Throughout my career I have been awarded more than 70 projects totaling more than $33M. The sponsors of these projects are diverse and consist of state (e.g., Texas Department of Transportation, Minnesota Department of Transportation), federal (e.g., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration), and private (Nissan, Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center) funding agencies.
Years indicated calendar year in which project started. PI = Principal Investigator, CPI = Co-Principal Investigator, S = Staff
2023
Increasing rider training course participation rates and increasing rider instructor participation rates in Texas. Sponsor: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Duration: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024. Cost: $287,500. (PI)
Driver monitoring system (DMS) in SAE L2 driver support systems. Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Duration: September 1, 2022 – September 23, 2025. Cost: $1,959,863. (PI)
Novel human-machine interface (HMI) designs. Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Duration: September 7, 2022 – September 25, 2025. Cost: $888,406. (PI)
Evaluation of motorcycle licensing and training requirements. Sponsor: National Academies of Sciences, Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program. Duration: September 1, 2023 – April 28, 2026. Cost: $400,032. (PI)
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024. Cost: $406,272. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024. Cost: $236,530. (CPI)
2022
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023. Cost: $412,544. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023. Cost: $216,337. (PI)
Ubiquitous 360 naturalistic driving studies for transportation research, management, and prevention. Sponsor: Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Duration: January 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022. Cost: $175,000. (PI)
2021
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022. Cost: $414,404. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022. Cost: $216,221. (PI)
Increasing rider training course participation rates and increasing rider instructor participation rates in Texas. Sponsor: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Duration: August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022. Cost: $235,000. (PI)
2020
Identifying deviations from normal driving behavior. Sponsor: Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center, State Farm Insurance, TTI Center for Transportation Safety, & Safe-D University Transportation Center. Duration: October 12, 2020 – May 30, 2022. Cost: $220.000. (PI)
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2020 – September 31, 2021. Cost: $393,780. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2020 – September 31, 2021. Cost: $137,501. (PI)
Addressing the Motorcyclist Advisory Council recommendations. Sponsor: Federal Highway Administration. Duration: September 2020 – July 2023. Cost: $470,608. (CPI)
Delivery timing and modality of system state information to support occupant understanding of ADS functionality. Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Duration: September 30, 2020 – August 31, 2023. Cost: $929,051. (PI)
2019
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2019 – September 31, 2020. Cost: $377,898. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2019 – September 31, 2020. Cost: $100,015. (PI)
Telltales and HMI concepts in the development of trust and mental models in ADS. Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Duration: September 30, 2019 – November 30, 2023. Cost: $1,020,395. (PI)
2018
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2018 – September 31, 2019. Cost: $393,924. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2018 – September 31, 2019. Cost: $160,166. (PI)
2017
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2017 – September 31, 2018. Cost: $382,702. (PI)
Statewide pedestrian and motorist outreach and support to address pedestrian safety behaviors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2017 – September 31, 2018. Cost: $148,983. (PI)
Identifying infrastructure-based motorcycle crash countermeasures – phase 1. Sponsor: Federal Highways Administration. Duration: September 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018. Cost: $250,000. (CPI)
Driver training for automated vehicle technology. Sponsor: Safety Through Disruption – University Transportation Center. Duration: July 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018. Cost: $125,000. (CPI)
City of Austin vision zero gap and opportunity analysis. Sponsor: City of Austin, Texas. Duration: April 1, 2017 – February 27, 2018. Cost: $43,259. (PI)
Improving the user experience with toll system interfaces. Sponsor: Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Duration: March 14, 2017 – January 31, 2018. Cost: $56,353. (CPI)
