Research

Usage and Impact of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) on Road Safety: A Survey Study

• • Funding: Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.

Assessment of Training on Understanding and Perception of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in a Simulator

• • Funding: Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.

Calibrating Drivers' Mental Representations of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems via Visual Representations of System States and Transitions

• • Funding: UMass MIE, Principal Investigator

Evaluation of a Wizard of Oz approach to Simulate Automated Driving Systems in a Driving Simulator

• • Funding: SaferSim, Co-Principal Investigator

The Impact of Driver’s Mental Models of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Safety and Performance.

• • Funding; AAAFTS & SaferSim, Principal Investigator

Longitudinal Naturalistic Field Study of Trust and Acceptance of Automotive Safety Assistance Systems.

• • Funding: State Farm & MCity, Principal Investigator

Connected and Automated Vehicle Based Intersection Maneuver Assist Systems (CAVIMAS) and Their Impact on Driver Behavior, Acceptance, and Safety.

• • CCAT UTC, USDOT. Principal Investigator.

Using Virtual Reality to develop Risk Awareness Perception Training for the UK.

• • UK Department for Transportation. Consultant.

Driving simulator user clinic to evaluate a Tailgater-Handling Assist System.

• • Industry Sponsor. Principal Investigator.

Research on Distracted Driver Detection – Phase 2.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

Development of an Objective Method for Trust Evaluation.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

AVT Effectiveness According to Driver Variables.

• • State Farm & MCity. Principal Investigator

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Hazard Perception Training.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

Explanations and Expectations: Trust Building in Autonomous Vehicles.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Studying Interactions Between Drivers and Vulnerable Road Users at Intersections Using Existing Naturalistic Driving Data.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Trust, Control and Risk in Autonomous Vehicles.

• • Toyota Research Institute. Co-Investigator

A naturalistic bicycling study in the Ann Arbor area.

• • Toyota Research Institute. Co-Investigator

Automated Vehicle Communication and Intent with Shared Road Users.

• • USDOT. Co-Investigator

ITS Performance and Driver Acceptance Study.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

Research on Distracted Driver Detection – Phase 1.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator

Driver Engagement/Status Monitoring Technologies for Vehicle Automation Applications – Phase 2.

• • USDOT/Soartech. Principal Investigator.

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Multiple Training Strategies on Drivers’ Safe Operation and Trust Calibration of Level 2 and 3 Automated Vehicle Systems.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Research on the Effects of Peripheral and Focal Cuing on Driving Behavior.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator

Simulator Evaluation of Driver-to-Driver (D2D) Messaging Concept in a Connected Vehicles Infrastructure.

• • Industry Sponsor. Principal Investigator

Modeling Teenage Drivers' Following Behavior: An Examination from Naturalistic Driving Data.

• • University of Michigan MCubed. Co-Investigator

Operator Ethics in Vehicle Automation: A Sudden Reveal Simulator Study.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Driver Engagement/Status Monitoring Technologies for Vehicle Automation Applications.

• • USDOT/Soartech. Principal Investigator.

Effects of peripheral and focal cuing on younger driver’s driving behavior.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

Examination of Operator State Monitoring and Operator Engagement as Strategies for Mitigating Human Factors Challenges Associated with Transfer-of-Control During Automated Driving.

• • MCity. Principal Investigator.

Age-related differences in driver behavior associated with automated vehicles and the transfer of control between automated and manual control: A simulator evaluation.

• • MCity. Principal Investigator.

Consumers' Response to Automated Vehicles.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Investigation of drivers' adaptation behavior and decision making when interacting with automated and connected vehicle technologies.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

An Application of Current Legal Precedents on Fault and Liability to Crashes Involving Automated Motor Vehicles.

• • MCity. Co-Investigator.

Persistent Effects of Concussion on Driving Behaviors: A Driving Simulator Evaluation.

• • University of Michigan Office of Research. Co-Investigator

Long-term Effects of Concussion on Driving Behaviors: A Driving Simulator Evaluation.

• • University of Michigan Injury Center. Co-Principal Investigator

Prescription Opioids and Driving Risk: A Comparison by Dose and Medical Use and Misuse.

• • University of Michigan Injury Center. Co-Investigator

Effects of Driver Assistance Technology.

• • AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Co-Investigator

Driver Fatigue Countermeasures presented through Sync.

• • Industry Sponsor. Co-Investigator.

Using Driving Simulation to Examine the Influence of Female Peer Passengers on Male Adolescents' Risky Driving.

• • Center for Injury Research and Policy. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Principal Investigator.

How Do Multiple Male Peer Passengers Affect Male Adolescents’ Risky Driving Behaviors: A Driving Simulator Evaluation.

• • University of Michigan Injury Center. Principal Investigator

The driver in the driverless car: Simulating vehicle automation for evaluation of driver behavior and performance.

• • MCity. Principal Investigator.

Developmental Differences in Prefrontal Cortex Activity of Adolescents and Adults with ADHD During Simulated Driving with Peer Passengers.

• • University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development. Principal Investigator.

Risk-taking behaviors and pre-frontal cortex activity of male adolescents in the presence of peer passengers during simulated driving: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study.

• • ATLAS Center/Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.

Long Haul Trucking Driver Risk Management: A DriveCam Study.

• • Industry Sponsor. Principal Investigator

Using Naturalistic Driving Performance Data to Develop an Empirically Defined Model of Distracted Driving.

• • Purdue University / US-DOT. Co-Investigator

Neural Predictors of Risky Driving and Susceptibility to Peer Influences in Adolescents.

• • University of Pennsylvania / NIH Subcontract. Consultant

Experimental Research on the Effect of Teenage Passengers on Teenage Driving Performance.

• • NICHD. Co-Investigator