Heather Nachtmann Source Confirmed
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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Biography and Research Information
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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, and the application of data analytics to transportation systems.
Dr. Nachtmann's work has been supported by significant federal funding, 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, for which she serves as Principal Investigator. She has authored over ninety peer-reviewed publications and led research projects totaling more than nineteen million dollars. She is recognized for her expertise as a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and as an Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow. Her current work involves collaborators such as Haitao Liao and Shengfan Zhang from the University of Arkansas.
Metrics
- h-index: 18
- Publications: 91
- Citations: 1,839
Selected Publications
- Forecasting Inland Waterway Container on Barge Volume: A Machine Learning Approach Using Economic Features (2025) DOI
- Value-Focused Assessment of Container on Barge Freight Transportation Readiness (2024) DOI
- System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System (2023) DOI
- An alternative solution to congestion relief of U.S. seaports by container-on-barge: A simulation study (2023) DOI
- Economic Impact of Investment Scenarios in the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (2022) DOI
- Letter from the Editor (2021) DOI
- Literature review and comparative analysis of inland waterways transport: “Container on Barge” (2021) DOI
- Value-Focused Inland Waterway Infrastructure Investment Decisions (2021) DOI
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
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