Research Staff

CV/Biosketch

Ingrid BuschIngrid Busch, Ph.D.,
Operations Research
(T) 865.946.1302
(F) 865.946-1314
buschik@ornl.gov

Specialty Research Areas:

  • Defense Transportation
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Planning and Systems Analysis

Current or Recent Work:

  • Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System (CAMPS): Migrated the flow planning application from a Sybase to an Oracle database for the US Air Force.
  • Ohio River Navigation Investment Model (ORNIM): Developed a system to be used by the US Army Corps of Engineers to analyze proposed improvements to the infrastructure on the Ohio River System.

Significant Publications:

T. Randall Curlee, Ingrid K. Busch, Michael R. Hilliard, Gbadebo Oladosu, Frank Southworth, and David P. Vogt (2004) " Economic Foundations of Ohio River Navigation Investment Model", Transportation Research Record No. 1871, pp. 13-23.

Virgil L. Langdon, Jr., Michael R. Hilliard, and Ingrid K. Busch (2004) "Future Utilization and Optimal Investment Strategy for Inland Waterways: New Model from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Assist Policy Makers", Transportation Research Record No. 1871, pp. 33-41.

Ingrid K. Busch and Steve Mulvey (1996) "QCOA: A Quick Course-of-Action Evaluation Toolkit", Military Operations Research Journal 1(4), pp. 13-22.

Michael R. Hilliard, Rajendra S. Solanki, Cheng Liu, Ingrid K. Busch, Glen Harrison, and Ronald D. Kraemer (1992) "Scheduling the Operation Desert Storm Airlift: An Advanced Automated Scheduling Support System", Interfaces 22(1), pp.133-146.

Highlights

New version of Freight Analysis Framework released
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released its new version of the Freight Analysis Framework, the most comprehensive publicly available data set of freight movement. This tool is developed for FHWA by CTA.

Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week
The Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week provides statistical information on vehicle sales, fuel economy and transportation trends.

2011 Annual Fuel Economy Guide is released
DOE and EPA released the 2011 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with information about estimated mileage and fuel costs for model year 2011 vehicles.

Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 30 . . .
One of ORNL's most requested documents, this data book details transportation-related energy use in the U.S.