Safe-D: Safety through Disruption

April Gray

Safe-D Participates in VDOT “Dialog on Highway Automation Workshop”

The VA Dept of Transportation’s Office of Strategic Innovation(LINK has been removed from host site) hosted Bristol District’s “Dialog on Highway Automation Workshop” on April 16th at the Higher Education Center in Abingdon, VA (9am – 4pm).

Safe-D Research Presented at Explore SDSU Open House 2019

Safe-D researchers at SDSU presented at Explore SDSU Open House 2019 on March 23, 2019.

Safe-D Student Sirajum Munira Presents at Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities

The Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities was held March 31-April 2, 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky. Safe-D student Sirajum Munira from Texas A&M University presented research results from Safe-D Project TTI-01-01: Analysis of an Incentive-Based Smartphone App for Young Drivers.

Safe-D Facilitates 2019 Choices & Challenges Forum at Virginia Tech

Hosted by Virginia Tech’s Department of Science, Technology, and Society on April 4th at the Inn at Virginia Tech, the 2019 Choices & Challenges forum explored the ethical and social issues around self-driving automobiles in the New River Valley region by bringing together the public and internationally-recognized experts.

Safe-D/CARTEEH Graduate Student Leadership Development Seminar: Investing in Your Academic Writing

The Safe-D National UTC and Center for Advancing Research in Transportation, Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) will be hosting their next Graduate Student Leadership Development Seminar, titled “Investing in Your Academic Writing” on Monday, April 1, 2019 (4:00 p.m. PDT; 6:00 p.m. CDT; 7:00 p.m. EDT).

Safe-D Research Presented at the Virginia Tech Center for Gerontology 5x5x5 Symposium

Dr. Jon Antin, Director of the Center for Vulnerable Road User Safety at VTTI, delivered a presentation on Safe-D Project 03-040: Examining Senior Drivers Adaptation to Level 2-3 Automated Vehicles Phase I results at Virgina Tech’s Center for Gerontology 5x5x5 panel held on Feb 20, 2019.