| 09.19.2008 |
Bridgestone visits NADS |
| 09.11.2008 |
NADS featured on The Big Ten Network’s Friday Night Tailgate |
| 09.03.2008 |
Dr. Moeckli presents at the 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology in Washington DC |
| 08.19.2008 |
IDOT/the Statewide Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (STRCC) tour NADS |
| 08.14.2008 |
NADS staff featured in segment promoting Corridor business development |
| 08.08.2008 |
Prof. Arora and Japanese visiting professors tour NADS |
| 08.07.2008 |
PhD students working with Dr. Rizzo tour center |
| 07.31.2008 |
INCOSE Heartland Chapter tours NADS |
| 07.25.2008 |
Dr. Ernst, UIHC, meets with NADS staff to discuss research interests |
| 07.24.2008 |
Jeff Hoskinson films segment for his dancing through Iowa video |
| 07.11.2008 |
Dr. Jogerst meets with NADS staff to discuss research interests |
| 07.08.2008 |
Pharmaceutical company meets with NADS staff to discuss potential research |
| 07.07.2008 |
Human factors engineering graduate students tour NADS |
| 07.02.2008 |
Honda General Manager of NA tours NADS |
| 07.02.2008 |
Dr. David Bishai, MD, MPH, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, tours NADS |
| 06.20.2008 |
Racing company dynamicist visits NADS |
| 06.16.2008 |
NADS continues full operation during major flood event, UI main campus experiences significant damage to 20 flooded buildings |
| 06.09.2008 |
UI Geography professors accompany Indian automobile consortium VP on a tour of NADS |
| 06.06.2008 |
NADS Assistant Director Omar Ahmad presented a seminar and hosted a tour for the UI College of Engineering Alumni |
| 06.06.2008 |
Dr. Erik St. Louis, UIHC, Neurology, met with NADS staff to tour the facility and discuss potential collaboration |
| 06.02.2008 |
A Solon, IA boy scout troop tours NADS |
| 05.29.2008 |
Two primary and secondary school robotics teams from Coralville, IA tour NADS |
| 05.28.2008 |
A Solon, IA girl scout troop tours NADS |
| 05.23.2008 |
John Deere ADV group gave a seminar to NADS staff and toured the facility |
| 05.22.2008 |
Discovery Canada shot footage for an upcoming documentary on gridlock |
| 04.30.2008 |
College Community High School upper-division class tours NADS |
| 04.29.2008 |
Iowa Department of Transportation, Department of Design, Methods Section visits VSR and NADS |
| 04.24.2008 |
Ken Campbell and Ann Brock, TRB, tour NADS during their visit to UI |
| 04.17.2008 |
Accelerating Developments Inc visits NADS to discuss teen driver training |
| 04.14.2008 |
An OEM meets with NADS staff to discuss prototype testing on NADS-1 |
| 04.10.2008 |
Brazilian Rotary Club members tour NADS during their exchange visit with a local Iowa City Rotary Club |
| 04.07.2008 |
Boy Scout Troop 270 tours NADS |
| 04.04.2008 |
Prairie Middle School students tour NADS and talk about science and engineering jobs with staff as part of career day activities |
| 03.28.2008 |
Dan Hanson, Scott Community College, and students visit NADS and talk with engineering staff about driving simulation research |
| 03.27.2008 |
Dr. Andrew Lee, Neurology/Neuro-opthamology, UIHC discusses NADS capabilities during a tour with the clinical trial team |
| 03.26.2008 |
Harley-Davidson tours NADS as part of a working meeting with CCAD/VSR |
| 03.05.2008 |
NADS staff attend the Coralville Rotary Club luncheon and present on the facility and current driving research |
| 02.21.2008 |
Transportation engineers from eastern Iowa tour NADS |
| 02.19.2008 |
KCCI News films segment for news story on driving while text messaging, a current item in discussion in the IA legislature |
| 02.15.2008 |
Ellen Bass, University of Virginia, visits NADS and meets with human factors staff during her tour of UI |
| 02.14.2008 |
Dr. Joseph Zabner, UIHC, visits the NADS research team |
| 02.12.2008 |
The regional truck safety director for United Natural Foods visits with the NADS research and business development team and drives NADS-1 |
| 02.06.2008 |
The Virtual International Project Team from France toured NADS |
| 02.02.2008 |
The Iowa City Robotics Team and participants in the Project Lead the Way met with engineer Andy Veit and toured NADS |
| 01.16.2008 |
Naoki Mizuno, NIPPO Corp. Ltd. visited NADS |
| 01.15.2008 |
Bendix, supplier of air brakes for heavy trucks, visited NADS |
| 01.14.2008 |
NADS Heavy Truck ESC data collection completed |
| 01.13.2008 |
NADS staff Brown, Leff, and Moeckli and student employee Dow attend the annual TRB meeting in Washington DC |
