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Metro Train Crash
Two Metro trains (Washington, D.C. area) collided Monday afternoon (June 22) between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations on the Red Line, resulting in nine fatalities and scores of injuries.
The University of Maryland has transportation experts associated with our CATT Lab - Center for Transportation Technology - who can provide analysis for your stories. Other experts can talk about how journalists are covering the story, and the crisis communication strategies being used. Experts are listed in alphabetical order. Feel free to contact our experts directly.
Number of experts found: 7
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Bilal M. Ayyub
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Professor and Director
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Center for Technology and Systems Management
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Expertise Key Words:
Reliability and risk analysis, forensic engineering, uncertainty modeling and analysis, decision methods, infrastructure systems.
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301 405 1956
301 299 9375
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ba@umd.edu
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Elizabeth L. Toth
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Professor
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Public Relations, Strategic Communication, Crisis Communication, Gender and Public Relations
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301 405 8077
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eltoth@umd.edu
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Ali Haghani
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Prof & Chair
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Transportation Engineering, transportation systems with special focus on developing large scale network models and decision support systems for commercial and transit fleet management, public service fleet management and real-time traffic network control
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301 405 1963
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haghani@umd.edu
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Philip J. Tarnoff
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Sr Res Eng & Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
transportation engineering, traffic engineering, intelligent transportation systems, smart highways,
advanced transportation technology
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301 403 4619
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tarnoff@umd.edu
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Susan Moeller
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Associate Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.
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Home phone
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Cell phone
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301 405 2419
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301 565 9510
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240 472 4166
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smoeller@jmail.umd.edu
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Thomas H. Jacobs
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Director - Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Traffic incident management, regional information systems, systems engineering, mobile data communications, performance measures, integrated corridor management, commercial vehicle operations, distance learning, technology transfer, and planning for operations.
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301 403 4534
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tjacobs@umd.edu
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Michael L. Pack
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Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Intelligent Transportation Systems, traffic data acquisition systems, traffic database management systems, process control, 3D transportation visualization, traffic managements, and video image processing
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301 403 4628
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packml@umd.edu
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