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Office of Infrastructure R&D
Bridge Design and Construction Team
Bridge Safety, Reliability and Security Team
Infrastructure Inspection and Management Team
Pavement Materials and Construction Team
Pavement Design and Performance Modeling Team
Long-Term Pavement Performance Team
STAFF
Office of Infrastructure R&D, HRDI-01
Gary L. Henderson
HRDI-01, Director
202-493-3022
gary.henderson@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Program direction and guidance for the Office of Infrastructure R&D
- Technical and administrative supervision of HRDI teams
- Interaction with headquarters and Resource Center
Major Projects
- Consolidated RD&T multiyear needs, programs, and budget
- National Partnership Initiative advancement
- Corporate management strategies development
Backup Person
John M. Cracken
John McCracken
HRDI-01, Research Program Manager
202–493–3422
john.mccracken@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Policy, direction, and management support to Office Director
- Program development and delivery direction to HRDI teams
Major Projects
- HRDI management strategies and business practices
- Infrastructure R&T Program development
Backup Person
Cheryl Richter
Vacant
HRDI-01, Administrative Program Assistant
202–493–3384
Primary Responsibilities
- Administrative support for the Infrastructure R&D Program
Major Projects
- Time and attendance personnel documents
- Team leader council meeting plans and minutes
- Office supplies
- Office communication activities
Hiwot Abodi
HRDI-04, Administrative Assistant
202–493–3022
hiwot.abodi@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Administrative support to the Technical Director for Pavements, the Advanced Research Coordinator, the Pavement Materials and Construction Team, the Pavement Design and Performance Modeling Team, and the Long-Term Pavement Performance Team
Vacant
HRDI-01, Administrative Assistant (Contractor)
202–493–3022
Primary Responsibilities
- Administrative support to the Office Director; Research Program Manager; Program Coordinator; Technical Director for Bridges; the Bridge Design and Construction Team; the Bridge Safety, Reliability, and Security Team; and the Infrastructure Inspection and Management Team
Cara Fitzgerald
HRDI-02, Program Coordinator
202-493-3376
cara.fitzgerald@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Advice to Office Director on office operations
- Program coordination and monitoring
- Fiscal accountability within the office
Major Projects
- Office management initiatives
- Program and budget monitoring
- Accountable property inventory updates
Ian M. Friedland
Technical Director, Bridge & Structures R&D, HRDI-03
202–493–3023
ian.friedland@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Leadership and technical direction for bridge- and structures-related programs and studies
- Promotion of RD&T products
Major Projects
- Program and budget documents
- External partnerships development
- Technology facilitation for bridges and other highway structures
Cheryl Richter
Technical Director, Pavement R&D, HRDI-04
202–493–3070
cheryl.richter@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Leadership and technical direction for pavement-related programs and studies
- Promotion of RD&T products
Major Projects
- Program and budget documents
- External partnerships development
- Technology facilitation for pavements
Vacant
Advanced Research Coordinator, HRDI-05
202–493–3063
Primary Responsibilities
Major Projects
- Embeddable sensor systems
- Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) for materials characterization
- Materials science of portland cement concrete (PCC) setting
- PCC durability
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Bridge Design and Construction Team, HRDI-06
Bill Wright
Team Leader
202–493–3053
bill.wright@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Bridge Design and Construction Team Leader
- High-performance steel research
Major Projects
- Bridge of the Future
- Fatigue and fracture
- Corrosion resistant steel
Backup Person
Mike Adams
Fassil Beshah
Mike Adams
Research Civil Engineer
202–493–3025
mike.adams@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Geotechnical Laboratory Manager
- Retaining wall systems
- Construction Engineering
- Shallow foundations engineering
- Engineering geology
Major Projects
- Bridge of the Future
- Integrated Abutment Bridge System
- Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) structures
Backup Person
Carl Ealy
Carl Ealy
Geotechnical Research Engineer
202-493-3039
carl.ealy@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Deep foundations engineering
- In situ testing techniques