| 12.19.2007 |
Data collection begins for a NADS-2-based night vision contact lens study |
| 11.27.2007 |
Dr. Stephan Arndt, Department of Psychiatry, UIHC, mets with NADS clinical trial staff to discuss potential research partnerships |
| 11.15.2007 |
Freightliner visited to discuss NADS heavy truck capabilities, observing a demonstration of and driving NADS-1 with the Freightliner truck cab |
| 11.13.2007 |
Dr. Gary Gaffney, Department of Psychiatry, UIHC, and a representative from Bristol Meyers Squibb, met with NADS clinical trials staff to discuss potential projects |
| 11.07.2007 |
NADS nets $2.5 million contract to study alcohol-related driver impairment |
| 11.07.2007 |
Future Problem Solvers student group discusses simulation technologies with NADS staff |
| 11.02.2007 |
Bryan Reimer, MIT AgeLab, presents research at NADS |
| 10.30.2007 |
National Farm Medicine Center discusses potential tractor simulation research with NADS staff |
| 10.23.2007 |
Dezao Hou and China delegation visit NADS |
| 10.19.2007 |
Audi AG discusses simulation technologies with NADS |
| 10.17.2007 |
Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton, NIH, tours NADS and meets with research staff to discuss teen driver research |
| 10.17.2007 |
Daily Iowan Television films story on the NADS MiniSim™ |
| 10.17.2007 |
The NADS MiniSim featured in local media. Iowa City Press Citizen, Radio Iowa |
| 10.16.2007 |
The NADS Traffic Report, October 2007 edition is available on the NADS website. To receive the electronic newsletter showcasing recent NADS news and events, send an email message to newsletter@nads-sc.uiowa.edu, with "subscribe newsletter" in the body of the message |
| 10.15.2007 |
NADS releases the NADS MiniSim™ (MiniSim™ press release) |
| 09.25.2007 |
Sally Mason, UI’s new president drives NADS-1 |
| 09.18.2007 |
Dr. David Gaba, Professor of Anesthesia and Associate Dean of Immersive and Simulation-Based Learning at Stanford University School of Medicine, visits NADS as part of his UI Ida C. Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor engagement |
| 09.18.2007 |
An eastern Iowa home-schooling group meets with a NADS engineer to talk about motion-based simulators |
| 09.14.2007 |
DSC conference attendees tour NADS and drive NADS-1 |
| 09.12.2007 |
NADS Hosts 2007 DSC-NA Conference
|
| 09.11.2007 |
Hyundai and Moog, Inc. visit NADS |
| 09.07.2007 |
Navigation system company NAVTEQ visits with business management team to discuss potential research |
| 09.06.2007 |
UI, UNI, and ISU facilities management staff tour NADS |
| 08.28.2007 |
Tim Marler, VSR, accompanies visitors from PSE and ONR on a tour of NADS |
| 08.27.2007 |
Jeff Weekley, Naval
Postgraduate School, visits NADS |
| 08.24.2007 |
NFG Dr. Mark Wilkinson
accompanies Dr. Chris Johnson on a tour of NADS
|
| 08.17.2007 |
KCRG-TV news tapes a
segment on grade school essay winner Arielle Soemadi visiting NADS
|
| 07.27.2007 |
NADS hosts an open house
for participants in its Teen Driver study |
| 07.20.2007 |
Drexel University professors
Schulties and Salducci visit NADS with NFG Dan McGehee and Linda Boyle
|
| 07.20.2007 |
Chaozhong Wu, Prof. at
Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Wuhan University, China visits
NADS
|
| 07.18.2007 |
Charlie Menke, division
manager at the Machine Research Group of Caterpillar, visits NADS
|
| 07.11.2007 |
Belin Blank gifted students
from Iowa visit NADS |
| 07.10.2007 |
Freelance writer Max
Alexander experiences driving while talking on a cell phone in NADS-1 for an upcoming
Reader?s Digest article on distracted drivers
|
| 07.05.2007 |
CoE faculty Craig Just and
15 Mexican middle-school students participating in the UI?s Belin Blank program for
gifted students visit NADS
|
| 06.28.2007 |
Moog Inc. representatives
visit NADS accompanied by Salaam Rahmatalla, CCAD
|
| 06.27.2007 |
UI Libraries IT department
tours the facility |
| 06.27.2007 |
Joseph Wright, Vice
President, Technology Transfer, Siouxland Initiative visits NADS as part of UI visit
organized by the Office of Corporate Partnerships |
| 06.22.2007 |
NADS hosts Upward Bound
Math and Science students from UNI |
| 06.20.2007 |
Delphi visits NADS
|
| 06.14.2007 |
Dr. Harshad M. Desai, Vice
Chancellor at DDU in India, visits NADS as part of an introduction to the research and
capabilities of CCAD |
| 06.13.2007 |
Dr. Ahmed Shabana,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, visits NADS. Prof.
