Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference 2024: Full Schedule

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9:00am EST

The How Too’s of the New Design Manual 2

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST

PennDOT’s Pub 13M, Design Manual 2 Highway Design is being replaced with Pub 13, Design Manual 2- Context Roadway Design. Almost all chapters have been published and this workshop will present and overview of the new design manual and offer a “how to” on applying the manual to various highway design projects. Topics will include: General overview of he changes, ADA considerations, Example New Construction and Reconstruction projects, Example Bicycle projects, Example Rural projects, Example Modal projects. This session offers an opportunity to gain an understanding of designing in a Context Driven environment.

Speakers

Keith Johnson

Senior Project Manager, Gannett Fleming

Keith Johnson is a Senior Project Manager for Gannett Fleming. He has 35+ years’ consulting and public-sector experience in the management of transportation planning, design and traffic engineering projects. He has performed corridor studies, travel demand modeling, traffic simulation... Read More →

Ryan VanKirk

Chief, Project Development & Lettings Section, PennDOT

David Melville

Project Manager, Stantec Consulting

Dave Melville, of Stantec Consulting, has worked closely with PennDOT in the development and implementation of their ADA Policy. He is the Stantec Project Manager for research, development and maintenance of PennDOT’s policies and standards regarding pedestrian facility design and construction. Dave has a Structural Engineering degree from Penn State and over 30 years of experience in engineering management and construction. Dave regularly wor... Read More →

Brian Shunk

Strategic Development and Implementation Office Technical Manager, PennDOT

Brian E. Shunk, P.E. is a transportation engineer/planner with 35+ years of experience in both the private and public sectors spanning a broad range of transportation projects encompassing multiple travel modes. Currently, Brian is a Strategic Development and Implementation Technical... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
109

Pre-Conference Workshop

9:00am EST

Traffic Academy - Temporary Traffic Control Modules

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST

105

This 101-level workshop will focus on the fundamentals of various temporary traffic control methods, with emphasis on highway safety and mobility. It will help attendees, especially those newer to the industry, gain a broad understanding of the key principles, stakeholders, and decision-making processes of transportation engineers, technicians, specialists, and planners. Each year, Traffic Academy modules of different topics are offered as a TESC workshop. For 2024, three modules related to temporary traffic control will be presented: Work Zones, Traffic Management Centers, and Special Hauling.

Topic 1: Work Zones
Speaker: Brian Crossley

Topic 2: Traffic Operations
Speaker: Ryan McNary

Topic 3: Special Hauling
Speaker: Nick Ninosky

Moderators

Jason Bewley

Senior Traffic Engineer, PennDOT

Jason is Senior Traffic Engineer for the PennDOT Highway Safety and Traffic Operations Division in Harrisburg. He has practiced Civil Engineering for 28 years, including 25 years with PennDOT. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus, and is... Read More →

Speakers

Brian Crossley

Manager, Temporary Traffic Control Unit, PennDOT

Brian is the manager if the Temporary Traffic Control Unit in PennDOT’s Bureau of Operations in Central Office. Brian’s roles include oversight and development of publications, policies and trainings related to temporary traffic control (i.e. work zones) for the Commonwealth of... Read More →

Ryan McNary

Chief, TSMO Operations and Performance, PennDOT

Ryan helps steer the vision for PennDOT’s Traffic Management Centers and Systems, Temporary Traffic Control, and the TSMO Performance Program. In 2021, the TSMO Performance Program’s efforts won “Best Overall Project” from the National Operations Center of Excellence. The... Read More →

Nick Ninosky

Special Hauling Permit Unit Manager, PennDOT

Nick Ninosky is the Manager of the Special Hauling Section of the Central Permit Office for PennDOT’s Bureau of Operations, Highway Safety & Traffic Operations Division since 2021. Prior, Nick served for over 9 years as District Permit Manager for PennDOT District 2 in Clearfield... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
105

Pre-Conference Workshop

9:00am EST

Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center Virtual Tour

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST

106

Overview of the Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), a federally owned and operated national research facility in McLean, VA. This would include an overview of the research facility, its primary activities, and guiding the audience through a virtual tour using their online service: https://highways.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/VirtualTour/home