- Innovative load testing systems
- Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for geotechnical engineering
Major Projects
- Resistance factors for piles and drilled shafts
- Application of high performance materials to bridge foundations
- Health monitoring technologies for foundation construction and performance
Backup Person
Mike Adams
Fassil Beshah
Structures Laboratory Manager
202-493-3041
fassil.beshah@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Structures Laboratory Manager
- High-performance materials
Major Projects
- Bridge of the Future
- High-performance material applications for bridges
Backup Person
Bill Wright
Benjamin Graybeal
Research Structural Engineer
202-493-3122
benjamin.graybeal@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- High-Performance Concrete
- Ultra High-performance Concrete
- Structural testing
- Concrete bridges
Major Projects
- Bridge of the Future
- High-performance concrete bridges
- Concrete specifications
- High-performance materials
Backup Person
Bill Wright
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Bridge Safety, Reliability, and Security Team, HRDI-07
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
Team Leader
202–493–3106
sheila.duwadi@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Bridge Safety, Reliability, and Security Team Leader
- Timber bridge research
- Bridge design
- Bridge and tunnel security
Major Projects
- Bridge and tunnel security research program
- Advanced wood/FRP composites
Backup Person
Harold Bosch
Harold Bosch
Research Structural Engineer
202–493–3031
harold.bosch@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Aerodynamics Laboratory Manager
- Structural dynamics
- Aerodynamic stability
- Wind loads on structures
- Weigh-in-motion
Major Projects
- Wind research
- Aerodynamic stability of bridges
- Wind-induced vibration of cables
- Aerodynamic properties of tapered cylinders
- Prediction methods for aerodynamic response
- Computational Fluid Dynamic flow simulation techniques
Backup Person
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
Kornel Kerenyi
Research Hydraulic Engineer
202–493–3142
kornel.kerenyi@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Hydraulics Laboratory Manager
- Hydraulics and hydrology of highway structures
Major Projects
- Bridge scour
- Pressure flow scour
- Culvert hydraulics
- Bottomless culverts
- Highway drainage
- Multihazard modeling
Backup Person
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
Eric Munley
Research Structural Engineer
202–493–3046
eric.munley@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites
- Adhesive-bonded connections
- Security assessment and training
- Vessel Collision
- Bridge and Tunnel Security
Major Projects
- FRP pre-stressing
- Adhesives research
- FRP specification development
- Accelerated test development for FRP materials
- Bridge and Tunnel Vulnerability Assessments
- Countermeasure Assessments
- Bridge and Tunnel Security Research
Backup Person
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
Vacant
Bridge Research Engineer
202–493–3051
Primary Responsibilities
- General bridge engineering
- Culverts
- Historic structures
Major Projects
- Seismic vulnerability assessment
- Covered bridge preservation
Backup Person
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
Phillip Yen
Research Structural Engineer
202–493–3056
wen-huei.yen@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Seismic research program
- LRFD design for structures
Major Projects
- Bridge vibration testing
- Bridge Seismic Instrumentation
- Seismic vulnerability
- Multihazard analysis of highway structures
- Seismic performance testing
- United States-Japan research in bridge seismic design and retrofitting
Backup Persons
Sheila Rimal Duwadi
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Infrastructure Inspection and Management Team, HRDI-10
Joey Hartmann
Team Leader
202–493–3059
joey.hartmann@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Inspection and Management Team Leader
Major Projects
- Stewardship and management of existing bridges
- NDE
- Bridge management systems
- Corrosion and coating
Backup Person
Hamid Ghasemi
Hamid Ghasemi
Research Structural Engineer
202-493-3042
hamid.ghasemi@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
- Bridge Management Information Systems Laboratory Manager
- Structural health monitoring
- Bridge dynamics
- Earthquake protective systems
- United States-Turkey collaboration on bridge design and health monitoring related issues
Major Projects
- Health monitoring of signature bridges
- Earthquake protective systems
- Bridge dynamics and modal testing
- Seismic isolation
- Near-source ground motions
