Driver Behavior
Drivers. Roadways. Emerging technologies.
UMTRI experts are dedicated to understanding human actions and behaviors across the lifespan. By examining how drivers interact with vehicles, roadways, and emerging technologies, our researchers can identify risky behaviors and develop targeted interventions, education programs, and vehicle systems to help prevent accidents. This research is also crucial for designing safer vehicles and infrastructure, influencing regulations, as well as for creating effective advanced driver-assistance systems and automated driving technologies.
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Renée St. Louis
Assistant Research Scientist
Expertise: Child passenger safety, mixed methods, systems thinking techniques, older driver safety and mobility, distracted driving, automated driving systems, behavior change theory
Tayo Fabusuyi
Assistant Research Scientist
Expertise: On-demand delivery and last-mile delivery solutions, travel behavior (including traffic flow analysis), emergent mobility services and smart city solutions, community engaged operations research, data science for public good, bias and fairness in artificial intelligence systems
David Eby
Research Professor
Expertise: Older driver safety and mobility, occupant protection, distracted driving, advanced driver assistance system use, employee traffic safety
Alex Murphy
Associate Director, Social Science Research
Expertise: The Transportation Insecurity Project, Transportation Security Index, social policy, poverty, demography, qualitative research
Shan Bao
Research Associate Professor
Expertise: Human factors, intelligent transportation systems, driver distraction, automated vehicles, human machine interface, pedestrian safety, statistical analysis, machine learning