2025 Research Projects
| A Low-cost Roadside Device System for Cooperative Automated Driving Phase 2: Work Zone Safety Applications |
| Principal Investigator(s): Steven Parker & Bin Ran Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Accelerating Deployment of MAP and SPaT Information Distribution Using Executable Designs |
| Principal Investigator(s): James Krogmeier & Samuel Labi Research Focus: Cybersecurity, Mobility |
| Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Implementation for CAV-Based Mixed Traffic Smoothing |
| Principal Investigator(s): Raphael Stern & Ziran Wang Research Focus: Mobility |
| Empowering Para-Transit through Automation: A Behaviorally Informed Optimization Approach |
| Principal Investigator(s): Amanda Stathopoulos & Yu (Marco) Nie Research Focus: Accessibility |
| Evaluating V2X Network Performance and Enhancing Safety and Security in Sensor Data Sharing for Connected and Automated Driving |
| Principal Investigator(s): Zhi-Li Zhang, Z. Morley Mao, & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, Cybersecurity |
| Evaluation of Vehicle Telematics and Infrastructure-based Connected Vehicle Data for Real-Time Safety and Mobility Application |
| Principal Investigator(s): Xiaopeng Li, Pei Li, & Chengyuan Ma Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Examination of Light-Based Directed Vehicle to Everything Communications Systems for Bridge Strike Detection (Using ImpLi-Fi) |
| Principal Investigator: Sridhar Lakshmanan Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Improving Traffic Safety through Quantification of Road Network Hydroplaning Risks |
| Principal Investigator(s): Imad Al-Qadi & Yanfeng Ouyang Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Leveraging C-V2X and Advanced Communications/Sensing for Rural Road Safety |
| Principal Investigator(s): Zhi-Li Zhang & Raphael Stern Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Making CAV Deployments Compatible with Complete Streets Objectives for Safe and Efficient Operation — Phase III |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yu (Marco) Nie Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Multimodal 3D Perception System for Active Safety at Accident-Prone Locations |
| Principal Investigator(s): Rusheng Zhang & Henry Liu Research Focus: Safety |
| Naturalistic Vehicle-Bicycle Interactions in Urban Environments |
| Principal Investigator(s): David Noyce, Madhav Chitturi, & Boris Claros Research Focus: Safety |
| Optimizing Operation of Diverging Diamond Interchange with Automated Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Ping Yi Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Research on Enhancing Road Safety Through Video Analytics & Connected Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Rusheng Zhang & Henry Liu Research Focus: Safety |
| Safe and Personalized Control of Autonomous Vehicles with On-Board Vision Language Models: System Design and Real-World Validation |
| Principal Investigator(s): Ziran Wang Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Safe and Trustworthy Human-Centered Mobility: Leveraging Foundation Models and Digital Twins for Vulnerable Road User-Vehicle Interactions |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sikai Chen Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Toward Ubiquitous Trajectory-Based Traffic Network Diagnosis Systems |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin & Henry Liu Research Focus: Mobility |
| Towards an Efficient Robotaxi Deployment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sina Bahrami, Siqian Shen, Yu (Marco) Nie, & Yafeng Yin Research Focus: Mobility |
| Towards Safe and Efficient Autonomous Driving: A Synergistic Approach with Human Expertise and Multimodal Large Language Models |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sikai Chen & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| V2I Road Sensing for Connected Automated Vehicle Maneuvering in Rural Communities |
| Principal Investigator(s): Jeffery Roesler & Alireza Talebpour Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |