The Volpe Center is involved in all aspects of simulation research for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including simulation risk-reduction, independent research proposal evaluation and research planning. (Michael Zuschlag, Ph.D.)

Sponsor

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Human Factors Engineering Integration Division, Vehicle Safety Research Office

Project Highlights

• Risk-reduction for simulation and test track research on crash warning driver-vehicle interface
• Detection and mitigation of driver impairment
• Independent evaluation of research proposals and products, including review of project reports and presentations
• Research planning

Project Point of Contact

Eric Nadler, Ph.D.
Project Manager - NEPA, EA, EIS
617.494.2449
eric.nadler@dot.gov

Project Overview

Our research experts assist NHTSA with planning and risk-reduction for challenging vehicle simulation or test track studies. Advancing the state of the art, we study the detection and mitigation of impaired driving as well as develop metrics for the evaluation of advanced crash warning systems.

The Volpe Center participates on the research teams to accomplish this support through the review of test scenarios, data collection procedures, and data sets.

As a DOT partner, the Volpe Center acts as a "fair broker" in defining work for potential research contracts and agreements.