TRB Webinar: Modeling the Relationship Between Vehicle Speed and Fuel Consumption

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that explored the relationship between vehicle speed and fuel economy as investigated by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. This webinar described how to simulate real-world vehicle operations using driving cycles in order to improve vehicle operating cost estimations. Presenters discussed how vehicle speeds and fuel economy were modeled within an array of vehicle types, traffic conditions, and road properties.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Structural Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures.

The slides are available. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a recording of the webinar.

Webinar Presenters

• Elie Hajj, University of Nevada, Reno
• Hao Xu, University of Nevada, Reno
• Gary Bailey, Nevada Automotive Test Center
• Muluneh Sime, Nevada Automotive Test Center

Moderated by:  Valentin Vulov, U.S. Federal Highway Administration

Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate. Certificates of Completion will be issued only to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2017. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.