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Dr. Heather Nachtmann is a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Arkansas, where she holds the Earl J. and Lillian P. Dyess Endowed Chair in Engineering. She directs the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC), a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center, and the Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center. Her research interests include the economic and operations analysis of inland waterways, advanced mobility concepts, and the application of data analytics to transportation systems. She also teaches courses in engineering economic analysis.
Dr. Nachtmann's work has resulted in over ninety peer-reviewed publications. She has served as principal investigator on research projects totaling more than nineteen million dollars, including a $7,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the E-RISE Rll: Arkansas Smart Transportation Research Incubator through Data Engineering and Science project. Her scholarly contributions have been recognized through her fellowship in the American Society for Engineering Management and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, as well as her designation as an Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow. She is also a member of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Research Advisory Council and the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Visioning Alliance Standing Council.
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- h-index: 18
- Publications: 92
- Citations: 1,858
Selected Publications
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Assessing Container on Barge Readiness within Maritime Transportation Systems (2025)
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Forecasting Inland Waterway Container on Barge Volume: A Machine Learning Approach Using Economic Features (2025)
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Value-Focused Assessment of Container on Barge Freight Transportation Readiness (2024)
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System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System (2023)
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An alternative solution to congestion relief of U.S. seaports by container-on-barge: A simulation study (2023)
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Economic Impact of Investment Scenarios in the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (2022)
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Letter from the Editor (2021)
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Literature review and comparative analysis of inland waterways transport: “Container on Barge” (2021)
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Value-Focused Inland Waterway Infrastructure Investment Decisions (2021)
ARA Academy 2023 ARA Fellow
Dr. Nachtmann directs the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC), a U.S. DOT University Transportation Center, and the Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center. Her research encompasses economic and operations analysis of inland waterways, advanced mobility, and data science for transportation systems.
Policy Impact
Directs the U.S. DOT Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center, strengthening Arkansas's position in transportation logistics and inland waterway commerce.
Growth Areas
['Next Gen Transportation & Logistics Systems', 'Supply Chain Retail & Consumer Analytics']
Resources
Federal Grants 1 $7,000,000 total
E-RISE Rll: Arkansas Smart Transportation Research Incubator through Data Engineering and Science
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- Literature review and comparative analysis of inland waterways transport: “Container on Barge”
- An alternative solution to congestion relief of U.S. seaports by container-on-barge: A simulation study
- Forecasting Inland Waterway Container on Barge Volume: A Machine Learning Approach Using Economic Features
- Value-Focused Assessment of Container on Barge Freight Transportation Readiness
- Engineering Economy: Current Teaching Practices
- Critical Factors In Successful Corporate Governance
- Value-Focused Inland Waterway Infrastructure Investment Decisions
- Economic Impact of Investment Scenarios in the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
- System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System
- An alternative solution to congestion relief of U.S. seaports by container-on-barge: A simulation study
- Engineering Economy: Current Teaching Practices
- Engineering Economy: Current Teaching Practices
- Critical Factors In Successful Corporate Governance
- Critical Factors In Successful Corporate Governance
- Critical Factors In Successful Corporate Governance
- Value-Focused Inland Waterway Infrastructure Investment Decisions
- Economic Impact of Investment Scenarios in the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
- An alternative solution to congestion relief of U.S. seaports by container-on-barge: A simulation study
- System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System
- System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System
- System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System