Todd Waller - Senior Research Associate

Todd Waller was awarded an Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army in October of 1988. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Aerospace Studies and a Master of Aeronautical Science Degree specializing in Operations from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). He worked for a Washington D.C. based aviation consulting firm where he performed modeling and simulation work for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a major U.S. airline. In January of 1998 Todd was hired by Delta Air Lines as an Air Traffic Management Specialist, where he performed modeling, simulation, operational research, and acted as a liaison between the FAA and the airline. Todd joined ERAU in June 2007 as a Senior Researcher and Total Airspace and Airport Modeler (TAAM) specialist.
Projects
- NextGen Project Manager. Florida NextGen Test Bed Design, Demonstration, & Operations
- NextGen Project Manager. "Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System"
( 2009-2011) - Project Lead Florida NextGen Test Bed Systems Requirements Document (2010)
- Project Lead Florida NextGen Test Bed System Implementation Document (2011)
- Team Member Florida NextGen Test Bed System Design Document (2011)
- Subject Matter Expert Commercial Space Transport Spaceport simulations (2011-2012)
- Project Lead Republic of Korea "Airspace Analysis" TAAM simulation (2010)
- Simulation Specialist for American Airlines "Airspace/Airport Analysis" TAAM simulation (2008-2009)
- Simulation Specialist for Delta Airlines "Airspace/Airport Analysis" TAAM simulation (2008)
Other duties include performing activities as a project lead and simulation support for different projects, demonstrations coordinator for the Florida NextGen Test Bed (FTB), and also he is Simulation instructor for the College of Aviation at ERAU.
NEAR Personnel
- Director
Massood Towhidnejad, Ph.D. - Administrative Assistant
Diana Dunham - Project Manager
Carlos Castro - Senior Software Engineer
Abbayu Hussein - ATM Researcher
Brandon Newman - Software Engineer
Jayson Clifford - Senior Software Engineer
Johnathan Pesce - Senior Software Engineer
Mohamed Mahmoud - Senior Research Associate
Todd Waller
