
Dr. Heather Nachtmann is a Professor of Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas and holds the Earl J. and Lillian P. Dyess Endowed Chair in Engineering. She serves as director of the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC), a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center, and the Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center. Her research includes economic and operations analysis of inland waterways, advanced mobility, and data science for transportation systems.