Prioritizing Resilient Infrastructure Investments Using a Robust Decision-making Tool for Economic Benefit-cost Analysis under Deep Uncertainty
Date and Time: Monday, November 13, 2023: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Lecture Room
Presenter
Kristin C. Lewis
USDOT Volpe Center
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Biography
Kristin Lewis, PhD is the principal technical advisor for energy analysis and sustainability at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center. She joined the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in 2009 with a focus on resilience in transportation, alternative fuels, sustainability, and environmental impact risk assessments.
Lewis supports FAA as the Head Research and Technical Advisor to the FAA-sponsored Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI®) and provides technical expertise to FAA as a member of the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization Committee for Aviation Environmental Protection (ICAO CAEP) Fuels Task Group, for which she serves as co-lead of the Sustainability Task Group, and as co-rapporteur of the Sustainability Certification Scheme Evaluation Group. She leads the development of the Freight and Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool (FTOT), a model for assessing optimal transport of commodities in a supply chain, which has been sponsored by the FAA, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy (DOE), PHMSA, and FHWA, as well as Oregon State University. Lewis also leads the development of the Resilience and Disaster Recovery (RDR) Tool Suite for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation’s Office of Research, Development and Technology in collaboration with FHWA.
Co-presenter(s)
Jonathan Badgley
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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Andrew Breck
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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Dan F. B. Flynn
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Olivia Gillham
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Shawn Johnson
Office of the Secretary of Transportation/Research, Development and Technology
Zoe Johnson
Federal Highway Administration
Alexander Oberg
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Gretchen E. Reese
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Scott Smith
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Kevin Zhang
USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Prioritizing Resilient Infrastructure Investments Using a Robust Decision-making Tool for Economic Benefit-cost Analysis under Deep Uncertainty
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Resilience Adaptive Planning and Projects