Emily Burkhardt

Overview

Emily L. Burkhardt is a Senior Research Associate for Transportation Research with more than 20 years of experience supporting research on transportation safety. Skilled in managing survey operations, Burkhardt specializes in using geographic information systems (GIS) and customized databases to establish, maintain, schedule, and map sampled sites; developing databases to track and report on project data; leading programming teams in support of efficient data collection and processing; overseeing the development of training materials; and managing the quality control of survey data.

Burkhardt has extensive experience directing studies for NHTSA. She is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) and has contributed to numerous technical reports and presentations throughout her career.

Education

BA, History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County