
IRF Fellow Speaks with President Obama on Transportation Technology and Innovation
Taylor Lochrane, a former IRF Fellow and immediate past chairman of the IRF Fellow Alumni Association, met Tuesday with U.S. President Obama to demonstrate new transportation technology. The presentation came during the President’s visit to the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in Virginia.
Lochrane is a doctoral student at the University of Central Florida.
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