TRB Research Innovation Implementation
Management Committee (AJE35)

To Get RIIM Email Messages 

Make sure that you are a Friend of AJE35 with your MyTRB.org account.  Select “Manage Committee Friendships” under “My Activities” after you log in.  When one-third of current AJE35 members rotate in March 2025, new AJE35 members will be selected from active AJE35 Friends.  Mailings through MyTRB announce committee activities:  meetings of full committee and subcommittees; TRB Annual Meeting workshops, sessions, and more.

Get Involved 2025

Opportunities are open for several leadership roles in the AJE35 Committee in 2025.  Visit the Get Involved page for details. 

TRB 2025 Annual Meeting. 

Make plans to participate in the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting January 5 to 9 at the Washington Convention Center. Registration opens in September. 

Call for Posters
TRB 2025 Annual Meeting

Applications are  due August 31 for the AJE35 Committee poster competition at TRB 2025.

Submissions should address research implementation innovation management.

 Visit this link to download the flier with the submission link and more details.  

AJE35 Meeting at TRB 2024

The meeting January 9 featured subcommittee and task group reports, presentations, and breakout sessions. 

Former AJE35 Chair Cynthia Jones, now with TRB, visited the January 9 meeting and recognized the Committee for earning a Blue Ribbon Award.

Brian Garmon, Applied Research Associates, delivered a presentation "Why Elevator Speeches Don’t Work and What You Should Do Instead." Committee members and guests broke off into pairs to discuss sharing our research. 

Oliver Franck, Zeppelin University

Gaia-X,  introduced by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to build the next generation of data infrastructure in Europe, was the subject of Oliver's presentation.. The main objective of Gaia-X is to minimize risk in data sharing,

Eren Keval, New York University 

The focus of Eren's talk was "Overview of Pre/Post Disaster Response and Infrastructure Resilience Research at C2SMARTER." A key objective from this Tier 1 UTC is to address causes of congestion. .

Welcome Message


Welcome to the TRB AJE35 Research Innovation Implementation Management (RIIM) Committee website.  


RIIM explores research and innovation processes and life cycles, from formulating needs through conduct of research and development efforts to technology transfer and implementation activities.  We welcome you to attend our meetings and get involved with our three Subcommittees:  Coordination, Collaboration and Outreach; Emerging Topics; and Innovation Lifecycles.  We also have  Communications, Research Needs,  and Paper Review Task Groups.  


Please look at the web pages and come to our meetings to learn what we are doing.  We look forward to including you in our activities.

 

Emily Parkany, Vermont Agency of Transportation

Chair, AJE35 Research Innovation Implementation Management (RIIM)


RIIM Earns 2024 Blue Ribbon Award 

Great news to share: The TRB Technical Activities Council has selected the RIIM AJE35 Committee to receive a 2024 Blue Ribbon Award in the Leadership Category: Contributing to Improving The Management and Operation of TRB Committees. In a message sent November 3, the Council cited the AJE35 for "Its successful merger of two committees through a robust, sustained, and successful effort over the last two years."




Presentation of Award

In the image at left, RIIM Chair Dr. Emily Parkany receives the 2024 Blue Ribbon Award from Avery Grimes, Chair of TRB’s Technical Activities Council. Photo by Risdon Photography, courtesy of the Transportation Research Board.

New and Next

Committee Scope

The Research Innovation, Implementation and Management Committee (AJE35) explores research and innovation processes and life cycles, from formulating needs through conduct of research and development efforts to technology transfer and implementation activities. 

Committee (AJE35) Roster: https://www.mytrb.org/OnlineDirectory/Committee/Details/5182

 The RIIM Committee (AJE35) was created in 2020 through the merger of the TRB Technology Transfer Committee (ABG30) and the Conduct of Research Committee (ABG10).

In 2018, the ABG30 Technology Transfer Committee and the ABG10 Conduct of Research Committee completed a Triennial Strategic Plan. Download the plans below:

Visit the former ABG30 Website

https://sites.google.com/site/trbt2committee/



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