 Senior
Vice President, MITRE
General Manager, MITRE/CAASD
Dr. Agam Sinha is a senior vice president of The MITRE Corporation,
general manager of CAASD, and director of the FAA’s Federally
Funded Research and Development Center. CAASD supports the FAA,
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and international
civil aviation authorities in addressing operational and technical
challenges to meet aviation's capacity, efficiency, safety, and
security needs.
From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Sinha was CAASD’s vice president and
deputy general manager. Prior to that, he directed a variety of
activities within CAASD. As director of air transportation systems
and regional director for the Americas, his responsibilities included
the NAS (National Airspace System) Operational Evolution Plan, Free
Flight, NAS performance, and Spring/Summer 2000/2001 projects. As
the regional director for the Americas, he led CAASD’s projects
within Canada, Latin America, and Mexico; and he directed the Air
Traffic Management Division, which handles all CAASD’s air
traffic control automation/decision-support systems projects for
the FAA and international clients.
From 1985 to 1995, Dr. Sinha held various managerial roles. As
head of the Air Traffic Management Research Department, he oversaw
research projects for applications of decision-support systems in
all phases of flight. Additionally, he managed the then-new ATC
(air traffic control) Systems Engineering Department, which was
created in response to a new systems engineering initiative with
the FAA, including staffing, project definition, and operations.
Other projects Dr. Sinha has led include the FAA’s data link
applications, airport capacity improvement program, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite and ground
systems programs, and the Next-Generation Weather Radar Tri-Agency
Program.
Since joining MITRE in 1972, Dr. Sinha has been involved in many
facets of the aviation research program, including international
ATC systems design, airport capacity and delays, the advanced en
route air traffic control system, integrated flow management, system
safety activities, and operational and economic analysis of planned
FAA engineering and development elements.
As a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Sinha
was involved with the application of operations research to the
education and administrative fields. This work was affiliated with
the Graduate School Research Center and the Industrial Engineering
Operations Research Division. Projects included the development
of a classroom-scheduling algorithm, study on classroom space utilization,
and working with consultants Cresap, McCormick, and Paget and Co.
on the design of information flow within the university. Additionally,
he planned activities for the proposed layout and future work of
the university hospital’s central supply department. He taught
senior- and graduate-level courses in operations research, engineering
economics, and statistics.
Dr. Sinha is chairman of the RTCA Board of Directors, RTCA Policy
Board, and a member of the NextGen Advisory Committee and the Air
Traffic Management Steering Group. He is elected to serve on the
Board of Trustees at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology,
Flushing, NY. He is a former chairman of the aviation group of the
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences,
and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics (AIAA). As an author of more than 80 publications,
he is invited to present to a wide range of organizations, including
the AIAA, Airport Operators Council International/Airports Council
International, Air Show Canada, Air Traffic Control Association,
American Meteorological Society, Institute for Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Institute of Navigation, International Council on Systems
Engineering, Society of Automotive Engineers, and World Aviation
Congress, in addition to several universities.
Dr. Sinha earned a doctorate degree in operations research and
a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University
of Minnesota, a master’s in technology management from American
University, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
|
