UMTRI Shines at TRB
Posted 01/22/2008
UMTRI director Peter Sweatman, researchers, and staff members welcomed friends, colleagues, and sponsors at a reception during the 87th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The theme for the reception, held Sunday, January 13 at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., was "The Power of Naturalistic Driving Studies."
The following UMTRI researchers authored several papers that were presented at the meeting and presided over sessions covering a range of topics representing the diversity of UMTRI's research disciplines.
Andrea Barretto
"Results of Web-Based Survey to Prevent Injury--Including Traffic Injury--Relative to Alcohol Use among College Freshman" (copresenter: Ray Bingham)
Ray Bingham
"Results of Web-Based Survey to Prevent Injury--Including Traffic Injury--Relative to Alcohol Use among College Freshman" (copresenter: Andrea Barretto)
"Parents Attitudes Toward Booster Seat Use: Changes from 2004 to 2007"
"Factors Contributing to Excess Crash Risk among Teen Drivers" (coauthor: Jean T. Shope)
David W. Eby
"Fitness-to-Drive in Early-Stage Dementia: Two Instrumented Vehicle Studies" (coauthors: David LeBlanc, Lisa Molnar)
Tim Gordon
"Research Needs on VII Applications"
"Safety, Mobility, and Liability Impacts of Driver Assistance Systems" (poster session presider)
"System Requirements for Site-Based Video System"
"Recent Progress in Integrated Vehicle-Highway Systems" (session presider)
"Benefits and Costs of Four Approaches to Improving the Rollover Stability of Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles" (UMTRI coauthors: Christopher Winkler, Daniel Blower, Michelle Barnes)
"Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee" (session presider)
Steve Karamihas
"Vehicle Ride and Ride Indices"; "Cross-Correlation and Profiler Certification"; "Hands-On Exercises"; "Power Spectral Density";
"Smoothness Assurance Module"; "More Hands-On Exercises" (all presented as part of workshop "ProVAL: Profile Viewing and Analysis Software")
"Consistency in Measurement Practices"
Lidia Kostyniuk
"Development of Analysis Methods Using Existing Data: Phase 1" (UMTRI coauthor: Paul Eric Green)
David LeBlanc
"Fitness-to-Drive in Early-Stage Dementia: Two Instrumented Vehicle Studies" (UMTRI coauthors: David W. Eby, Lisa J. Molnar)
Lisa Molnar
"Using Instrumented Vehicles to Study Driving and Dementia: The Next Frontier in Driving Behavior Research" (session presider)
"Fitness-to-Drive in Early-Stage Dementia: Two Instrumented Vehicle Studies" (UMTRI coauthors: David W. Eby, David LeBlanc)
Jim Sayer
"Toward Best Practices for Ethical and Privacy Issues in On-Road Driving Research"
Jean T. Shope
"Factors Contributing to Excess Crash Risk among Teen Drivers" (coauthor: Ray Bingham)
Renιe St. Louis
"Use of Booster Seats When Not Required by Law: Trends in Michigan"
Jonathon Vivoda
"The Effect of a Daytime Click It or Ticket Program on Nighttime Safety Belt Use"
John Woodrooffe
"Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Committee" (meeting presider)
"Safety and Productivity of Large Commercial Vehicles" (session presider)