Research Staff

CV/Biosketch

Bill KneeBill Knee
MBA, Management
(T) 865.946.1300
(M) 865.946.1314
kneehe@ornl.gov

Specialty Research Areas:

  • Heavy Vehicle and Highway Safety
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Transportation Security
  • Defense Transportation
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Traffic Management Technologies
  • Traveler Information Systems

Current or Recent Work:

  • Heavy Vehicle Safety Research Center
  • Heavy Vehicle Duty Cycle
  • Low-Cost Traffic Management Technologies
  • Incident Management Clearinghouse
  • Army Vehicle Intelligence Program
  • Traveler Information Systems

Significant Publications:

Knee, H.E., R.E. Ziegler, J. Allen and D.R. Stephens, "The Heavy Vehicle Safety Research Center (HVSRC) at the National Transportation Research Center (NTRC)," Proceedings of the Third International Large Truck and Bus Safety Symposium - Knoxville, Tennessee, April 3-5, 2002.

Knee, H.E. and D.J. Gorsich, "ITS Technologies in Military Tactical Vehicles - Status Quo and the Future," Proceedings of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America's 11th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, June 4-7, 2001.

Knee, H.E. and D.J. Gorsich, "The U.S. Army's Vehicle Intelligence Program (AVIP): The Future of Manned, Wheeled Tactical Vehicles," Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV2001), Japanese National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, May 14-16, 2001.

Knee, H.E. and D.J. Gorsich, "Vehicle Intelligence and Implications for Robotics," Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense Conference on Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology III, Orlando Florida, April 16-19, 2001.

Knee, H.E. and D.J. Gorsich, "The Role of Vehicle Intelligence in the 21st Century Truck Initiative," Proceedings of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting, John B. Haynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1-4, 2000.

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.