Speakers

Abdul Zineddin

Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator, PennDOT

Dr. Abdul Zineddin brings more than 25 years of Federal, private sector, and international experience in transportation. Abdul has been with FHWA for almost 14 years and currently serving on the Executive Team for FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) as a Senior... Read More →

Dan Walston

Transportation Operations Program Manager, FHWA

Dan has over 30 years of federal, state, and private sector experience in the transportation field – 17 of those years with FHWA. He is currently serving as the transportation operations program manager in the PA Division. Responsibilities include promoting and improving transportation... Read More →

Craig Thor

Chief Scientist, Tuner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Dr. Craig Thor has served as the Chief Scientist at the Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) since August 2021. In this role he serves as a technical advisor to the Leadership Team at TFHRC and supports the Associate Administrator for... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
106

Pre-Conference Workshop

10:30am EST

Getting the Most From TESC - Recommended for first-time attendees

Wednesday December 11, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EST

108

Are you attending TESC for the first time? If so, please join Eileen Collins and Mark Bamat and members of the conference planning committee on Wednesday, December 6th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am, to learn more about the conference.
This is a great opportunity for first-time participants to discuss program development, the layout of the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, networking opportunities, exhibits, and other activities planned for the event.
Past attendees at this session said it was a great ice breaker and they were able to connect with other newcomers to go to a few sessions with another newcomer.

Moderators

Mark Bamat

Pennsylvania State University

Eileen Collins

Sr. Project Manager, Drive Engineering

Eileen Collins, PE, PTOE is a Penn State alumni, and has been involved in the planning, moderating or speaking at every TESC conference since its inception in 1994. Her 36-year career has involved many aspects of transportation engineering and improving highway safety. Eileen is a... Read More →

Speakers

Jennifer Walsh

Traffic & Planning Section Manager, HDR

Jennifer K. Walsh, P.E., currently oversees the Traffic Engineering Section for HDR, Inc. She has over 30 years of experience in traffic engineering, traffic operations, conceptual design, and comprehensive transportation planning. Jenn has a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Civil Engineering... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EST
108

Informational

11:45am EST

W.S.P. Platinum Sponsor Lunch - Keynote Speaker TBA

Wednesday December 11, 2024 11:45am - 1:15pm EST

Presidents Hall

Wednesday December 11, 2024 11:45am - 1:15pm EST
Presidents Hall

Break/Lunch

1:30pm EST

MUTCD: Past, Present and Future

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

108

This session will feature presentations on the history, recent changes, and vision of the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Significant and consequential changes in the MUTCD 11th edition, effective January 2024, will impact the type, size and location of traffic control devices across the US. Moving forward, provisions for key priorities are increasingly important, such as the safety and mobility of vulnerable road users and automated vehicles. Presenters will discuss these topics, and more, as they pertain to practitioners.

Topic 1: MUTCD: History and State Adoption
Speaker: Jason Bewley

Topic 2: MUTCD: TSMO and Traffic Signals
Speaker: Steve Gault

Topic 3: MUTCD: Signing and Pavement Markings
Speaker: Justin Smith

Moderators

Kyle Kegarise

Traffic Engineer, McCormick Taylor and Associates, Inc.

Speakers

Steve Gault

Chief, TSMO Arterials & Planning Section, PennDOT

Steve Gault strives to ensure smooth mobility throughout Pennsylvania with new approaches to using technology to safely and efficiency move humans. As PennDOT’s chief of TSMO Arterials and Planning, Gault uses his passion by overseeing traffic signals, arterial operations, and planning... Read More →

Justin Smith

Signing and Pavement Markings Unit Manager, PennDOT

Justin joined PennDOT in 2011 and has been in his current position as the Signing and Pavement Markings Unit Manager in the Highway Safety & Traffic Operations Division (HSTOD) since 2015 which includes the Department’s Central Sign Shop. The unit is responsible for the manufacture... Read More →

Jason Bewley

Senior Traffic Engineer, PennDOT

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
108

Design

1:30pm EST

The Curious Engineer – What I wish I Knew - Panel

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

106

Come join our group of professionals discuss all the non-engineering things that aren’t taught in school, but are important to helping advance your career!

