Research Staff

CV/Biosketch

Rekha PillaiRekha Pillai
Ph.D., Management Science (Routing and Scheduling)
(T) 865.576.5324 (ORNL office)
(O) 865.574.8598 (1099 Commerce Park)
(M) 865.712.5516
7sp@ornl.gov

Specialty Research Areas:

  • Defense Transportation
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Operations
  • Security

Current or Recent Work:

  • Material Protection, Control, and Accounting Systems: Process Simulation, Site operations analysis
  • Material Protection, Control, and Accounting: Tactical Training Simulator Development
  • Material Protection, Control, and Accounting: Sustainable Operations, Guidelines
  • Analysis of Defense Distribution Center (DDC) Supply Chain
  • Instructor, University of Tennessee MBA Program, Knoxville, TN, Course entitled "Infrastructure Strategy and Design"

Significant Publications:

Dashora, Yogesh, John W. Barnes, Rekha S. Pillai, Todd E. Combs, Michael Hilliard, and Madhu Chinthavali,  “The PHEV Charging Infrastructure Planning (PCIP) Problem,” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Vol 11(2), 2010.

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.

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