Philip J. Tarnoff
Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
Director, Technology Transfer Center
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park
- Expertise
- Transportation aspects of emergency evacuation;
Transportation security (including border crossings);
Protection of transportation infrastructure;
Video image processing techniques, which provide for automated interpretation
of video surveillance images.
Credentials
Mr. Tarnoff leads the $20 million project funded
by the National Institute of Justice to provide communications inter-operability
among all first responders to major incidents including fire, police,
EMS and transportation. His research includes working with federal law
enforcement organizations including FBI and Secret Service.
Mr. Tarnoff was the co-principal investigator of a research project that studied the most appropriate traffic signal timing
to be utilized during a major transportation evacuation. The study examined a corridor in northwest Washington, DC and
explored the techniques that would provide the greatest capacity for evacuating the residents and businesses of the City.
Mr. Tarnoff is the principal investigator for a series of research projects that involve the development of a standardized set
of performance measures for evaluating transportation mobility. These measures include the ability to assess the effectiveness
of transportation operations during major evacuations.
Mr. Tarnoff has presented an on-line seminar for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) on the subject of
transportation operations during major evacuations.
Mr. Tarnoff is a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation National
Transportation Operations Dialog.
- Phone
- 301-403-4619 (Office)
Address- Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT)
Building #806, Suite 3103
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742
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