Backup Person
Joey Hartmann
Vacant
Research Chemist
202–493–3081
Primary Responsibilities
- Bridge Coatings Laboratory Manager
- Bridge coating research
- Paint testing and coating evaluation methods
- Oversight of Paint, Corrosion, and Scanning Electron Microscope Laboratories
- Dissemination of coating research results
- Solutions for field coating failure problems
Major Projects
- Accelerated test methods for evaluation of coating materials
- Performance evaluation of fast drying coatings
Backup Person
Seung-Kyoung Lee
Seung-Kyoung Lee
Research Corrosion Engineer
202-493-3077
seung-kyoung.lee@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Corrosion protection of highway structures
Major Projects
- Corrosion of reinforced concrete bridge elements
- Material integrity testing for bridges
Backup Person
Paul Virmani
Paul Virmani
Research Chemist
202–493–3052
paul.virmani@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Corrosion protection systems
- Bridge deck durability
Major Projects
- Corrosion costs and preventive strategies
- Nondestructive tools for corrosion detection
- Cathodic protection systems
- Corrosion resistant reinforcement
Backup Person
Seung-Kyoung Lee
Frank Jalinoos
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Program Manager
202-493-3082
frank.jalinoos@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- NDE Validation Center Manager
- Bridge NDE
- Steel Bridge Testing Program
Major Projects
- NDE technologies for bridges
- Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), including the High-speed Electromagnetic Roadway Mapping and Evaluation System (HERMES) and the Precision Electromagnetic Roadway Evaluation System (PERES)
- Crack detection methods
- Condition assessment of prestressed tendons
- Automated ultrasonic testing
- FHWA Steel Bridge Testing Program
Backup Person
Hamid Ghasemi
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Pavement Materials and Construction Team, HRDI-11
Jack Youtcheff
Team Leader
202–493–3090
jack.youtcheff@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Team Leader
- Pavement Materials and Construction Research
Major Projects
- Understanding the performance of modified binders in asphalt mixes
- Moisture Sensitivity of Asphalt
- OECD Long Life Pavements
- Asphalt Research Consortium
- Asphalt Durability
Backup Persons
Nelson Gibson
Richard Meininger
Ernest Bastian
Materials Research Chemist
202–493–3075
ernest.bastian@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- SIMAP Laboratory Manager
- Asphalt rheology and chemistry
Major Projects
- Fundamental properties of asphalt and modified asphalt
- National Research Council research associate manager
Backup Person
Jack Youtcheff
Fred Faridazar
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3076
fred.faridazar@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Computer guidelines for PCC pavement performance prediction
- Long-term behavior of jointed concrete pavement
- Early-age behavior of continuously reinforced concrete pavement
- Lithium technologies to mitigate or prevent alkali-silica reactivity (ASR)
Major Projects
- Computer-based guidelines for concrete pavements
- HIPERPAV
Backup Person
Richard Meininger
Nelson Gibson
Materials Research Engineer
202–493–3073
nelson.gibson@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Asphalt Laboratory Manager (Binder and Mixture)
- ALF research
- Asphalt technology
Major Projects
- Superpave Modification
- Warm Mix
- Performance tests
- Understanding the performance of modified binders in asphalt mixes
Backup Person
Jack Youtcheff
Vacant
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3XXX
Primary Responsibilities
- Concrete Materials Research
Backup Person
Richard Meininger
Richard Meininger
Research Highway Engineer
202–493–3191
richard.meininger@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- PCC Laboratories Manager
- PCC component materials, properties, and specifications
- PCC mixture proportioning
- PCC properties and performance
- Aggregate Research
Major Projects
- Concrete Mix Design & Analysis
- Rapid test for alkali-silica susceptibility
- PCC freeze-thaw performance
- PCC Thermal Coefficient of Expansion-test method and data for Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database
Backup Person
Jack Youtcheff
Dennis Sixbey
Materials Research Chemist
202–493–3078
dennis.sixbey@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Laboratory services support
- Surface characteristics
- PCC pavement materials
Backup Person
Jack Youtcheff
Terrence Arnold
Materials Research Chemist
202–493–3305
terrence.arnold@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Chemistry Laboratory Manager
- Asphalt chemistry and technology
