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Athena zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV)—the next phase in evolution of the Athena project—will support development of electrification pathways for U.S. airports with initial focus on rental car fleets.
News

Athena ZEV Takes Up Challenge of Electrifying Airports and De-Risking Investment
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Athena Papers Accepted to Transportation Review Board Meeting
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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
July 5, 2021Project 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
Dr. Robert Horton
Vice President of Environmental Affairs
Dallas Fort Worth Airport

Ken Kelly
Advanced Transportation Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jesse Bennett
Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) Testbed Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Margaret Mann
Transportation BTMS Lead
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Roberto Vercellino
Research Engineer
NREL
Dr. Gustavo Campos
Research Engineer
NREL
Caroline Ziemkiewicz
Data Scientist
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

Dr. Venu Garikapati
Transportation Data Analytics
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Emily Harrell
Logistics and Project Management
National Renewable Energy 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. 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

Nick Wunder
Software Engineering Lead
NREL
Joseph Smith
Frontend Developer
NREL
Dr. Ranjan Bose
Mobility and Energy Analysis
ORNL
Karen Ficenec
Data Scientist and Transportation Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dr. Mike Hilliard
Complex Systems Modeling
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Hoony Park
Computational Data Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Fei Xie
Amazon
Contact
For more information on Athena, contact [email protected].