Resume - Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D., Air Transportation   Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin,   1994

Master of Science, Architectural   Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin,   1978

Bachelor of Science, Civil   Engineering

U.S. Air Force Academy, 1972

Professional Background

In October 2010, Dr. McNerney accepted the position as the assistant manager of the Airport Engineering Division, of the FAA Office of Airport Safety and Standards.
 

Dr. McNerney was an airport consultant with AECOM for 9 years until October 2010.  As an engineer and manager he has 38 years of aviation experience including both the operations and engineering side of aviation.
 

Dr. McNerney was the Director of the Aviation Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin where he a Research Engineer and Adjunct Facility for 10 years. He organized the successful series of six airport short courses at The University of Texas at Austin.  As adjunct faculty, he taught courses in Airport Design and Pavement Design at The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Arlington.
 

He comes from a strong military background where he served 17 years in the US Air Force as pilot, instructor, commander, and civil engineer where he lead the pavement portion of the US Air Force rapid runway repair research effort for 3 years. His unique experience as both an airline transport rated pilot with over 2600 hours of jet time and a Ph.D. in Air Transportation Engineering have given him practical insight to the planning, design and operation of large airports and military bases.  
 

He is experienced in the areas of Airport Planning, Airport Noise, Airport Geographical Information Systems (GIS), D-GPS Satellite Navigation Systems, Aerial Photography, and Environmental Planning and is an industry leader in Geospatial Airport Pavement Management Systems and Airport Aircraft Compatibility.  He has authored over 60 publications related to air and ground transportation research and pavement evaluation.  He has served as supervisor of flight operations at three Air Force Bases.  
 

Airport Pavements

As a research engineer he has 20 years of experience in the area of pavement loading, pavement field-testing, and pavement life predictions. He has developed a field GPS pavement inspection system using GIS for evaluating airfield pavements and conducting PCI analyses. He completed a new, innovative approach to pavement evaluation and pavement life prediction for DFW Airport.  He also is a leader in airport pavement management technology and aircraft response to airport pavement roughness.  He has conducted full-scale accelerated pavement testing for the Air Force and Texas Department of Transportation.  He built the Tyndall AFB indoor pavement test facility and conducted over 30 accelerated loading field tests with F-4 and C-141 load carts simulating full-scale aircraft loading. He led the North Field Test where a Red Horse squadron repaired two exploded craters and an instrumented F-4 was flown over the repaired craters. From field tests, he developed interim Rapid Runway Repair field guidance for the US Air Force using crushed limestone and rapid setting polymer-concrete.  He has advised the FAA on accelerated pavement test devices and was a member of the FAA Airport Pavement Working Group. He has conducted pavement evaluations or forensic investigations at several airports.  He has developed alternative specifications for construction of airfield pavements in Texas.   He developed and for the last 10 years has taught the only Airport Pavement Short Course offered by a university in the U.S.

Dr. McNerney has conducted pavement evaluation or pavement design at the following airports:

• Albuquerque International Sunport, New Mexico 
• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, Texas 
• Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks,      Connecticut 
• Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas 
• Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado 
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport 
• Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, Texas 
• Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth,      Texas 
• George Bush International Airport, Houston, Texas 
• John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York 
• March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California 
• Ontario International Airport, Ontario, California 
• Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon 
• Rafael Hernandez International Airport (BQN),      Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 
• Robert Mueller International Airport, Austin, Texas 
• San Angelo Regional Airport, San Angelo, Texas 
• Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington 
• Southwest Florida International Airport, Fort Myer's,      Florida 
• Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida 

