Athena ZEV Takes Up Challenge of Electrifying Airports and De-Risking Investment
NREL met with stakeholders and partners at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to launch Athena ZEV—the next phase of Athena—which aims to electrify transportation and de-risk airport investments, with an initial focus on rental cars.
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Athena Papers Accepted to Transportation Review Board Meeting
Two Athena papers were accepted to the 2021 virtual Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting that will bring together government, industry, academia, and research organizations to discuss topics within the theme of Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life.
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Multiyear NREL Study Uses Digital Twin of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Inform Long-Term Investments at Major Transportation Hubs
Now in the third year of the Athena project, the team has published a series of three journal articles sharing key results on shuttle bus route optimization and expanded parking choices to improve energy use and reduce operational costs at airports.
PROJECT TEAM
The Athena project has committed stakeholders consisting of representatives from major U.S. airports, seaports, technology and transportation companies, government agencies, and academic research institutions.
The primary Athena research team includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Research leads include Monte Lunacek, Athena ZEV principal investigator; Yanbo Ge, airport project lead; John Farrell, NREL Vehicle Technologies Office program manager; and Caleb Phillips, Athena project founder.
Dr. Monte Lunacek
Athena ZEV Principal Investigator
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Caleb Phillips
Athena Project Founder
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Yanbo Ge
Airport Project Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. John Farrell
Laboratory Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Alycia Gilde
National Manager for ZEV Partnerships and Engagement
U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Smith
Technology Integration Program Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Robert Horton
Vice President of Environmental Affairs
Dallas Fort Worth Airport
Ken Kelly
Advanced Transportation Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Andrew Meintz
Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems and Electric Vehicle Charging Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Margaret Mann
Transportation BTMS Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Justin Daugherty
Communications Strategy Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sarah Ziomek
Sustainability Project Manager
Dallas Fort Worth Airport
Dr. Alec Biehl
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
Lori Clark
Air Quality and Clean Cities Program Manager
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Esther Chitsinde
Project Manager
Dallas Fort Worth Airport
Karen Ficenec
Data Scientist and Transportation Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Venu Garikapati
Transportation Data Analytics
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Emily Harrell
Logistics and Project Management
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Mike Hilliard
Complex Systems Modeling
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Andrew Kotz
Commercial Vehicles Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Zhaocai Liu
Optimization and Simulation
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Devonie McCamey
Former Communications Strategy Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Hoony Park
Computational Data Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Srinath Ravulaparthy
University of California, Santa Barbara
Joseph Severino
Traffic Modeling and Analysis
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Devon Sigler
Applied Mathematician
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Juliette Ugirumurera
Traffic Equilibrium Modeling Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Qichao Wang
Optimization and Simulation
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lindy Williams
The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Fei Xie
Amazon
Dr. Stan Young
Transportation and Urban Scientist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nick Wunder
Software Engineering Lead
NREL
Joseph Smith
Frontend Developer
NREL
Dr. Ranjan Bose
Mobility and Energy Analysis
ORNL
Dr. Gustavo Campos
Research Engineer
NREL
Roberto Vercellino
Research Engineer
NRELCONTACT
For more information on Athena, contact [email protected].