Shabana specializes in multibody dynamics and vibration.
|
| 06.06.2007 |
Dr. Doug Merrill, Medical
Director, Ambulatory Surgery and Clinical Professor, Anesthesia, UIHC, visits NADS to
discuss potential research opportunities
|
| 06.01.2007 |
Kick-off meeting for NFG member Dr. Doug Trask's pilot study evaluating the effects of sleep apnea on driving |
| 05.30.2007 |
Deere & Co. meeting, tour, and demonstration of the NADS |
| 05.24.2007 |
Major eye health company meets with NADS about pilot study |
| 05.21.2007 |
NFG member Boyle runs field-of-view study in NADS-1 |
| 05.16.2007 |
Dr. Gary Gaffney, child psychiatry, meets with clinical trial team to discuss potential studies |
| 05.16.2007 |
Metro Studios films footage of NADS for future promotional materials |
| 05.11.2007 |
Caterpillar demonstration and tour of NADS |
| 05.10.2007 |
Caterpillar Study completed |
| 05.07.2007 |
Lt. Colonel Jeff Carr from Rock Island Arsenal visits NADS |
| 05.04.2007 |
Delphi SAVE-IT Study completed |
| 04.27.2007 |
Intraocular Lens Study completed |
| 04.27.2007 |
Pre-engineering class from Scott Community College visits NADS |
| 04.24.2007 |
CoE graduate Leif Railo and VP for technology at Keytos A/S and Motrans A/S, Norway, visit NADS |
| 04.22.2007 |
NADS staff presents wireless cell phone research to NE Air National Guard |
| 04.19.2007 |
Industrial Engineering Professional Seminar tours NADS |
| 04.19.2007 |
Dick Kading, LMS-CADSI, visits NADS with Toyota guest |
| 04.18.2007 |
NADS hosts the History Factory and guest Nasser Nafisee |
| 04.17.2007 |
Brown interviewed by FOX-TV 28 Good Day Iowa |
| 04.15.2007 |
Dr. John Lee appointed as Director of Human Factors Research at NADS. Read the official press release here |
| 04.12.2007 |
DaimlerChrysler AG VP Mellinghoff visits with UI and NADS leadership |
| 04.10.2007 |
NADS meets with president of Amusitronix |
| 04.03.2007 |
NADS staff host 40 Boy Scouts and parents for a presentation and tour |
| 03.29.2007 |
DavenportOne and NewVentures Center visit NADS, hosted by the UI Office of Corporate Partnerships |
| 03.27.2007 |
NADS staff visits with the Corridor Kiwanis group |
| 03.23.2007 |
Jim Lorenz from Rockwell and guest tour NADS |
| 03.16.2007 |
Drs. Coryell and Fiedorowicz, Dept. of Psychiatry, UIHC, visit with NADS research and development staff regarding potential research collaborations |
| 03.09.2007 |
MSNBC Science Editor Alan Boyle visits NADS |
| 03.09.2007 |
IDED and engineering faculty/staff meet at NADS to discuss feasibility of dynamometer national testing facility at UI |
| 03.08.2007 |
Francesco Palma, Head of Vehicle Virtual Reality Simulation Group at FIAT Research Center (ITALY) visits NADS |
| 03.01.2007 |
NADS welcomes new business manager Lisa Leff |
| 02.23.2007 |
Dr. Laurence Rilett (UNL) tours NADS with NFG member Linda Boyle |
| 02.19.2007 |
KCRG-TV news anchor Mathis films footage for teen driving special |
| 02.13.2007 |
Industrial Engineering Freshman/Sophomore Seminar visits NADS |
| 02.09.2007 |
DSC-NA 2007 abstract deadline is February 19, 2007. See www.dsc-na.org for submission guidelines |
| 02.03.2007 |
Moeckli presents on driver distraction at Nebraska Air National Guard Aviation Safety Day Conference in Lincoln, NE |
| 02.02.2007 |
TRB Journal article published this week on adaptive cruise control written by NADS Faculty Group members and staff, Lee, McGehee, Brown and Marshall. The abstract for this paper is available at TRB. |
| 02.01.2007 |
Brown invited to present at Driving Safety Pledge in Ireland |
| 01.25.2007 |
Lee gives invited presentation on the future of Advanced Vehicle Safety Technology at NHTSA Forum. View the presentation at this link. |
| 01.26.2007 |
The Making of Driving Cultures, co-authored by Jane Moeckli (NADS) and John D. Lee (UI, NADS Faculty Group member), is now available at this link. Theirs is one of 22 essays commissioned by AAA Foundation for its traffic safety culture initiative |
| 01.25.2007 |
Dr. Timothy Brown attends fhe Forum on Human Factors Research Necessary to Support Advanced Vehicle Safety Technologies sponsored by NHTSA on January 25 and 26 |
| 01.25.2007 |
Al Clark (MTS), accompanies Drs. Sun, Xiaohong, Zhang, and Shouen, Tongju University, Shanghai, China, on a tour and presentation of NADS simulation technologies |
| 01.23.2007 |
Visitors from Caterpillar tour NADS, attend demos of NADS wheel-loader |
| 01.21.2007 |
Dr. Timothy Brown and Omar Ahmad attend the Transportation Review Board's (TRB) 86th Annual Meeting held in Washinton, D.C. |
| 01.18.2007 |
Data collection completed for NHTSA Air Disc Brake study |
| 01.18.2007 |
Faculty from Mississippi State University visit NADS, discuss simulation design and NADS technologies with the NADS simulation team |
| 01.10.2007 |
Retired eastern Iowa doctors tour NADS |
| 01.09.2007 |
DSC-NA 2007 abstract deadline is February 19, 2007. See www.dsc-na.org for submission guidelines |
| 01.09.2007 |
Recruitment continues for a study examining air disc brakes on heavy trucks; Drivers with CDL-A interested in participating? Call 319-335-4719 |
| 01.01.2007 |
NADS graphic showcased in the 2007 Multigen-Paradigm calendar |
| 12.19.2006 |
The NADS Traffic Report, November 2006 edition distributed to the NADS Newsletter mailing list. To receive the electronic newsletter showcasing recent NADS news and events, send an email message to newsletter@nads-sc.uiowa.edu, with "subscribe newsletter" in the body of the message |
| 12.18.2006 |
NADS begins clinical trial for pharmaceutical company to assess nighttime vision with intraocular lenses |
| 12.15.2006 |
NADS-2, a fixed-base driving simulator that utilizes NADS-1 technologies, is ready for use; presents a lower-cost alternative to the NADS-1 |
| 12.15.2006 |
NADS selected to host DSC-NA 2007 (Driving Simulation Conference-North America) at The University of Iowa, September 12-14, 2007. See www.dsc-na.org for details. |
| 11.15.2006 |
Richard Golitko, Director of Product Communication & Promotion for the Robert Bosch Corporation, accompanied Director-General Dr. Feng Fei and his delegation from the Development Research Center of the State Council of P.R.C. for tour of NADS and a meeting regarding the role of advanced driving simulation in traffic safety research |
| 11.14.2006 |
Professor K.K. Choi's first year Mechanical Engineering class tours the NADS and speaks with NADS engineers Chris Schwarz and Andy Veit |
| 11.09.2006 |
During their visit to the University of Iowa's Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dr. Juha Suutarinen and Piia Nurkka from MTT Agrifood Research Finland tour the NADS and discuss the use of simulators for agricultural implement design research |
| 11.07.2006 |
Traffic engineers with Missouri DOT tour NADS |
| 11.03.2006 |
During a visit hosted by the IPRC, visiting Croatian scholar Dr. Eduard Missoni and a student tour the NADS and meet with Dan McGehee |
| 10.27.2006 |
Prof. David Lee accompanied researchers from the Highway Research Department of the Korea Institute of Construction Technology on a tour of NADS |
| 10.26.2006 |
Data collection completed for the Deere-sponsored study examining advanced control of agricultural equipment |
| 10.17.2006 |
Director Abdel-Malek accompanies DOD visitors for a tour of NADS |
| 10.16.2006 |
Data collection completed for our 2006 ESC study; NADS staff thank the 400+ Eastern Iowans who participated in this important research study! |
| 10.12.2006 |
Professor Geb Thomas' Design of Virtual Environments graduate seminar and Professor Ramaswami's biochemistry lab tour NADS |
| 10.12.2006 |
A reporter from WQAD news collects film footage for a story on distraction and driving using the NADS |
| 10.11.2006 |
A major pharmeceutical company visits NADS to discuss a potential research project |
| 10.10.2006 |
Dr. Kortilla, a Professor of Anesthesia visiting from Finland, tours NADS with colleagues from UI's College of Medicine |
| 10.06.2006 |
A subgroup of the College of Engineering's Advisory Board meets at the NADS, taking a tour and receiving a briefing on the center from Director Karim Abdel-Malek |
| 10.04.2006 |
