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APPENDIX F
Developer Interview Research Template
Interview Template for Contact with Non-Typical Applications: Leading-edge technologies that
Developers of Most Promising are not being developed for Hazmat safety and security
Technology Selections or even transportation per se
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has awarded a Your response to the interview will provide important
series of projects under the Hazardous Materials Cooperative insights and guidance to both industry and government.
Research Program (HMCRP). Our project is HM-04: Emerg- The interview data will be compiled and included in a public
ing Technologies Applicable to the Safe and Secure Transporta- report that highlights emerging transportation technologies
tion of Hazardous Materials. Here is the Scope of Work: http:// as well as opportunities and issues associated with product
144.171.11.40/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID= development, deployment and maintenance.
1606 on the TRB Website. The HM-04 research team, led by We commit to protect the confidentiality of your new tech-
Battelle, is conducting this interview for this project. We have nology by not revealing your name, your organization's name,
identified your organization as a developer of a promising or its location in our report or to any other party, unless you
emerging technology. We would like to get more information otherwise authorized that. We will characterize your organiza-
about your technology, its purpose, and your development tion generically, such as "a university engineering department"
process. or a "mid-size automotive technology vendor." Likewise, we
The objectives of HM-04 are to: do not intend to use the product name (if any). We are more
interested in its functionality.
The following questions are to help us better understand the
Develop a list of near-term (less than 5 years) and longer-
emerging technology we have identified. We have sent it in
term (510 years) technologies that are candidates for
advance of a scheduled phone interview, and you are encour-
use in enhancing the safety and security of hazardous aged to fill in the information to save time during the interview.
materials transportation, as applied by shippers, carri- Information source (Battelle fills out how we found out
ers, emergency responders, or government regulatory about the technology)
and enforcement agencies
Identify emerging technologies that hold the greatest ___ Published literature
promise of being introduced during these near- and ___ Patent search
longer-term spans ___ Personal knowledge
Identify potential impediments to and opportunities for ___ Online Search
their development, deployment, and maintenance (e.g.,
technical, economic, legal, and institutional) General Information
First, some general information about you and your
The technologies being considered may be:
company:
Evolutionary: Advances to existing products that will result 1. Contact information
in future improvements Company name: _______________________________
Revolutionary: New technology concepts Web site: _____________________________________
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Contact person: _______________________________ Back Office
Title: ________________________________________ Tracking & Locating________________________
Address: _____________________________________ _________________________________________
Phone: _______________________________________ Security___________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________ _________________________________________
2. What is the size of your organization? Logistics & Business Efficiency _________________
___ Small (less than $10M annual revenue) _________________________________________
___ Medium ($10-$100M annual revenue) Software Applications & Information Technology__
___ Large (over $100M annual revenue) _________________________________________
3. What type of organization are you? Public Sector
___ Privately held Emergency/Incident Response_________________
___ Publicly traded _________________________________________
___ Non-profit research Regulatory Compliance______________________
___ Educational _________________________________________
4. What is the technology product you are developing? Infrastructure
____________________________________________ Surface & Air modes_________________________
____________________________________________ _________________________________________
5. Briefly describe what it does. Pipeline-specific____________________________
____________________________________________ _________________________________________
____________________________________________ Any other applications__________________________
6. What recent information has been released regarding your ____________________________________________
11. For what transport mode(s) is the technology targeted
technology (last six months)?
(check all that apply)? Or if not targeted at a transport
____________________________________________
mode, to which mode might it be?
____________________________________________
___ Truck
7. Who is your primary target market?
___ Rail
____________________________________________
___ Marine
____________________________________________
___ Air
8. What benefit(s) could your technology provide in the
___ Pipeline
area of hazardous materials transportation (check all that
___ Intermodal transfer
apply)?
12. For what user(s) is the technology targeted or could be
___ Safety
targeted (check all that apply)?
___ Security
___ Shipper
___ Efficiency ___ Carrier
___ Productivity ___ Emergency responder
___ Regulatory compliance ___ Government official
9. If the technology is expected to provide a safety or secu- ___ Other____________________________________
rity benefit, in what phase(s) can it be helpful (check all 13. Is this a new technology or a next-generation of an exist-
that apply)? ing technology?
___ Preparedness ___ New
___ Prevention ___ Next Generation
___ Mitigation 14. Listed in the bulleted section below are characteristics that
___ Response define readiness on a 1 to 5 scale. What technology readi-
10. Choose the major application area(s) that the technology ness level on this scale best describes your technology?
will support and enter on the lines why your technology ___ Level 1 basic technology principles have been
meets needs in that application area. observed
Personnel____________________________________ · Fundamental scientific principles and assump-
____________________________________________ tions used in new technology are defined
Conveyance__________________________________ · Basic characterization data exists
____________________________________________ ___ Level 2 equipment and process concept formulated
Cargo_______________________________________ · System conceptual design, functional requirements
____________________________________________ and components identified
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· Individual parts of the technology work 16. Please share any details you can on the timeline involved
· Availability of output devices are known in the technology development.
· System performance metrics established ____________________________________________
· Risk areas and mitigation strategies identified ____________________________________________
· Manufacturing capability known 17. What special efforts (if any) are needed to bring the tech-
· Performance predictions made for each component nology to Level 5?
· Experimental design formulated ____________________________________________
___ Level 3 prototype demonstrated in laboratory ____________________________________________
environment 18. Are you aware of likely or potential interactions between
· Relationships between system and components are your technology and other technologies? If so, would it
understood at engineering scale be positive or negative interaction?
· Operating environment for final system known ____________________________________________
· Collection of maintainability, reliability and sup- ____________________________________________
portability data 19. Are you aware of any impediments to developing, deploy-
· Verification of component compatibility ing, and/or maintaining your technology?
· Performance baseline (including cost, schedule and ____________________________________________
scope) established ____________________________________________
· Operating limits and off-normal operating re- 20. Can you share (or estimate) your total costs to bring your
sponses for components determined technology into the market? What have you invested so
· Scaling issues that remain are identified and under-
far and how much more do you need?
stood ____________________________________________
· Interface control process established
____________________________________________
· Pre-production hardware available to support sys-
21. Roughly how much (as a range or estimate) will it cost
tem fabrication the user to acquire and operate your product when it
· Engineering feasibility fully demonstrated
reaches the market?
___ Level 4 technology product operational in limited
____________________________________________
real-world environment
____________________________________________
· Discrete components of the product successfully
22. Based on your estimate, what is the average payback time
tested under controlled "real-world" conditions to
to the customer in years?
ensure optimal function
____________________________________________
· Product successfully demonstrated within the "sys-
____________________________________________
tem" it is designed to operate (i.e., test with other
23. Did you follow any technology development best prac-
technologies that the product is anticipated to inter-
tices? If so, what were they?
act with) under controlled "real-world" conditions
· Receive feedback regarding recommended changes
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
from beta users
· Make product changes based on test results and
____________________________________________
user feedback ____________________________________________
___ Level 5 technology product fully operational in 24. Is there any other information you want to share?
real-world environment ____________________________________________
· Product successfully used by customers under a ____________________________________________
wide range of environmental conditions, thereby ____________________________________________
ensuring proper robustness and functionality ____________________________________________
· Training and supportability plans implemented
· Active mechanism in place to make product
improvements in response to customer suggestions If you have any questions about this survey, please call:
15. What is the anticipated time for your technology to reach
Level 5? Bill Tate
___ Within a year Battelle
___ 2-5 years 505 King Avenue
___ 6-9 years Columbus, Ohio 43201-2696
___ 10-15 years 614-424-3315 (Eastern time zone)
