Kevin Heaslip

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee

Dr. Kevin Heaslip is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Also, he is the director of the United States Department of Transportation-funded Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain, housed at UT Knoxville. He has been awarded over $40 million in research grants and contracts from federal governments, state governments, and industry as an expert in transportation engineering, transportation technology, and critical infrastructure cybersecurity. He has over 180 peer-reviewed journal articlekheaslip@utk.edukheaslip@utk.edus, conference proceedings, and technical reports and has conducted research for federal, state, and local government agencies.He also leads the Future Mobility Initiative for the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development at UT Knoxville. He serves as Principal Investigator and Chief Operating Officer of Tennessee Technology Enabled Advanced Mobility (TEAM TN). TEAM TN is a partnership with the National Science Foundation, an alliance of academics, industry, and government. Dr. Heaslip also co-leads the Energy Storage and Transportation Convergent Research Initiative of the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute. Dr. Heaslip received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Responding to cyber-attacks in transportation: adapting risk assessment methods for a new age

Transportation systems are at risk of attacks on their cybersecurity. Here's how we can adapt our risk assessments to prevent this.

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