Current Research
- Current Research
- Impact Estimation of the Effects of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Infrastructure
- Development of an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Evaluation Toolbox
- Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Operations and Infrastructure 鈥� A Leadership Summit
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination: Phase III
- Data Collection and Analysis to Evaluate Transportation System Performance
- Evaluating Vulnerabilities to Transportation Infrastructure Under Future Climate Projections
- Simulations to Inform Management of Systems Under a Range of Scenarios
- Evaluating Benefits of Mitigation Strategies
- Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Bridge Infrastructure Adaptation in Response to Climate-Induced Flood Risk
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Enterprise Risk Management Methods Enhancement and Mitigation Strategy Development
- Completed Research Projects
- Network Analysis of Freight Diversion and Capacity Issues in Tennessee
- Intermodal Freight Network 鈥� User Interface Development
- U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System: phase II
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Spatial Analysis of Safety and Security Vulnerability During Transport of Hazardous Materials
- U.S. Freight Investment Efficiency: Phase I
- Baseline of the US National Freight System
- National Scan of Freight Capacity, Safety and Security Issues (phases I and II)
- Freight Analysis Network Development
- Intermodal Freight Curriculum Development
- Freight Analysis Network 鈥� Terminal Capacity Estimation
- Tennessee Highway Route Risk Assessments
- I-40 Trucking Operations and Safety Analysis
- Enterprise Risk Management Needs Assessment Protocol
- Intermodal GIS Network Risk Assessment
- Truck Terminal and Corridor Performance Analysis
- Coastal Maritime Risk Assessments
- The 鈥淧hases鈥� of Emergency Management
- The Recovery Phase of Emergency Management
- Freight Transportation and Emergency Management: Profiles of 3 Stakeholder Groups
- Safety, Security and Capacity of Critical Rail Corridors
- Intermodal Freight GIS Network
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination 鈥� Phase 2
- CAIT 10: Inland Marine Transportation Analytics, Phase II
- Inland Marine Transportation Data Collection Using Automatic Identification Systems
- US Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System
- TDOT SmartWay Information System (TSIS)
- Spill Management Information System (SMIS)
VECTOR鈥檚 FOCUS AREAS FOR RESEARCH
- Policy, management, and operations
- Advanced information systems
- Intermodal freight
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Safety, security, and risk management
- Incident management and emergency operations
RECENTLY AWARDED PROJECTS
- National Waterways Foundation (NWF) 鈥� Impacts of Unscheduled Lock Outages
- Vanderbilt Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) 鈥� (1) Smart Cities & (2) Infrastructure Monitoring
- Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) 鈥� GIS Training for K12 Teachers
- TDOT 鈥� Enhanced GIS Legacy Database
- TPOT 鈥� HOV Occupancy Detection Monitoring Systems Evalusation
- TN Department of Economic and Community Development
* Vulnerability Mapping for Flood and Earthquake Hazards
* Risk Education Curriculum Development
* Waterborne Commerce Activity
- TDOT Freight Research Program
* Use of Freight Advisory Committees to Respond in Supply Chain Disruption
* Cyber Physical Systems for Freight Management and Operations
* Capacity and Diversion Assessment
PRODUCTS, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Overview of Freeway Service Patrols in the United States
- Risk Education Curriculum
- Education and Training Strategies to Encourage Traffic Incident Management Best Practices in Tennessee
- Integrating Transportation and Emergency Services
- Corridor Incident Management for TDOT
- Strategic Plan for Highway Incident Management in Tennessee
- HELP Annual Report 2004-2005 (HELP is Tennessee鈥檚 Freeway Service Patrol)
- Assessment of the TDOT HELP Program by Police Officers in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville: Results of a Survey
- TDOT SmartWay Strategic Plan 鈥� 2005 Annual Report
- Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Bridge Infrastructure Adaptation in Response to Climate-Induced Flood Risk
- Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Bridge Infrastructure Adaptation in Response to Climate-Induced Flood Risk
- A Method for Creating High Resolution Maps of Social Vulnerability at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL (April 2015) as part of paper session Examining Hazard Risk and Vulnerability using Diverse Methods
- Abkowitz, M., A. Jones, L. Dundon and J. Camp. A Regional Approach to Assess Transportation Infrastructure Vulnerability to Extreme Weather Events. Adaptation Futures 2016, May 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Banks, J.C., J. V. Camp and M.D. Abkowitz. 2016. A Screening Method for Bridge Scour Estimation and Flood Adaptation Planning Utilizing HAZUS-MH 2.1 and HEC-18, Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-016-2390-1.
- Abkowitz, M. and E. Bickford. Stakeholder Tool for Assessing Radioactive Transportation (START): Background and Status, National Transportation Stakeholders Forum, June 2016, Orlando, FL.
- Abkowitz, M. Enterprise Risk Management: The World According to Humpty Dumpty. Society for Information Management, June 2016, Nashville, TN.
- Dundon, L.A., K.S. Nelson, J. Camp, M. Abkowitz and A. Jones. 2016. Using Climate and Weather Data to Support Regional Vulnerability Screening Assessments of Transportation Infrastructure. Risks. 4, 28, doi:10.3390/risks4030028.
- Abkowitz, M., A. Jones, L. Dundon and J. Camp. Performing a Regional Transportation Asset Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment. 14th World Conference on Transport Research, July 2016, Shanghai, China.
- Philip, Craig E., 鈥淏uilding Institutional and Social Resilience as a Response to Maritime Infrastructure Fragility鈥�, Presentation at 4th Biennial TRB-CMTS Research and Development Conference. June 22, 2016, Washington, DC.
- Philip, Craig E., 鈥淐ommercial User Perspective, Resilience and Safety Data鈥�, Plenary Panel Presentation at 4th Biennial TRB-CMTS Research and Development Conference, June 22, 2016, Washington, DC.
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