Panelists:
Matthew Alboum
Brian Krul

Moderators

Joe Rusiewicz

Senior Highway Engineer / Team Leader, TransSystems

Joe Rusiewicz, PE is a Senior Highway Engineer in the Pittsburgh office for TranSystems. Joe is a highway team lead as well as serving as Project Manager for highway transportation projects. Joe has 15 years of experience and started his career at PennDOT District 3-0 starting... Read More →

Speakers

Brian Krul

Vice President, TransSystem

Matthew Alboum

Regional HR Manager, Dewberry

Matthew Alboum, PE, is an Associate and Regional Human Resources Manager in Dewberry’s Bloomfield, NJ office. His technical experience includes many years as a structural bridge engineer where he focused on traditional bridge design, accelerated bridge construction (ABC), retaining... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
106

Leadership

1:30pm EST

Next Generation PennDOT Signal Operations – Systems and Institutional Strategies and Enhancements

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

207

Michael Centi, PennDOT BOO

Brian Keaveney, Pennoni Associates

Moderators

Jay Ruit

Jacobs

Speakers

Mike Centi

Senior Traffic Control Specialist, PennDOT

Mike Centi graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Technology with an A.A.S. in Civil Engineering and an A.A.S. in Surveying Technology. Before coming to PennDOT Mike worked as a surveyor and construction inspector. Mike began his PennDOT career at District 8 in 2008 and started... Read More →

Brian Keaveney

Pennoni Associates

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
207

Operations

1:30pm EST

Scaling Project Delivery - National & Statewide Advice on Delivering More Projects, Faster, and Better

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

206

Topic 1: Interim Report on Project Delivery from the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC)
Speaker: Kim Lucas .

Topic 2: PennDOT District Level Project Delivery Challenges.
Speaker: Rich Reisinger

Topic 3: Municipal Challenges - Delivering a Large Influx in BIL Funded Projects.
Speaker: Chris Puchalsky

Moderators

Gus Scheerbaum

Director, Strategic Initiatives, City of Philadelphia, Dept of Streets

Gustave Scheerbaum is Director of Strategic Initiatives for Department of Streets at the City of Philadelphia. Having over 25 years engineering design and program management experience in our industry, Gus currently leads special transportation programs, multimodal safety initiatives... Read More →

Speakers

Christopher Puchalsky

Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, City of Philadelphia, OTIS

Chris is a nationally recognized transportation expert with a passion for livable cities. He has Bachelor‘s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Temple University, as well as a Ph.D. in Urban Transportation Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.Chris... Read More →

Kim Lucas

Director of Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, City of Pittsburgh

Kim Lucas serves as the Director for the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Mobility & Infrastructure. As Director of DOMI, Kim oversees transportation investments and policies that support the physical mobility needed for the people of Pittsburgh to pursue the economic mobility they... Read More →

Richard Reisinger

Assistant District Executive-Design, PennDOT

Rich Reisinger graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering in 2002. His career with the Commonwealth began in 2003 as a Civil Engineer Trainee at the PA Department of Environmental Protection in the Dam Safety Program.-------------------------------In... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
206

Planning

1:30pm EST

Kittelson Platinum - Safety is Everyone's Responsibility: Developing and Implementing SS4A Safety Action Plans

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

208

Several jurisdictions in Pennsylvania have benefited from the unprecedented safety funding available from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. This session will explore how a variety of Pennsylvania jurisdictions - a larger city, a smaller community, and a region - are using SS4A funding to develop safety action plans and seek opportunities for implementation.

