Commercial Vehicle Research & Policy - Truck Talk Series

The Truck Talk Series will be an integral component of the Commercial Vehicle Research and Policy Program. UMTRI researchers are invited to give informal presentations about their work and interests related to commercial vehicles. The talks are designed to facilitate communication and interchange among researchers and will be followed by a meeting to discuss and develop the initiative. Initially, the presentations and meetings will take place every Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Speaker Schedule

March 24th - Presenter: Matt Reed, Biosciences Group - "Truck Ergonomics: Field and Laboratory Research", 2nd Floor Conference Room, #242
March 31st - Presenter: Daniel Blower - "Vehicle Condition and Heavy Truck Crashes", McCormick Conference Room
Note: No meeting week of April 5
April 14th - Presenter: Paul E. Green - "An Overview of CSA 2010 and Some Statistical Methods Used in Crash Data Analysis", McCormick Conference Room
Note: No meeting week of April 19
April 28th - Presenter: Lidia Kostyniuk - "Linking CMV Driver History Records with Crashes", McCormick Conference Room
May 5th - Presenter: Bruce Belzowski - "Recent Truck Research on Safety, Policy, and Business", McCormick Conference Room
May 19th - Presenter: John Sullivan - "The Nighttime Visibility of Trucks", McCormick Conference Room. Please note that this talk was originally scheduled for May 12.