2016
Rider and roadway safety awareness program. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2016 – September 31, 2017. Cost: $95,135. (PI)
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2016 – September 31, 2017. Cost: $354,535. (PI)
Motorcyclists safety equipment use program. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2015 – September 31, 2016. Cost: $124,982. (PI)
Expanding the use of Texas crash records and EMS registry data to identify traffic safety issues in small and local communities. Sponsor: Texas Department of State Health Services. Duration: September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017. Cost: $124,998. (CPI)
2015
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2015 – September 31, 2016. Cost: $412,258. (PI)
Using Texas crash Records and EMS registry data to identify traffic safety issues in small and local communities. Sponsor: Texas Department of State Health Services. Duration: October 1, 2015 – August 30, 2016. Cost: $99,608. (PI)
Development of a smartphone-based older driver support system. Sponsor: Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Duration: October 1, 2015 – September 31, 2016. Cost: $50,000. (PI)
I-35 traveler information during construction – real time map assessment. Sponsor: TTI. Duration: January 1, 2015 – September 30, 2015. Cost: $108,430. (PI)
2014
Motorcyclists safety equipment use program. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2014 – September 31, 2015. Cost: $196,403. (PI)
Statewide motorist awareness and motorcyclist safety outreach and support. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2014 – September 31, 2015. Cost: $295,892. (PI)
Smartphone-based high volume on-road engineering data. Sponsor: Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Duration: October 1, 2014 – September 31, 2015. Cost: $50,000. (PI)
Motorcyclists safety equipment use program. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015. Cost: $196,403. (PI)
Policy implications of disruptive technology and the internet of things. Sponsor: TTI Policy Research Center. Duration: September 2014 – August 2015. Cost: $50,000 (direct cost only). (CPI)
2013
Toyota Economic Loss Settlement Safety Research. Sponsor: KPMG. Duration: September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2016. Cost: $3,168,000. (CPI)
2012
Addressing rural roadway departure fatalities: Human factors of vehicle –based lane departure warning. Sponsor: Minnesota Local Road Research Board and the Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute, University of Minnesota. Duration: December 2012 – March 2014. Cost: $165,000 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Lighting levels for isolated intersections leading to safety improvements. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: December 2012 – October 2014. Cost: $94,170 (direct cost only). (CPI)
2011
Mitigating run-off road crashes: Multi-modal interventions. Sponsor: ITS institute, University of Minnesota. Duration: September 2011 – January 2013. Cost: $101,075 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Connected vehicle driver vehicle interface design research and distraction assessment and evaluation of behavioral adaptation. Sponsor: Westat (under contract to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Duration: September 2011 – September 2013. Cost: $589,991. (PI)
Evaluation of a teen driver support system. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: August 2011 – June 2014. Cost: $2,184,000 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Bus driver intersection task analysis: Investigation of bus pedestrian crashes. Sponsor: ITS institute, University of Minnesota. Duration: July 2011 – December 2012. Cost: $104,586 (direct cost only). (PI)
Cooperative intersection collision avoidance system-stop sign assist: Field operational test, ABA study, and vehicle infrastructure study. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: July 2011 – June 2014. Cost: $352,143 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Intellidrive for safety, mobility, and user fee project: Driver performance and distraction evaluation. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: May 2011 – April 2013. Cost: $191,000 (direct cost only). (PI)
2009
An evaluation of a prototype safe teen car. Sponsor: Westat (under contract to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Duration: October 2009 – September 2011. Cost: $852,070. (CPI)
Requirements for effective fuel economy displays for improving fuel economy and safety. Sponsor: Westat (under direct contract to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Duration: January 2009 – March 2010. Cost: $450,000. (PI)
2008
