 Senior Vice
President, MITRE
General Manager, MITRE/CAASD
Dr. Agam Sinha is senior vice president and general manager of
MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD).
CAASD supports the Federal Aviation Administration (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 served as CAASD's vice president and
deputy general manager. Prior to that, he acted as director for
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, Mexico, and Latin America. Dr. Sinha also
served as director of 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 served in various managerial roles.
As head of the Air Traffic Management Research Department, he had
oversight of research projects for applications of decision-support
systems in all phases of flight. He also was responsible for managing
the then-new Air Traffic Control (ATC) Systems Engineering Department
created in response to a new systems engineering initiative with
the FAA, including staffing, project definition, and operations.
Other projects led by Dr. Sinha 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 delays, the advanced en
route air traffic control system, integrated flow management, system
safety activities, operational and economic analysis of planned
FAA engineering and development elements in the areas of airport
operations and ATC, and development support for the FAA safety information
and analysis system.
Affiliated with the Graduate School Research Center and the Industrial
Engineering-Operations Research Division 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.
Projects included the development of a classroom-scheduling algorithm,
study on classroom space utilization, and working with Cresap, McCormick
and Paget and Co. (consultants) on the design of information flow
within the university. Other projects at the university included
planning activities for future work in and proposed layout of the
university hospital's central supply department. Dr. Sinha also
taught senior/graduate level courses in operations research, engineering
economics, and statistics.
Dr. Sinha is the 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). He has over 80 publications and has been an invited presenter
to a wide range of organizations around the world, including the
World Aviation Congress, AIAA, Institute for Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Air Traffic Control Association, Institute of Navigation,
International Council on Systems Engineering, American Meteorological
Society, Air Show Canada, Airport Operators Council International/Airports
Council International, Society of Automotive Engineers, and 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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