Current Research
- Current Research
- Impact Estimation of the Effects of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Infrastructure
- Development of an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Evaluation Toolbox
- Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Operations and Infrastructure – A Leadership Summit
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination: Phase III
- Data Collection and Analysis to Evaluate Transportation System Performance
- Evaluating Vulnerabilities to Transportation Infrastructure Under Future Climate Projections
- Simulations to Inform Management of Systems Under a Range of Scenarios
- Evaluating Benefits of Mitigation Strategies
- Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Bridge Infrastructure Adaptation in Response to Climate-Induced Flood Risk
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Enterprise Risk Management Methods Enhancement and Mitigation Strategy Development
- Completed Research Projects
- Network Analysis of Freight Diversion and Capacity Issues in Tennessee
- Intermodal Freight Network – User Interface Development
- U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System: phase II
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Spatial Analysis of Safety and Security Vulnerability During Transport of Hazardous Materials
- U.S. Freight Investment Efficiency: Phase I
- Baseline of the US National Freight System
- National Scan of Freight Capacity, Safety and Security Issues (phases I and II)
- Freight Analysis Network Development
- Intermodal Freight Curriculum Development
- Freight Analysis Network – Terminal Capacity Estimation
- Tennessee Highway Route Risk Assessments
- I-40 Trucking Operations and Safety Analysis
- Enterprise Risk Management Needs Assessment Protocol
- Intermodal GIS Network Risk Assessment
- Truck Terminal and Corridor Performance Analysis
- Coastal Maritime Risk Assessments
- The “Phases” of Emergency Management
- The Recovery Phase of Emergency Management
- Freight Transportation and Emergency Management: Profiles of 3 Stakeholder Groups
- Safety, Security and Capacity of Critical Rail Corridors
- Intermodal Freight GIS Network
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination – Phase 2
- CAIT 10: Inland Marine Transportation Analytics, Phase II
- Inland Marine Transportation Data Collection Using Automatic Identification Systems
- US Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System
- TDOT SmartWay Information System (TSIS)
- Spill Management Information System (SMIS)
In partnership with Nashville Metro Water Services (MWS), Dr. Camp and Dr. Katherine Nelson (graduate student at the time) performed a study of Nashville’s Home Buyout Program to remove homes from risk of flooding. Homes that had repetitive losses and were bought out were demolished with the area converted to greenspace. The project findings have been presented by members of both MWS and VECTOR at local and national conferences and have also been used in testimonials before Congress.
In the National Institute of Building Sciences report “Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves” (https://www.nibs.org/page/mitigationsaves), found that “mitigation funding can save the nation $6 in future disaster costs, for every $1 spent on hazard mitigation.” In the case study evaluation of Nashville, the research team found a return on investment from the Nashville buyout program to be 3:1 meaning that for every $1 spent in the home buyout program, $3 in benefits were obtained. Note: this is overall investment, not accounting for the fact that each $1 of investment is frequently made up of $0.75 federal funding, $0.125 state funding, and $0.125 local funding.
A short overview of the study and findings can be found here: MWS Buyout Study Overview_2pager.
Recent News
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From LiDAR to AI, Vanderbilt is helping redefine Nashville’s traffic
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Vanderbilt embraces campus benefits of Nashville’s transformational transportation program
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Vanderbilt-led consortium receives more than $8 million in federal funding to improve multimodal transit operations in Tennessee
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Vanderbilt awarded $890,000 in inaugural TNGO Mobility and Automotive Discovery Grants
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Vanderbilt conference sparks collaboration for Tennessee’s transportation future