FHWA Resource Center

AIR QUALITY TEAM

Air Quality is one of 12 technical service teams (TSTs) within the Federal Highway Administration’s Resource Center. The Air Quality TST works closely with FHWA Headquarters, field offices and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance, technology deployment and training to partners and customers in the field of transportation and air quality.

The Team provides technical expertise in the following areas:

• Air quality planning
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)
• Criteria Pollutants associated with transportation sources (carbon monoxide, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide)
• Emissions Modeling: Regional and Project Scales
• Freight air quality
• Highway air dispersion modeling: (Project and Regional Scales)
• Highway air dispersion models (CALINE3, CALINE4, CAL3QHC, CAL3QHCR, AERMOD)
• Highway Traffic Noise
• Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATS)
• Mobile source emissions models (MOVES, Emfac)
• MySQL Relational Database Management System
• Pollution health effects
• Transportation conformity
• Transportation issues related to Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases

Below is a list of the Air Quality TST experts:

Team Manager

Robert Oloughlin
(biography)
Air Quality Technical Service Team Manager
201 Mission Street Suite 1700
San Francisco, CA 94105
Ph: (415) 314-3024
Fax:
robert.oloughlin@dot.gov

Team Members	Specialty Areas
Kevin Black (biography) Air Quality Specialist 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-2177 Fax: (410) 962-3655 kevin.black@dot.gov	MOVES Modeling Project Level Analysis Criteria pollutants, MSATs, and GHGs Roadside Air Quality Monitoring Multi-pollutant Air Quality Management Plans
Joon Byun (biography) Air Quality Modeling Specialist 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-0069 Fax: (410) 962-3655 joon.byun@dot.gov	Transportation and Air Quality Model Integration MOVES model CAL3QHC/R CALINE4 COMMUTER Air Quality Evaluation from TCM/TDM Projects MySQL AERMOD
Michael Claggett (biography) Air Quality Modeling Specialist 4001 Office Court Drive Suite 801 Santa Fe, NM 87507 Ph: (505) 820-2047 Fax: (505) 820-2040 michael.claggett@dot.gov	Project-level analysis (CO, PM, MSATs) Mobile source emission models (MOVES and Emfac) Highway air dispersion models (CALINE3, CALINE4, CAL3QHC, CAL3QHCR, AERMOD) Ambient air quality and meteorological monitoring
Paul Heishman (biography) Air Quality Specialist 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-2362 Fax: (410) 962-4319 paul.heishman@dot.gov	Project-level analysis (CO, PM, MSATs) Air Quality emissions models (MOVES) Air Quality dispersion models (CAL3QHC/R and AERMOD) MySQL Traffic Noise Model analysis
Jeff Houk (biography) Air Quality Specialist 12300 West Dakota Avenue Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3203 Fax: (720) 963-3232 jeff.houk@dot.gov	Conformity Particulate Matter Climate Change/Greenhouse Gas Issues MOVES Model
Michael Roberts (biography) Air Quality Specialist 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3928 Fax: (404) 562-3700 michael.roberts@dot.gov	Transportation Conformity Highway Traffic Noise Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) Pollution Health Effects

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