Shan Bao

Shan Bao is an assistant research scientist in UMTRI's Human Factors Group. She joined UMTRI in 2009, starting as a postdoctoral fellow after completing her Ph.D. in industrial engineering at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Bao’s research interests focus on driver behavior modeling, driver distraction, naturalistic driving data analysis and driver-simulator study. Specifically, she has developed models of driver following and lane-keeping behavior using statistical and methodological techniques. She has also performed extensive analyses of various naturalistic driving databases to identify driver-behavior patterns and to identify predictors of crashes and near crashes that can be associated with different driver populations. Using UMTRI's driving simulator to study and test advanced driving-safety prevention techniques is also of her research interests.