Office of Safety R&D, HRDS-01
Michael Trentacoste
HRDS-01, Director
202–493–3260
michael.trentacoste@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Advocacy for a nationally coordinated Safety R&D Program
- Development of FHWA Safety R&D Program
- Advanced research program leadership
Major Projects
- SHRP 2 Safety coordination
- FHWA Safety R&T Roadmap development
- RD&T Leadership Council efforts to improve TFHRC
- Facilitation of Safety R&D product and service deployments
- Advanced research planning and implementation process
Backup Person
Ray Krammes
Liz Simpson
HRDS-01, Administrative Assistant (Contractor)
202–493–3260
liz.simpson@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
Major Projects
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Advanced Research Team, HRDS-02
Ray Krammes
Technical Director
202–493–3312
ray.krammes@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Safety R&D Program coordination
- Direction and delivery of FHWA Safety R&D Program
- Technical oversight and guidance
Major Projects
- National Highway R&T Partnership Initiative-Safety
- SafetyAnalyst project
- Highway Safety Manual
Backup Person
Michael Trentacoste
Lincoln Cobb
Technology Facilitator
202–493–3313
lincoln.cobbb@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Technology transfer and marketing safety products
- Customer feedback
Major Projects
- Technology facilitation strategy development
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Safety R&D website
Backup Person
Ray Krammes
Diana Martin
Program Analyst
202–493–3368
diana.martin@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Procurement planning and management
- Accounting and budget planning, development and monitoring
Major Projects
- Tracking office expenditures
- Accountable property inventories
- Information technology equipment and office/lab space needs assessment
Backup
Ray Krammes
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Advanced Research Team
Kunik Lee
Chief Safety Scientist
202-493-3491
kunik.lee@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop innovative change for an integrated approach to improving highway safety
- Conduct research into vehicle compatibility with other vehicles, roadside hardware, and other road features
- Advanced Research Initiatives
Major Projects
- Develop program options for vehicle compatibility with roadside hardware
- Promote further development and application of the Digital Highway Measurement (DHM) System
Backup Person
Ray Krammes
Vacant
Electronic Engineer
202-493-3338
Primary Responsibilities
- Advanced research
- Sensors
- Electromagnetics
- Simulation
Major Projects
- Digital Highway Measurements System
- Software testing
- Pattern recognition algorithms development
Backup Person
Kunik Lee
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Roadside Team, HRDS-04
Ken Opiela
Team Leader
202–493–3371
kenneth.opiela@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Roadside Team management
- Management of FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC)
- Monitor changing roadside safety trends and contributing factors
- Develop and execute roadside safety R&D plan and disseminate results
- Coordinate crash analysis efforts with partner agencies
- Manage NCAC/Roadside outreach efforts
Major Projects
- Develop and maintain finite element (FE) models of vehicles and roadside elements for crash simulation
- Support efforts related to updating national crashworthiness standards
- Evaluation of roadside hardware effectiveness
- Analysis and design of physical infrastructure protection
- Analysis of vehicle rollover crashes and mitigation options
Backup Person
Martin Hargrave
Martin Hargrave
Research Mechanical Engineer
202–493–3311
martin.hargrave@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Manage the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL)
- Advance the use of dynamic FEA software to design crashworthy roadside safety structures and predict vehicle crash outcomes
- Coordinate use of FEA by Centers for Excellence
- Promote application of new materials (i.e., high performance composites) for roadside safety devices
Major Projects
- Develop software to determine FEA material model coefficients from test data
- Composite material guardrail system development
- Analyze options for lower cost placement of underground utilities adjacent to highways
Backup Person
Ken Opiela
Vacant
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–xxxx
Primary Responsibilities
- Vehicle and hardware modeling
- Roadside safety
Major Projects
- Optimization and Inverse roadside safety analysis
- Simulation modeling research and development
- Rollover causation and reduction study
