2002 - 81st Annual Meeting

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