Becker, McIntosh, Kretsch present at Transportation Research Board – U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System 4th Biennial R & D Conference

 

From L to R: Eric Kretsch, Austin Becker, Duncan McIntosh at the National Academies of Sciences, Washington D.C.

 

Professor Austin Becker, PhD student Duncan McIntosh, and Masters candidate Eric Kretsch presented their URI Marine Affairs research at the 4th Biennial R & D Conference of the Transportation Research Board and the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System, “From Sail to Satellite: Delivering Solutions for Tomorrow’s Marine Transportation System,” held at the National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D. C., 21 – 23 June, 2016.

Professor Becker presented “Inspiring Transformational Thinking for Maritime Systems Resilience: Port of Providence, Rhode Island, Demonstration Project,” during a session on Resilience—Tools and Needs, and also moderated a session on Resilience—Seaports and Climate, where Mr. McIntosh presented his dissertation research in progress, “Toward a Comparative Index of Seaport Climate-Vulnerability.” Mr. Kretsch presented, “Leadership, Responsibility, and Incentive for Long-Term Hurricane Resilience: Stakeholder Perceptions at the Port of Providence,” during a student honor panel presided over by the executive director of the US CMTS, Helen Brohl.

The Transportation Research Board is one of seven major programs of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to increase the benefits that transportation contributes to society by providing leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. The goal of the biennial conference is to identify research priorities and a future course for the Marine Transportation System (MTS) community.