Backup person
Ken Opiela
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Roadway Team, HRDS-05
Carl Andersen
Team Leader
202-493-3366
carl.andersen@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Roadway Team Leader
- Arens Photometric and Visibility Laboratory
- Roadway visibility research
Major Projects
- Night visibility enhancement
- Roadway visibility modeling
- Traffic signal light improvement
- Visibility and lighting research
Backup Person
Joe Bared
Abdul Zineddin
Clayton Chen
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3054
clayton.chen@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Geometric design and safety
- Safety analysis tools
Major Projects
- Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM)
Backup Person
Joe Bared
Carl Andersen
Joe Bared
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3314
joe.bared@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Intersection safety and operations
- Safety and geometric design
Major Projects
- Implementation of surrogate safety assessment methods in traffic simulation models
- Safety and operational evaluation of alternative intersection and interchange designs
Backup Person
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3317
wei.zhang@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Traffic engineering and safety
- Software development oversight
Major Projects
- Intersection research program
- Work zone safety
Backup Person
Joe Bared
Abdul Zineddin
Highway Research Engineer
202-493-3369
abdul.zineddin@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Visibility
- Traffic engineering and human factors
Major Projects
- Pavement marking retroreflectivity research
- Speed management research
- Traffic control devices research
Backup Person
Carl Andersen
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Safety Management Team, HRDS-06
Carol H. Tan
Team Leader
202–493–3315
carol.tan@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Highway safety analysis
- Highway safety data
- GIS safety applications
- Safety management systems
Major Projects
- Activities involving Highway Safety Information System (HSIS)
- Development of the Minimum Inventory of Roadway Elements
- Motorcycle Crash Causation Study
- Wildlife-Vehicles Collision Reduction Safety
Backup Person
Roya Amjadi
Roya Amjadi
Transportation Specialist
202–493–3383
roya.amjadi@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Traffic Engineering and Safety
- Highway safety analysis
Major Projects
- Safety Analyst development support
- Low-cost Safety Improvement Evaluation Pooled-Fund Study
Backup Person
Carol H. Tan
Heather Valadez
Mathematical Statiscian
202–493–3318
heather.valadez@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Highway safety analysis
- Safety management
- GIS safety applications
Major Projects
- Countermeasure evaluation
- Safety Edge Evaluation Pooled Fund Study
Backup Person
Carol H. Tan
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Human Centered Systems Team, HRDS-07
Thomas M. Granda
Team Leader, Engineering Research Psychologist
202–493–3365
thomas.granda@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Human Centered Systems (HCS) program
- HCS technical support management
Major Projects
- HCS safety research program
- HCS operations research program
- Transportation Management Center Pooled Fund Study
Backup Person
Amanda Emo
Ann Do
Highway Research Engineer
202–493–3319
ann.do@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- Pedestrian and bicycle safety
- Geometric design and safety
Major Projects
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Program
Backup Person
Thomas M. Granda
Amanda Emo
Engineering Research Psychologist
202-493-3395
amanda.emo@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- HCS safety research (pedestrian and bicycle safety, speed management)
- Older driver research
Major Projects
- Speed management research
- Pedestrian and bicycle safety research
Backup Persons
Thomas M. Granda
Paul Tremont
Engineering Research Psychologist
202–493–3338
paul.tremont@fhwa.dot.gov
Primary Responsibilities
- HCS Laboratory Manager
- Safety and operations research
- Highway driving simulator
Major Projects
- Visibility studies
- Traffic Control Devices Pooled Fund Study
Backup Person
Thomas M. Granda
Vacant
Engineering Research Psychologist
202–493–xxxx
Primary Responsibilities
- HCS safety research
- Intelligent highway countermeasures
- Safety R&D task order contract
Major Projects
- Human factors research on novel intersection designs
- Accessibility issues at intersections
- Cooperative intersection collision avoidance systems
Backup Person
Thomas M. Granda
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