Roe Bell, Senior Research Specialist

Roe Bell is a Senior Research Specialist for the Supply Chain, Transportation, Automation, and Resource Sustainability initiative at VTTI. Roe obtained a B.S. in Meteorology, with a focus in geospatial analysis, from Virginia Tech in 2016. Since joining VTTI in September 2021, their responsibilities have included data collection, analysis, reduction, and visualization, conducting literature reviews, demonstration and deployment of technologies in real-world scenarios, and using geographic information systems to conduct temporospatial analyses, including hotspot analyses of georeferenced datasets, land suitability modeling, and regional data visualization. Roe’s research interests include improving resiliency through understanding and mitigating the impact that weather has on traffic operations, accelerating decarbonization in the freight sector, wildlife-vehicle conflict mitigation, automated and connected vehicle technologies, supporting and maintaining the transportation workforce, and promoting transportation accessibility for all.

Contact

• 540-231-1536
• stbell@vtti.vt.edu