OmniAir Consortium®, announces that Jess Baker, ITS, and Emerging Mobility Solutions, National Practice Lead Systems Engineer at HNTB, has been appointed to serve as Chair of the OmniAir® V2X Applications Testing technical working group.
Jess brings 24 years of experience planning, designing, and delivering multidisciplinary technology solutions aimed at solving complex challenges in society for the public and private sector. Jess has an Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science from the University of Central Florida, majoring in Computer Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Computer Science. She graduated with Honors, is a member of the National Engineering Honors Society, Leadership and Success Society, and participates in various standards development committees, including SAE, IEEE, INCOSE, ITS America, and Women in STEM. Equipped with an inventive nature Jess advocates for resilient, equitable, and accessible transportation solutions that prioritize secure design principles and best practices for interoperable and sustainable systems.
“Jess’s commitment to engineering excellence coupled with her deep expertise in ITS and Connected Vehicles and emerging technology made her the perfect choice to lead this initiative,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium.
The V2X Application Testing working group is designed to advance certification testing for applicable V2X applications and use cases by identifying and developing bench and field certification test cases for conformance and interoperability.
Jess Baker highlights that “V2X applications are vital to enabling traffic safety and mobility strategies and serves as the core foundation to advancing autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies that improve our ground transportation network. The group has great people with tremendous expertise and diverse backgrounds. Together, we develop a framework for certifying applications to promote interoperable and consistent experiences for all users across many platforms”.
The group has successfully demonstrated a set of V2X applications, including Emergency Electronic Brake Light (EEBL), Emergency Vehicle Priority (EVP), Red Light Violation Warning (RLVW), Spot Weather, Pedestrian in Cross Walk, and Lane Closure Work Zone (LCWZ) at past OmniAir Plugfest events. The group is competing for a new series of applications to debut at the OmniAir Ann Arbor Plugfest scheduled for May 23-27 at our host Mcity in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
