Session 302
Security for Transportation of Hazardous Materials
Tuesday 08:00am - 09:45am Marriott
John C. Allen, Battelle, presiding
Note: This panel session will address security issues related to the transportation of hazardous materials in light of the events and aftermath of the terrorist events of September 11, 2001. Issues to be addressed include what the threats are, what the potential approaches to mitigation are, and whether there are technology solutions to addressing the threats.
Panel Discussion
Fritz Wybenga, Research and Special Programs Administration
James K. O'Steen, Research and Special Programs Administration
William R. Lucas, Military Traffic Management Command
Edmund Szymanski, U.S. Department of Energy
Stephen Barber, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Session 505
Industry Perspectives on Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety
Wednesday 08:00am - 09:45am Marriott
Dennis J. Ashworth, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, presiding
Note: Panelists in this session will discuss industry best practices and needs to better manage transportation safety along with the activities, actions, and needs to proactively improve the transportation of hazardous materials. The areas to be addressed include distribution risk management, emergency response, and community outreach.
Panel Discussion
Alfred LaCombe, Dupre Transport
James Tighe, Kirby Corporation
Cheryl Burke, Dupont Safety-Health-Excel Center
Mark Stehly, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Session 543
Application of Risk Factors to Transport of Hazardous Materials
Wednesday 10:15am - 12:00pm Marriott
Cheryl Burke, Dupont Safety-Health-Excel Center, presiding
Paper Session
Development of Inland Marine Transportation Risk Management Decision Support System
James Pinckney Dobbins, Vanderbilt University
Mark D. Abkowitz, Vanderbilt University
Nonaccident Release Risk Index Development
H. R. "Skip" Elliott, CSX Transportation, Inc.
Tom Mitchell, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.
Risk-Based Optimization Model to Locate Emergency Response Units for Dangerous Goods Movements
Ghada Hamouda, University of Waterloo, Canada
Frank F. Saccomanno, University of Waterloo, Canada
Liping Fu, University of Waterloo, Canada
Heuristic Algorithms for Solving Hazardous Materials Logistical Problems
Konstantinos G. Zografos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Konstantinos N. Androutsopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Routing Hazardous Materials with Stochastic, Dynamic Link Attributes: Case Study
Tsung-Sheng Chang, Cornell University
Linda K. Nozick, Cornell University
Mark A. Turnquist, Cornell University