Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1993
M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1991
B.S., Biopsychology, The University of Michigan, 1988
2016 – Present: Director of UMTRI
2014 – Present: Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Michigan
2013 – 2016: Deployment Director, Michigan Mobility Transformation Center (aka Mcity), The University of Michigan
2012 – 2016: Research Scientist, Group Head, The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Human Factors Group
2008 – 2012: Associate Research Scientist, The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Human Factors Division
1998 – 1999: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, The University of Michigan
1993 – 2008: Assistant Research Scientist, The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Human Factors Division
2023 - Present: Member of the UM College of Engineering Mobility of Michigan committee
2021 – 2022: Member of a faculty search committee in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Next Generation Transportation Systems Program
2018 – 2020: Member of the Transportation Research Board Autonomous and Shared Mobility Forum
2017 – 2022: Chair, Institutional Autonomous Systems Committee
2017 – 2018: Lead, University of Michigan Mobility Coordinating Committee
2016: Faculty Member, Institutional Autonomous Systems Committee
2015: Member of the Ph.D. qualifying exam committee for Jianfeng Zheng's, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2014 – 2016: Member of a faculty search committee in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Transportation Engineering Program
2014: Member of the UMTRI search committee for Facilities Director
2013 – 2017: Advisor, The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization program (M-TRAC) in Transportation
2013 – 2015: Conceived of, designed, and oversaw construction of the Mcity Test Facility
2013 – 2014: Member of a COE/UMTRI Joint Hire Search Committee
2012 – 2013: Member of a COE/UMTRI Joint Hire Search Committee
2011 – Present: Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board; Alternate Board Member
2008 – Present: Member of the UMTRI Executive Committee, including:
- Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Chair of the Marketing and Communications Subcommittee
- Co-Chair of the Long-term Planning Subcommittee
2008 – 2011: Health Sciences Institutional Review Board; Full Board member
2002 – 2011: Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board, including
- Full Board Chair
- Full Board Co-Chair.
- Expediting Chair
- Full Board member
1995 – 1996: Member of the Doctoral Committee of Harry Asher, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
2015 MLive Deals of the Year, Business of the Year, Mcity Test Facility
2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change, Award recognizing exemplary leadership in advancing transportation and championing innovation that will benefit our nation’s transportation system
Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 2014 President's Award, Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment Program
Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 2013 Best of ITS Finalist, Advanced Innovative Technology Solutions, Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment Program
2012 MLive Deals of the Year, Research Category, Safety Pilot Model Deployment/Connected Vehicle Project
Society of Automotive Engineers Excellence in Oral Presentation Award, SAE 2012 Government/Industry Meeting
Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 2008 Best of ITS, Best Innovative Product or Service, Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System Program