Robert Gibson has been a Research Associate with CTR since January 1991. During his tenure, he has contributed to federal research projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) related to transportation energy and environmental policy for the US Department of Energy (DOE), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Department of Transportation (DOT), and the US Department of Defense (DOD). He is currently co-principal investigator on the Fuel Economy Information (FEI) project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and provides expertise in website design, programming, and communications.

Mr. Gibson received a Certificate of Achievement from the UTK Center for Transportation and the ORNL Sustainable Transportation Program in recognition of his contributions to the 2018 National Clean Cities Coordinator Training in Florida based on special recognition from DOE sponsors.

He co-authored the following research papers:

Huff, S., Davis, S., Boundy, R., and Gibson, R. 2023. “Auto Stop-Start Fuel Consumption Benefits,” SAE Technical Paper 2023-01-0346. https://doi.org/10.4271/2023-01-0346.
Greene, D. L., Kahn, J. R., & Gibson, R. C. 1999. Fuel Economy Rebound Effect for U.S. Household Vehicles. The Energy Journal, 20(3), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol20-No3-1.
He is listed as a major contributor to the following DOT publications:

U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 1998. Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1998: Long-Distance Travel and Freight. https://doi.org/10.21949/1500985.
U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 1999. Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1999. https://doi.org/10.21949/1501108.
U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 1997. Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1997: Mobility and Access. https://doi.org/10.21949/1501084.
US Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 1996. Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1996: Transportation and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.21949/1501083.
Mr. Gibson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1990.