James Sayer
Biography
Director and Research Scientist – The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
Dr. Jim Sayer has conducted basic and translational research in the areas of connected vehicle technology, advanced vehicle safety systems, driving behavior, and driver distraction at UMTRI since 1993. Dr. Sayer recently served as the Principle Investigator for the U.S. DOT’s Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment program and Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is Chair of the University’s Institutional Autonomous System Committee, and has overseen the development of a university-wide mobility initiative.
Their Research
| Big Data Drive Deployment in a Connected Vehicle Environment |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer & Yiheng Feng Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology |
| Conformance to Clarifications for Consistent Implementations (CCIs) to Ensure Interoperability of Connected Signalized Intersections in the Ann Arbor Connected Environment with a National Deployment |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer & Debby Bezzina Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management |
| Developing Decision-Making Models for AV Movements at the Unsignalized Intersections |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer & Brian Lin Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Expand Deployment of Applications for Vulnerable Road Users in Pillar 1 (Pedestrian in Crosswalk) |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Infrastructure Design & Management |
| How Vehicle Connectivity Based Eco-Routing Choices Will Impact Driver Decision Making |
| Principal Investigator: Shan Bao & James Sayer Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Policy & Planning |
| Investigation Into U.S. Real World Lane Change Behavior for Automated Freeway Driving |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation |
| Mcity Ann Arbor Connected Environment Operations and Maintenance |
| Principal Investigator: James Sayer Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |