Infusing Safety in Transportation Augmented with Accessibility, Resilience, and Security (STARS) into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)

Principal Investigator(s):

Krishnakumar Nedunuri, Professor of Environmental Engineering – Central State University
Director of the Water Quality Laboratory – Central State University
Ramanitharan Kandiah, Professor of Environmental Engineering – Central State University
Chair in the Department of Engineering and Technology – Central State University
Director of the Office of Graduate Studies– Central State University
Director of the C.J. McLin International Center for Water Resource Management – Central State University
Deng Cao, Professor of Computer Science & Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences – Central State University
Edison Perdomo, Associate Professor and Chair of Social & Behavioral Sciences – Central State University

Project Abstract:
This proposed project will address safety, resilience, and accessibility dimensions in CAV manufacturing and deployment. It will review the security issues, types of cyberattacks, and security approaches to specific V2X communications. It will focus on how cybersecurity plays a role in ensuring the security of traffic control applications and enabling technologies being developed by CCAT. The project will recommend accessible cybersecurity approaches for specific CCAT applications. The project will address several research gaps in understanding how the penetration of connected and autonomous vehicles would enhance the resilience of surface transportation during disasters from natural extreme events. It will also analyze the human-related impacts of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) such as safety, emissions, energy consumption, and efficiency.

Research Thrust(s): Central State University

Award Year: 2023

Research Focus: Cybersecurity, Accessibility

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