Airport Master Planning and Development

• Project Manager for Master Plan for Fort Worth Meacham      International Airport. Provided a 20-year development plan that doubles      the number of hangars and support facilities. 
• Project Manager for the Airfield Layout and Design of      St. Charles International Airport, Louisiana. Provided a 40-year plan for      a new cargo airport including 4 runways designed to FAA Aircraft Design      Group VI standards. 
• Airside Project Manager for Houston George Bush      Intercontinental Airport Master Plan. One of three overall technical      managers, he lead the airfield simulation effort to justify the need and      location for two new runways. 
• Team Leader for the fast-paced TSA project to add      Explosive Detection Systems at several airports from Cat X to Cat III      including Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.      His responsibilities included assessment, analysis, planning, modeling,      engineering and coordination of implementation. 
• Project Manager, Airport Development Plan, McKinney,      TX.   Provided a development plan for new runway and guidelines      for hangar development. 
• Performed analysis of runway crossings data at DFW      airport for verification of SIMMOD modeling of the aircraft      runway-crossing problem. 
• Highly knowledgeable in obstruction analysis and pilot      operations.  Working as part of AAAE Airport GIS committee to develop      a standard specification for LIDAR obstruction surveys to be used for      input to obstruction analyses programs such as 3DAAP. 
• Land Use Planning Consultant to City of Biloxi for      Noise and Obstruction Zoning Ordinance. 
• Chair of ASCE Task Committee on Airport Roughness which      developed a draft advisory circular  on specifications for runway      roughness based upon aircraft response to long wave runway profiles. 
• Served six years as Chairman of TRB Committee on      Aircraft/Airport Compatibility and has helped organize TRB sessions on new      large aircraft, perimeter taxiways, and Obstruction Clearance Aerial      Surveying 
• Developed and wrote research report on the concept of      using Reliever Hubs for reducing costs when primary hub operations are      disrupted. 
• Conducted research into the probabilities of aircraft      crash potential near military and civilian airfield.   Familiar      with ACUZ and land use planning for military facilities. 

Airport Geographical Information System (GIS)

• Ph.D. Dissertation was "The Use of GIS for      Airport Engineering and Management". 
• Used GIS for the design and layout of 4 new runways for      St. Charles International Airport. 
• Extensively used GIS for the analysis of alternatives      for the Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport Master Plan 
• Chairman Emeritus and founder of the AAAE Airport GIS      Committee, organized the first 4 of 8 annual Airport GIS Conference      and Exhibitions. 
• Participated in Airport GIS projects at the following      airports

: 

o        Dallas Fort Worth International                   Atlanta Hartsfield International

o        Detroit Wayne County Metro                      JFK International

o        Albuquerque Sunport                                  Incheon International Airport, Korea

o        Fort Worth Meacham                                  Houston George Bush Intercontinental

o        Rafael Hernandez International                    St. Charles International

o        Fort Worth Alliance                                     Denver International

• Conducted four GIS user needs surveys of US airports. 
• Conducted Airport GIS workshops at DFW and Atlanta      Airports. 

Environmental Planning

• Internationally recognized researcher in area of      highway and airport noise. 
• Member of the Transportation Research Board (Part of      the National Academy of Science) Committee on Transportation-Related Noise      and Vibration. 
• Lead Aviation Consultant for St. Charles International      Airport, LA Environmental Impact Statement Study. 
• Performed noise analysis review of Amarillo Airport,      Amarillo, Texas 
• Performed noise analysis of Orange County, Texas      Airport. 
• Performed noise analysis of airfield alternatives for      George Bush Intercontinental Airport Master Plan 
• Taught courses on Integrated Noise Model at the      University of Texas at Austin. 
• Developed training course for AFCEE for performing      NoiseMap analyses at various Air Force Bases. 
• Taught an airport noise modeling short course to the      Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong. 
• Published Research on the effects of traffic and air      quality in San Antonio, Texas on Loop 410. 
• Performed air quality analysis for EIS of Orange County      Airport, Texas using the Emissions Dispersion Modeling System (EDMS). 
• Familiar with the use of GIS for noise monitoring      systems at airports and integrating airport traffic radar data into      management analysis. 

Professional Honors and Organizations

Recipient of the 2011 ASCE T&DI Robert Horonjeff Award in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions to the advancement of the field of air transportation engineering

The AIRPORTECH 2025 Career Achievement Award from the Smart Airport Technologies Association

The 1978 Air Force Engineering Services Center, Meritorious Achievement Award

Three Air Force Meritorious Service Medals, Two Air Force Commendation Medals

Emeritus Member and former Chairman, Transportation Research Board Committee AV070, Aircraft/Airport Compatibility

Chairman Emeritus, American Association of Airport Executives Subcommittee on Airport Geographic Information Systems

Member, Transportation Research Board Committee ADC40 Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration, Member, Transportation Research Board Subcommittees ADC40 Airport Noise, Highway Noise, Subcommittee AFD10(2) Airfield Pavement Management, 

former Member, FAA Airport Pavement Working Group

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, Airfield Pavements Committee, Chairman of Task Committee on Airport Pavement Roughness

Member, ASTM, Committee E-17, Vehicle Pavement Interaction