Center for Transportation and the Environment Resumes

Joel Donham Engineering Consultant

Mr. Donham is a Professional Engineer (PE) with 10 years of experience. He provides management and analytical support for advanced transportation projects at CTE. His experience includes energy management, transportation planning, environmental impact assessment, research and environmental management system (EMS) management. Battery Electric Truck Deployment, Goodwill San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin, San Francisco, CA Project Engineer | Responsible for vehicle modeling, operations simulation and deployment planning; charging infrastructure and charging strategy planning for eleven Class 6 and Class 8 electric delivery and waste trucks on a power-constrained site; vehicle build-quality oversight; and vehicle performance evaluation. Battery Electric Bus Roadmap Project, CyRide, Ames, IA Project Manager & Engineer | Responsible for managing the scope, schedule, and budget for a roadmap study to plan the optimal application of battery electric bus technology at CyRide. Mr. Donham leads efforts analyze energy requirements of bus operations; identify operations that would best capitalize on the benefits of battery electric propulsion technology; coordinate electrical the engineering consultant, facilities staff, and the electric utilities to collaborate on the most cost-effective approaches to developing charging infrastructure. Battery-Electric and Fuel Cell Bus Deployment, AC Transit, Oakland, CA Project Engineer | Responsible for modeling bus performance to guide deployment planning; supporting bus technical specification development and build quality evaluation; evaluating options for charging equipment and charging strategies; coordinating vehicle performance data collection efforts, and data collection IT infrastructure build. National Fuel Cell Bus Program Infrastructure Scalability Study, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC Project Engineer | Responsible for developing blocking, charging schedule, and infrastructure and labor cost models of fleet conversions from fossil-fueled to battery electric buses. The intent of the study is to evaluate the comparative costs of full fleet conversions to battery electric and fuel cell electric buses.

AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE Smart Deployments, Planning, Research EXPERIENCE 10 years YEARS WITH CTE 2 year EDUCATION MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland MS, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa BA, Physics, Colorado College

CLIENT RECOMMENDATION Just a high five on pulling this morning’s presentation together ...really great job by all hands and I look forward to more of the same as the study advances.

-Ron Morgan, GATRA

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