DRAFT AGENDA of the

Annual Business Mee�ng of the TRB Standing Commitee on Roadside Safety Design (AKD20)
Jan 8, 2024 at 8:00AM E.T. (Marriot Marquis Salon 4)
John Patrick Donahue, PE, Chair (Presiding)
Note - all times are approximate
Time (min) Start End Topic By
John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 8:00 8:05 Call to order
DOT)
20 8:05 8:25 Introductions (around the room) All
John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
10 8:25 8:35 Annual Meeting Activities report
DOT)
John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 8:35 8:40 2023 Midyear Meeting report
DOT)
10 8:40 8:50 TRB activities report Brian Roberts (NAS)
5 8:50 8:55 Section Report Eric Donnell, PhD (Section Chair)
Membership and committee John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 8:55 9:00
report DOT)
John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 9:00 9:05 2024 Best Paper Award
DOT)
2024 Volunteer of the Year John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 9:05 9:10
Award DOT)

2024 Kenneth A. Stonex Award for Excellence in Roadside Safety

20 9:10 9:30 (Sponsored by Hill and Smith, Gregory Highway, Lindsay Transportation,
Transpo Industries, and Valtir, Inc)

Research and Technology

15 9:30 9:45 Luke Riexinger, PhD (IIHS)
Activities
20 9:45 10:05 Break
Committee communications Fadi Tahan, PhD (George Mason
5 10:05 10:10
report University)
Computational Mechanics
5 10:10 10:15 Nauman Sheikh (TTI)
Subcommittee
Chiara Dobrovolny, PhD (Hill and
Subcommittee on International
5 10:15 10:20 Smith), and Dipan Bose, PhD (World
Research
Bank)
Christine Carrigan, PhD, PE
5 10:20 10:25 ISPE Subcommittee
(Roadsafe, LLC)

10 10:25 10:35 International Conference update Dick Albin, PE (FHWA)

 By
Time (min) Start End Topic
John Patrick Donahue, P.E. (Oregon
5 10:35 10:40 Midyear meeting 2024
DOT)
Talha Guhman (Safe Roads
5 10:40 10:45 Young professionals Engineering), Jennifer Rasmussen,
PhD (Safe Roads Engineering).
Kelly Hardy, PE (AASHTO), Kristin
10 10:45 10:55 AASHTO updates
Schuster, PE (Michigan DOT)
Aimee Zhang, PE, and Paul LaFleur,
15 10:55 11:10 FHWA update
PE
Informal Presentation - AI for
15 11:10 11:25 Road Side Safety: Potentials and Akram Abu Odeh, PhD (TTI)
Challenges
Informal Presentation - Crash
Testing and Evaluation of the
30 11:25 11:55 Bob Bielenberg (MwRSF)
Midwest Guardrail System with
Electric Vehicles
Adjourn