mention that the jpa has reimbursed the mtc for all the costs supporting the panel and the panel, the fhwa and m.t.c. have provided their support services with no indication or no interest in reimbursement. we think that is part of our assignment and responsibility. and i do as mark mentioned want to thank steven wolf of m.t.c. staff for his work in managing the work of the j.p.a. team and the peer review. and he successfully navigated a very difficult path through at least three time zones an kept the progress going smoothly. and for their efforts in getting us to this point, mark provided incredible support and they were really dedicated to the problem and they worked all hours and commuted across the united states several times. and just a reminder that they all have other professional tudyes that are part of their -- duties that were part of their assignment, but they were extremely helpful and dr. engleheart has published well in the engineering documents being provided. thank you, chair nuru, for your support, and with that, i would like to have chair englehardt present his update an