Hartmann, Joseph L Director, Office of Bridges and Structures Dr. Joseph (Joey) Hartmann is currently the Director of the FHWA Office of Bridges and Structures.  His office is responsible for the development and implementation of Federal regulations, policy and technical guidance that support bridge and tunnel programs to improve safety and design practice at the national level.  His office has legislative authorities for bridge and tunnel design on the Interstate System, implementation and oversight of the National Bridge and Tunnel Inspection Standards, the National Bridge and Tunnel Inventories and Federal floodplain regulations.  In addition, his office provides leadership and direction in structural, geotechnical and hydraulic engineering aspects of all FHWA programs, and coordinates those activities with FHWA field offices, other Federal agencies, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), local agencies, academia and with various other partners and customers.  Prior to this assignment, Dr. Hartmann held other key leadership positions at FHWA including Team Leader, Structural Engineering Team in the Office of Bridges and Structures, Team Leader, Bridge and Foundation Engineering Team, and Team Leader, Infrastructure Inspection and Management Team, both in the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development.  Dr. Hartmann has also served as a primary structural forensic investigator for the Agency.  He has been the FHWA Principle Investigator for several catastrophic failures including the I-35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the I-90 Central Artery Tunnel suspended ceiling collapse in Boston and, more recently, the I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse north of Seattle.  He formally began his career with FHWA in 2001 as a Research Structural Engineer in the Structures Lab at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC).  Prior to joining FHWA, Dr. Hartmann held several positions as either a Senior Engineer or Bridge Engineer for design consultants and an industry trade association.  He started his relationship with FHWA in 1990 while in graduate school as a Graduate Research Fellow working in the TFHRC Structures Lab.  Since 2005, Dr. Hartmann has been an Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering at George Mason University.  He holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctorate Degrees all in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland.