Safe-D: Safety through Disruption

April Gray

Safe-D and TTI offering online science activity for 4th-6th grade students

Safe-D researchers at TTI are now offering an at-home lesson for students grade 4 to 6 on the science behind reflective road signs, a property called retroreflectivity.

Featured Safe-D Student Interview: Alex Noble (VT/VTTI)

Alex Noble is a Safe-D student currently pursuing her Ph.D in Industrial and Systems Engineering at VT. She was the lead researcher working on Safe-D Project 01-004: Driver Training for Automated Vehicle Technology. Read her Safe-D Student interview, conducted by Abhishek Nayak (TAMU), below!

Featured Safe-D Faculty Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Hickman (VTTI)

Dr. Jeffrey Hickman is a Safe-D faculty researcher at VTTU working on Safe-D Project 02-014: Formalizing Human-Machine Communication in the Context of Autonomous Vehicles. and Safe-D Project 03-036: Modeling Driver Responses During Automated Vehicle Failures. Safe-D Student Pasakorn Choterungruengkorn (TAMU) interviewed Dr. Hickman about Safe-D Project 02-014 and 03-036 as part of the Safe-D Student and Faculty Interview Chain. Read on to learn more about Dr. Hickman and his research!

Alex Noble (VT) Recognized as the 2020 ISE Department Outstanding Doctoral Student

Alex Noble (VT) was recently recognized by the Virginia Tech Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as the 2020 Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year!

Safe-D Webinar Series: Analysis of an Incentive-Based Smartphone App for Young Drivers

Please join us for the next webinar in the Safe-D Webinar Series, to be held February 25th from 4-5pm EST.

Alex Noble (VT) Honored as Safe-D 2019 Outstanding Student of the Year

Alex Noble (VT) is was recently recognized as the 2019 Safe-D National UTC Student of the year for her numerous contributions and extraordinary efforts during the past year at the CUTC Annual Awards Banquet held on January 11th, 2020 in Washington, D.C.