Daily Iowan TV interviews Omar Ahmad and other regarding NADS's role in the NHTSA ESC rule proposal |
| 10.03.2006 |
NFG member Salam Rahmatalla tours NADS with Jason Boldt from Sears Seating |
| 09.28.2006 |
NADS hosts the Engineering Staff Advisory Council meeting |
| 09.22.2006 |
Des Moines Register article: "U of I simulator used to test vehicle control systems" |
| 09.20.2006 |
Rob Vail from Caterpillar visits NADS to assist staff with dynamics software as part of Caterpillar's ongoing project with NADS |
| 09.19.2006 |
Stephanie Binder, Tom Hollowell, Matt Lehmer, Mike Perel, and Kathy Sifrit from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration met with NADS Director and staff to discuss future projects, meet members of the NADS Faculty Group, and drive the simulator |
| 09.14.2006 |
NADS Research Instrumental in NHTSA's Proposed ESC Rule (UI Press Release) |
| 09.12.2006 |
Dan Chevion and Ron Sivan from IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa, Israel meet with NADS staff to discuss potential future collaboration |
| 09.11.2006 |
NADS researchers discuss teen driving and injury prevention with Dr. Ileana Arias, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other UI researchers |
| 09.08.2006 |
NADS Faculty Group meets with Director Karim Abdel-Malek and team leaders at NADS |
| 09.05.2006 |
New Zealand Ambassador Roy Ferguson and his delegation joined Marcia Rogers (Board of Directors, Iowa Department of Economic Development), Derek Willard (UI Special Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations and Associate Vice President) and Norine Zamastil (UI Government Relations) for a tour and drive of NADS-1 |
| 09.05.2006 |
Garrick Forkenbrock, NHTSA VRTC, collaborates with dynamics team at NADS for the final phase of ESC study |
| 08.31.2006 |
Representatives from the Information Technology Research Group at Honda R&D America, Inc. in California visit NADS |
| 08.31.2006 |
NHTSA VRTC Project Engineer Paul Grygier observes heavy truck air disc brake pilot study |
| 08.24.2006 |
Former Iowa Congressman Neal Smith, instrumental in securing the initial funds to build the NADS, tours the facility |
| 08.09.2006 |
Denso tours NADS as guests of Professor Tom Schnell |
| 08.08.2006 |
State Farm Insurance Companies visits NADS and other UI driving research labs |
| 08.02.2006 |
Researchers from the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) and consultants from Christie Digital tour and drive the NADS |
| 07.11.2006 |
Lockheed Martin tours NADS during CCAD visit |
| 07.06.2006 |
UI Junior Scholars, Belin-Blank Center, tour NADS |
| 06.23.2006 |
Takahiko Uchimura, Director of Technology Planning, Nissan Technical Center North America and Takeshi Mitamura drove the NADS while visiting the Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Program at UI's Public Policy Center |
| 06.23.2006 |
CCAD visitors from Mississippi State University tour the NADS |
| 06.23.2006 |
Hyuckjoo Kim, PhD, Researcher, Division of Machinery Utilization and Testing, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, South Korea tours NADS |
| 06.20.2006 |
Irish Parliamentary Delegation visits NADS to discuss the development of low-fidelity simulators and data recorders to be used in drivers' training and evaluation |
| 06.15.2006 |
UI National Scholars Academy, Belin-Blank Center, tours NADS |
| 06.14.2006 |
Ford researchers visit NADS to discuss potential collaboration |
| 06.14.2006 |
NADS staff attend the 12th Annual IACP Training Conference on Drugs, Alcohol and Impaired Driving in Kansas City, Missouri as invited speakers |
| 06.13.2006 |
BAE Systems, Armament Systems Division, visits CCAD and NADS |
| 06.09.2006 |
NADS Seminar, Janelle Brooks, PhD, Clemson University |
| 06.06.2006 |
UGS Representatives tour NADS |
| 05.12.2006 |
Jason Wilken, MPT, Director, Military Performance Laboratory, Brooke Army Medical Center, met with NADS staff in preparation for the opening of a new Motek virtual reality rehabilitation training environment at his lab in 2007 |
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