Multimodal Freight

Texas A&M Transportation Institute
1111 RELLIS Parkway
Bryan, TX 77807
(979) 317-2848
[email protected]

Itzel Guzman is an Assistant Transportation Researcher in the Multimodal Freight Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Throughout her more than four years of experience at TTI, she has been involved in a large range of projects related to connected and autonomous vehicles, emerging transportation technologies, hazmat transportation, freight transportation, highway-railway grade crossings, bridge inventories, law enforcement interactions, emergency preparedness, bicyclist and pedestrian safety, and child passenger safety. She was previously a researcher in the Behavioral Research Program at TTI, where she conducted field surveys, focus groups, phone interviews, outreach programs, other stakeholder engagement sessions, as well as Spanish translations and interpretations. Her work has supported the efforts of the federal government, state governments, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of Transportation, first responders, emergency management personnel, and local communities. Before joining and while at TTI, she was a Combat Engineer (12B) and trained as a Hazmat Urban Search and Rescue Technician in the Army National Guard. Until recently, she served under the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Element (CRE) within the National Guard component as part of a federal response force for CBRN defense.