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Professor Brian Williams, MIT’s Bisplinghoff Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, recently spoke as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Our New Mobility Future speaker series. His research concentrates on the creation of long-lived autonomous systems that are able to explore, command, and...
Kerri-Lee DeRusha is the Director of Facilities and Admin Services, and leads facilities management, physical and personnel security, safety, capital planning, and other support service operations
U.S. DOT is working to usher in a new era of transportation innovation and safety. “As we prepare for the future of new, emerging technologies...one of the top Department priorities is to make sure we address public concerns about safety, security, and privacy, without hampering innovation,”...
FY 2019 Phase I & II SBIR awards.
Browse the archive of SBIR success stories to learn more about how U.S. DOT’s SBIR program has supported small businesses in developing new and innovative technologies that have benefited the department and the public, while providing a basis for growth for small businesses.
Crowdsourced mobile applications are an emerging and rich source of real-time data about roadway conditions. U.S. DOT Volpe Center data experts are using these new data sources from the private sector to estimate where and when motor vehicle crashes are likely to occur.
Bryan Mistele, Co-founder, President and CEO, INRIX, will speak as part of the Volpe Center’s 2019 speaker series Our New Mobility Future.
A team of experts developing and testing an early prototype automation system aimed at reducing congestion in our nation’s airports received the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) 2018 Aeronautics Associate Administrator Technology and Innovation Award, which recognizes work...