Topic 1: An Introduction to Safe Streets and Roads for All
Speaker: Jeff Riegner

Topic 2: Safety Action Planning in a Larger City
Speaker: LeAnn Parmenter

Topic 3: Safety Action Planning in a Smaller Community
Speaker: Betsy Kramer

Topic 4: Safety Action Planning at the Regional Level
Speaker: Ben Warner

Moderators

Jeff Riegner

Senior Principal Engineer, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

Jeff Riegner is a Senior Principal at Kittelson & Associates, based in the firm’s Philadelphia office. He is a professional engineer and certified planner with more than 30 years of transportation consulting experience, working with public-sector clients in more than 20 states... Read More →

Speakers

LeAnn Parmenter

Assistant Director of Public Works, City of Erie

LeAnn Parmenter is currently the Assistant Public Works Director with the City of Erie. She is a professional engineer and has a BS from Penn State and MS from University of Maryland. She has worked as the traffic engineer for the City of Erie for 18 years. Prior to working at the... Read More →

Betsy Kramer

Revitalization Coordinator, SEDA-Council of Governments

Betsy Kramer, CEcD, EDP, serves as the Program Manager of Community Revitalization at SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG), which serves eleven counties in central Pennsylvania. She spearheads efforts in strategic development, economic revitalization, and community resiliency. Betsy... Read More →

Ben Warner

Regional Planner, Tri-County Regional Planning Commission

Ben Warner is a dedicated Regional Planner with a strong commitment to improving roadway safety for all users. A recent graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Ben has been contributing his expertise to the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission for the past three years... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
208

Safety

1:30pm EST

PA's EV Game Plan

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

105

PennDOT is creating a network of EV chargers to support a zero-emission transportation system aligning with broader environmental goals and providing accessible charging solutions for all users. This session updates the attendees on the planning, design, construction and operation of some of the first EV chargers in the nation funded through the NEVI program.

Topic 1: NEVI in PA – Planning for an EV Future
Speakers: Natasha Fackler & Kiera Crenny

Topic 2: EV Chargers: Site Construction and Operational Challenges
Speaker: P Michael Sensenig

Topic 3: NEPA Aspects of NEVI
Speakers: Ryan Whittington & Drew Ames

Moderators

Jonathan Riehl

Senior ITS Engineer, HNTB Corporation

Jon is a senior engineer in the Pennsylvania Traffic and ITS group with more than 12 years of experience in ITS, automated and connected vehicles, TSM&O, and transportation technologies. He has performed several projects in the areas of performance measurements, travel time analysis... Read More →

Speakers

P. Michael Sensenig

Senior Construction Engineer, JBC Associates

Michael is a Construction Engineer with over 25 years of field experience as a Civil Engineer and Highway Inspection Manager in Bridge and Highway Construction. He currently serves as a Senior Construction Engineer for JBC Associates where he has worked on multiple Construction Management... Read More →

Natasha Fackler

Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, PenDOT

Natasha Fackler has taken on a newly created role as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator – to advise the Governor’s Office and PennDOT, and develop best practices on the use of, and receipt of, the Bipartisan Infrastructure... Read More →

Kiera Crenny

Intelligent Transportation and Emerging Mobility Solutions Engineer, HNTB

Ryan Whittington

Environmental Section Manager, Environmental Section Manager

Drew Ames

Chief, PennDOT, Environmental Policy and Development Division

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
105

Technology

3:00pm EST

Vendor Demonstrations/Break

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Refreshment Break Area

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Refreshment Break Area

Break/Lunch

3:30pm EST

The Cutting Edge: Murals,Micromobility and EV Home Charging

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

207

PennDOT’s Policy Office works on issues at the edge of the Department’s jurisdiction, including alternative uses of the right-of-way. This session will look at three of these.

Topic 1: PennDOT’s New Policy on Murals in State Right-of-Way
Speaker: Jeffrey Young

Topic 2: Navigating Micromobility from Wheels to Laws
Speaker: Roy Gothie

Topic 3: Guidance for PA Municipalities on EV On-Street Home Charging
Speaker: Ngani Ndimbie

Moderators

Marisa Balanda

Deputy Policy Director, PennDOT

Speakers

Roy Gothie

Executive Policy Specialist, PennDOT

Roy has sixteen years of experience in the fields of transportation policy and planning, with a focus in active transportation, climate change, equity, and health. In his capacity as Executive Policy Specialist with PennDOT, he works with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders... Read More →