Smartphone based novice teenage driver support system. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: November 2008 – June 2011. Cost: $500,000 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Usability evaluation of a teen driver support system. Sponsor: ITS Institute, University of Minnesota. Duration: November 2008 – June 2011. Cost: $100,00 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Driver behavioral adaptation at rural intersections. Sponsor: Center for Excellence in Rural Safety, University of Minnesota. Duration: October 2008 – September 2009. Cost: $28,000. (PI)
Technology for transit: Lane guidance for shoulder-running buses (Urban Partnerships Agreement). Sponsor: Federal Transit Administration. Duration: October 2008 – September 2009. Cost: $4,291,663. (CPI)
Usability analysis for optimal icons to communicate multiple energy levels. Sponsor: General Motors, Inc. Duration: April 2008 – October 2008. Cost: $60,000. (PI)
2007
Impairment effects on driving and development of a vehicle-based system to detect impairment. Sponsor: Nissan Technical Center, North America. Duration: November 1, 2007 – April 2008. Cost: $64,960. (PI)
Development and evaluation of a second generation in-vehicle driver assistance for teenagers to facilitate a reduction in crash rates. Sponsor: ITS Institute, University of Minnesota. Duration: September 2007 – October 2008. Cost: $60,000 (direct cost only). (CPI)
Cooperative intersection collision avoidance system – stop sign assist. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation (under contract to the Federal Highways Administration). Duration: February 2007 – June 2011. Cost: $5,088,284. (CPI)
Generational perspective on teen and older drivers on traffic safety in rural and urban communities. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Duration: February 2007 – January 2008. Cost: $70,000. (CPI)
2006
An exploration of vehicle-based monitoring of teenage drivers. Sponsor: Westat (under contract to NHTSA). Duration: November 2006 – April -2008. Cost: $94,000. (PI)
The use of video feedback in urban teen driving. Sponsor: University of Iowa (under contract to the Minnesota Department of Transportation). Duration: July 2006 – April 2008. Cost: $51,000. (CPI)
Driver responses to critical situations. Sponsor: Nissan Motor Company, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan. Duration: June 2006 – May 2007. Cost: $150,000. (PI)
2005
Adaptation to a haptic driver support system: Design phase. Sponsor: Nissan Motor Company, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan. Duration: October 2005 – March 2006. Cost: $190,000. (PI)
2002
An empirical evaluation of a Nissan driver support system. Sponsor: Nissan Motor Company, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan. Duration: April 2002 – March 2005. Cost: $1,500,000. (CPI)
2001
Automotive adaptive equipment inspections for disabled drivers. Sponsor: Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Duration: September 2001 – August 2003. Cost: Cost reimbursable maximum fee of $800,000 each year. (PI)
Automotive adaptive equipment reviews. Sponsor: Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Duration: September 2001 – August 2003. Cost: Cost reimbursable maximum fee of $40,000 each year. (PI)
Simulation modeling of passenger car and truck interaction. Sponsor: Southwest University Transportation Research Consortium. Duration: September 2001 – August 2002. Cost: $50,000 direct ($71,000 including indirect). (CPI)
2000
Identification and evaluation of in-vehicle distracters on driving performance. Sponsor: Southwest University Transportation Research Consortium. Duration: September 2000 – August 2001. Cost: $57,800 direct ($82,000 including indirect). (PI)
Older and younger driver crash risks and crash scenarios in Texas. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: September 2000 – August 2001. Cost: $57,177. (PI)
Protected and permissive left-turn signals. Sponsor: Kittelson & Associates. Duration: June 2000 – December 2000. Cost: $90,000. (PI)
1999
Assessment of the zero tolerance law as a DWI countermeasure for minors. Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation. Duration: October 1999 – August 2002. Cost: $194,332. (CPI)
Suppression of splash and spray from large trucks during wet weather. Sponsor: American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety. Duration: October 1999 – September 2002. Cost: $119,000. (PI)
The contribution of hand-held cellular phones to vehicular accidents. Sponsor: Southwest University Transportation Research Consortium. Duration: September 1999 – August 2000. Cost: $64,800 direct ($92,000 including indirect). (CPI)
Development of a Low-Cost High-Fidelity Driving Environment Simulator. Sponsor: The Texas Transportation Institute. Duration: January 1999 – March 2000. Cost: $82,000. (CPI)
1998
Video frame rates for use in traffic management centers: A literature review and experimental methodology. Sponsor: The Translink Research Center, Texas Transportation Institute. Duration: September 1998 – November 1998. Cost: $6,000. (CPI)