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Dr. Agam Sinha Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Director
Dr. Agam Sinha is a senior vice president of The MITRE Corporation and general manager and director of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Federally Funded Research and Development Center, the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD). CAASD supports the FAA, the Transportation Security Administration, 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 National Airspace System (NAS) 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 directed the Air Traffic Management Division, which handles all of 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 datalink 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 delay studies, 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, a study on classroom space utilization, and working with consultants Cresap, McCormick & Paget 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 in Flushing, N.Y. 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 the 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, IEEE, 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 in operations research and a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in technology management from American University, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
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