Ngani Ndimbie

Executive Policy Specialist, PennDOT

Ngani is an Executive Policy Specialist at PennDOT. Having completed a graduate fellowship with Carnegie Mellon's Traffic21 Transportation Research Institute, she has helmed projects related to automated vehicles, low-speed and shared transportation, equitable transportation, electric... Read More →

Jeffery Young

William & Hannah Penn Fellow, PennDOT

Jeffrey works in the PennDOT Policy Office as a recipient of the William and Hannah Penn Fellowship, a two-year program giving aspiring professionals with advanced degrees the opportunity to work with the state's top executive leaders on policy issues. He previously worked at the... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
207

Design

3:30pm EST

Moving Forward, Looking Back - Panel

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

106

A panel discussion with the current and former leaders of PennDOT Highway Safety and Traffic. The group will talk about where we've been, challenges along the way, and where mobility and safety are heading in the future.

Panelists:
Glenn Rowe
Steve Grimme
Doug Tomlinson
Daryl St. Clair

Moderators

Larry Bankert

Kimley-Horn

Speakers

Daryl St Clair

Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

include environmental consulting, work in PennDOT Districts 6, 8, 9, and 10, and the former Bureau of Design. Daryl was also Acting Director of both the Bureau of Maintenance and Operations and Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering. Daryl has worked for eight Deputy Secretaries... Read More →

Glenn Rowe

Senior Principal, Kittelson and Associates, Inc.

Glenn is a Senior Principal Engineer at Kittelson and Associates where he kick-started the Harrisburg Office in 2019. He also moonlights for Kittelson LLC, a subsidiary specializing in forensic expert work. His main client? The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office, where he defends... Read More →

Steve Grimme

Former, Highway Safety and Traffic Operations Division Chief, PennDOT, Retired

Steve has 40+ years of experience between PennDOT and DEP, and he began his career in PennDOT District 2 in the Bridge Unit. He has worked in Engineering Systems Support, the Bridge Division, and the Executive Offices where he was the Special Assistant to the Highway Administration... Read More →

Doug Tomlinson

Chief, Highway Safety and Traffic Operations Division, PennDOT

Doug Tomlinson has been with PennDOT for 30 years, all of which has been focused on highway safety and traffic. He currently leads the Highway Safety and Traffic Operations Division which includes 4 sections comprised of 12 units managing a wide-array of highway safety and traffic-related... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
106

Leadership

3:30pm EST

Truck Restrictions in Pennsylvania

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

206

Heavy trucks are a critical piece of a region’s freight movement plan. However, managing where and when these vehicles may travel is a logistical and operational challenge for both municipalities and PennDOT. During this session, the presenters will cover (1) the Pennsylvania laws and regulations that are used to restrict truck traffic on both state and local road, and (2) strategies that are being used in the Lehigh Valley to manage the impact of truck traffic in the region.
Topic 1: Posted Roads – Understanding 4902(a) and (b) Postings
Speaker: Nick Ninosky

Topic 2: Posted Roads – Understanding 4902(a) and (b) Postings
Speaker: Halley Cole

Topic 3: Planning for trucks in Your Community
Speaker: Brian Hite

Moderators

Bob Pento

Traffic Engineering and Permits Section, PennDOT

Mr. Pento began his professional career with PENNDOT in 1992 and has held a variety of engineering positions within the Department. Since 1998, Bob has worked in PennDOT’s central office on traffic operations issues in the Bureau of Operations. He received a bachelor’s degree... Read More →

Speakers

Nick Ninosky

Special Hauling Permit Unit Manager, PennDOT

Halley Cole

Manager, Pavement Testing and Asset Management Section, PennDOT

Halley is a graduate of Youngstown State University, B.S. Civil Engineering. She began her professional career with PENNDOT in 2008. Since then she has worked in PennDOT’s central office within the Bureau of Operations and she is currently the Section Chief of the Pavement Testing... Read More →

Brian Hite

Transportation Planner, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission

Brian Hite is a Transportation Planner at the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) since 2015. His primary duties include freight infrastructure planning, traffic data collection, development reviews with extensive focus on transportation impacts to the transportation network.Prior... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
206

Operations

3:30pm EST

Data Driven Solutions in Southeast PA

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

105

PennDOT District 6-0 is utilizing GIS to capture and analyze disparate data sets. The City of Philadelphia is piloting a Fleet Electrification project to fund and deploy Smart DC Fast EV Chargers to support the City’s effort to electrify its fleet; they are also piloting the “SmartBlockPHL” project to collect an array of information using smart streetlights. SEPTA is finalizing their Zero Emission Bus Pilot project and is using the data extracted to understand and foster change. In this session, these agencies will discuss how they are using data to drive progress and offer solutions to everyday challenges they face in Southeast Pennsylvania.

Topic 1: Using GIS in PennDOT District 6-0
Speakers: Matthew Anderson & Sharang Malaviya

Topic 2: City of Philadelphia’s Data Drive Solution Projects
Speaker: Akshay Malik

Topic 3: Finalizing Zero Emission Bus Pilot to Support Data Driven Solutions
Speaker: Donzell Dunston

Moderators

Mike Castellano

Project Manager, HNTB Corporation

Speakers

Sharang Malaviya

Senior Civil Engineer, PennDOT

Sharang Malaviya is a transportation engineer with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation district 6-0. Sharang has been working in traffic safety with the department since 2009 and has been the traffic safety supervisor since 2019. Sharang is a University of Delaware alumni... Read More →

Matthew Anderson

Traffic Control Specialist, PA Department of Transportation | Engineering District 6-0

Akshay Malik

Smart Cities Director, City of Philadelphia - Office of Innovation and Technology

Donzell Dunston

Project Engineer, SEPTA

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
105

Planning

3:30pm EST

A Close up Look into Accident Reconstruction

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

208

This session offers a comprehensive exploration of how law enforcement professionals handle vehicle crash investigations. The discussion will delve into the methodologies, techniques, and technologies employed to analyze the scene, collect evidence, and reconstruct the events leading to the crash. Additionally, it will cover fatal crash reconstructions and the key components required for a successful prosecution.

Topic 1: Tactical Intelligence Section Commander
Speaker: Lt. Charles N Burkhardt

Moderators

Todd Leiss

Traffic Incident Management Specialist, Jacobs Engineering

Todd Leiss is a Traffic Incident Management Specialist at Jacobs Engineering. He recently retired as the Traffic Incident & Emergency Management (TIM) Supervisor for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) after serving as the PTC Traffic Incident Management Coordinator and Operations... Read More →

Speakers

Lt. Charles N Burkhardt

Tactical Intelligence Section Commander, Pennsylvania State Police

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
208

Safety

3:30pm EST

Drive Engineering Platinum Sponsor; How AI is Redefining ITS and Transportation

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

108

Role of AI and application in ITS and Transportation.

Topic 1: Navigating the Future: An Introduction to AI in Transportation
Speaker: Gunnar Rhone

Topic 2: Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Decision Support for Traffic Management
Speaker: Kevin T. Miller

Topic 3: Smart Solutions or AI: The Secret Sauce
Speaker: Dean Gustafson

Moderators

Eileen Collins

Sr. Project Manager, Drive Engineering

Speakers

Gunnar Rhone

Engineering Specialist, PennDOT

Gunnar Rhone is the Engineering Specialist in the PennDOT Office of Transformational Technology. He has eight years of engineering experience, which includes CAV pilot planning, deployments and emerging mobility solutions across the country. Notable projects include PennDOT’s ADS... Read More →

Kevin T. Miller

Staff Engineer, Southwest Research Institute

Dr. Miller is a Staff Engineer within the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) organization at Southwest Research Institute. He has over 25 years of professional experience in technology program management. Dr. Miller’s expertise includes technical leadership in systems engineering... Read More →

Dean Gustafson

Vice-President, Mobility Operation Services, Iteris

Mr. Gustafson serves as a Vice President for Iteris’ Mobility Consulting Solutions division and has been with the firm since January 2024. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the transportation industry, spanning both the public and private sector, supporting Departments... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
108

Technology