT Volpe Center Pathways Internship Education Requirements
As a part of the “Apply Online” process, before you submit your application, you will be asked to complete a checklist to identify the occupation(s) you wish to apply for. Your application must include documentation that shows you meet the respective individual occupation and series requirements as...Recap: Toward Carbon Neutral Mobility
On August 24, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Ford Motor Company’s Tim Wallington, PhD, to its 2021 thought leadership speaker series. Wallington is a senior technical leader in research and advanced engineering in the Research and Innovation Center at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and an...Preventing Suicides on the U.S. Rail System through Intervention Training Programs
A U.S. DOT Volpe Center team of human factors experts helped to publish a new report, “Review of Suicide Intervention Training Programs,” to fill the gap in research about suicide intervention training programs for railroad staff and crew members.Recap: The Transportation and Climate Initiative: Multi-State Collaboration to Advance Equitable Low-Carbon Transportation
On August 3, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Georgetown University Climate Center’s James Bradbury, PhD, to its 2021 thought leadership speaker series. Bradbury is the Mitigation Program Director for the Georgetown Climate Center at the Georgetown University Law Center. This post provides a...Comparison of Two Community Noise Models Applied to a NASA Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicle
InterNoise 2021
Abstract ID 1650
By Stephen A. Rizzi, NASA Langley, USA; Juliet A. Page, U.S. DOT Volpe Center, USA; and Rui Cheng, NIA, USA
Comparison of Two Community Noise Models Applied to a NASA Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicle
CitationRizzi, Stephen A., Juliet A. Page, and Rui Cheng. Comparison of Two Community Noise Models Applied to a NASA Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicle, Internoise 2021, August 2021.
AbstractPredictions of community noise exposure from a NASA urban air mobility (UAM) concept...
Development of Fly Neighborly Helicopter Model Specific Operational Noise Abatement Guidance from Acoustic Flight Test Data
CitationPage, Juliet A., Amanda Rapoza, and Eric Jacobs. Development of Fly Neighborly Helicopter Model Specific Operational Noise Abatement Guidance from Acoustic Flight Test Data, Internoise 2021, August 2021.
AbstractHelicopter model-specific noise abatement guidance...