Major Projects
- Fundamental properties of asphalt, modified asphalt and alternative materials
- Understanding the performance of modified binders in asphalt mixes
- Akali-Silica reactivity
Backup Person
Jack Youtcheff
Ernest Bastian
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Pavement Design and Performance Modeling Team, HRDI-12
Katherine Petros
Team Leader
202–493–3154
katherine.petros@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Team Leader
- Pavement design and performance modeling
Major Projects
- Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
- Mechanistic performance prediction models
- Performance-related specifications
Backup Person
Peter Kopac
Nadarajah Sivianeswaran
Eric Weaver
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3153
eric.weaver@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Computation Resource Manager
- Pavement structural design
- Pavement Analysis Techniques
Major Projects
- Design Guide Implementation Team
- Pavement Performance prediction models
- Asphalt Research Consortium
- FWD Calibration Pooled Funds Study
- Geosynthetics in Pavements
Backup Person
Katherine Petros
James Sherwood
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3150
jim.sherwood@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- PCC pavement design and performance
- PCC pavement maintenance and rehabilitation
Major Projects
- Design Guide Implementation Team
- Concrete performance prediction modeling
- Ultra-thin whitetopping
Backup Persons
Katherine Petros
Peter Kopac
Nadarajah Sivaneswaran (Siva)
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3147
nadarajah.sivaneswaran@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Pavement performance modeling
- Pavement Management Systems
- Life Cycles Cost Analysis
- Remaining Service Life
Major Projects
- Life cycle cost analysis
- Heavy vehicle/tire impacts on pavement damage
- Mechanistic analysis of pavement structures
- Performance prediction modeling
- CA4PR5 development
- Composite Pavements
Backup Persons
Katherine Petros
James Sherwood
Peter Kopac
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3151
peter.kopac@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Advanced quality systems
- Pavement sperformance-related specifications
- Statistical quality control
- Quality assurance specifications
Major Projects
- Performance-related specifications
- Optimal statistical acceptance procedures
- Relating construction to performance
- Concrete Pavement Road Map
- FRP composites
Backup Persons
Katherine Petros
James Sherwood
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Long-Term Pavement Performance Team, HRDI-13
Aramis López
Team Leader
202–493–3145
aramis.lopez@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- LTPP Team Leader
- LTPP product coordination
Major Projects
- LTPP daily operations
- LTPP technical support services
- LTPP international coordination
- TRB LTPP Committee
- TRB LTPP Expert Task Groups (ETG)
Backup Person
Jack Springer
Jack Springer
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3144
jack.springer@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- LTPP field operations
- LTPP materials testing
- LTPP seasonal monitoring data
- LTPP distress data collection
- LTPP Automated Weather Stations
- LTPP Materials Reference Laboratory
- AASHTO SOM Secretary
Major Projects
- Regional contract support
- Resilient Modulus and material testing
- TRB ETG on LTPP operations
Backup Person
Aramis López
Deborah Walker
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3068
deborah.walker@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- LTPP traffic activities
- LTPP communications
Major Projects
- Specific Pavement Studies Traffic Pooled Fund Study
- LTPP traffic analysis software
- LTPP traffic data collection
- LTPP traffic data forecasting and backcasting
- TRB ETG on Traffic
Backup Person
Aramis López
Jane Jiang
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3149
jane.jiang@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- LTPP database activities
- LTPP FWD operations
- LTPP documentation
Major Projects
- FWD calibration
- LTPP database management
- TRB ETG on LTPP operation
Backup Person
Aramis López
Larry Wiser
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3079
larry.wiser@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- LTPP Customer Support Service Center(CSSC)
- LTPP data analysis
- LTPP profile measurement
- LTPP data studies and computed parameters
Major Projects
- LTPP CSSC operations
- Data analysis projects and contracts
- TRB ETG on LTPP operation and data analysis
Backup Person
Aramis López
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