Research from Purdue University
| A Virtual Reality Framework to Measure Psychological and Physiological Responses of the Self-Driving Car Passengers |
| Principal Investigator(s): Christos Mousas Research Thrusts: Human Factors |
| Accelerating Deployment of MAP and SPaT Information Distribution Using Executable Designs |
| Principal Investigator(s): James Krogmeier & Samuel Labi Research Focus: Cybersecurity, Mobility |
| Adapting Land Use and Infrastructure for Automated Driving |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin & Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Policy & Planning |
| Addressing Safety and Security Challenges in ML-based AV Software Stack – Remote Operation Support and Balancing Trade-offs |
| Principal Investigator(s): Z. Morley Mao & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, 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 |
| CAV Pilot Development and Deployment in Midwest Winter |
| Principal Investigator(s): Ziran Wang Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Accessibility |
| Changes in Highway Agency Expenditures and Revenue in an Era of CAVs |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi, Kumares Sinha, & Mohammad Miralinaghi Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Cooperative Control Mechanism for Platoon Formation of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta & Yongfu Li Research Thrusts: Control & Operations |
| Cost Benefit Analysis of an Infrastructure-Vehicle Cooperative Perception System |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng, Ziran Wang, & Andrew Tarko Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Design and Management of Highway Infrastructure to Accommodate CAVs |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi, Kumares Sinha, & Mohammad Miralinaghi Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Design of Urban Landscape and Road Networks to Accommodate CAVs |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management |
| Develop In-Vehicle Information Dissemination Mechanisms to Reduce Cognitive Burden in the Information-Rich Driving Environment |
| Principal Investigator: Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Modeling & Implementation |
| Development of A Cooperative Perception System |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng & Andrew Tarko Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation |
| Development of AI-Based and Control-Based Systems for Safe and Efficient Operations of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi & Sikai Chen Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Development of Dynamic Network Traffic Simulator for Mixed Traffic Flow Under Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Control & Operations |
| Development of Situational Awareness Enhancing Systems for AV-Manual Handover and Other Tasks |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi & Sikai Chen Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation |
| Driving Simulation Insights for High-Speed AV Operations and Human-Machine Interactions |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi & Kumares Sinha Research Focus: Safety |
| Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Facilitate CAV Operations |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi, James Krogmeier, & Montasir Abbas Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation |
| Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Facilitate CAV Operations Phase II – Implementation |
| Principal Investigator(s): James Krogmeier & Samuel Labi Research Focus: Safety |
| Enhanced Methodology for Exploring Autonomy-Enabled Multi-Mode Regional Transportation |
| Principal Investigator(s): Daniel DeLaurentis Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| 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 |
| Exploring the Prospective Role of Connected Vehicles in Monitoring and Response to Pandemics and Disasters |
| Principal Investigator(s): James Eric Dietz & Samuel Labi Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Hardening the CAV Ecosystem to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks – Year One |
| Principal Investigator(s): Zhi-Li Zhang, Z. Morley Mao, & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, Cybersecurity |
| Hardening the Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Improve System Integrity |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi Research Focus: Safety, Cybersecurity |
| Impacts of In-Vehicle Alert Systems on Situational Awareness and Driving Performance in SAE Level 3 Vehicle Automation |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Human Factors |
| Intelligent Sidewalk De-Icing and Pre-Treatment with Connected Campus Maintenance Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Darcy Bullock Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Investigation of AV Operational Issues Using Driving Simulator Equipment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Brandon Pitts & Samuel Labi Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Lane Management in the Era of CAV Deployment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Mohammad Miralinaghi, Samuel Labi, & Shreyas Sundaram Research Thrusts: Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Large Network Multi-Level Control for CAV and Smart Infrastructure: AI-based Fog-Cloud Collaboration |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sikai Chen, Samuel Labi, & Kumares Sinha Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation |
| Lessons from High-speed Level-5 AV Racing |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Leveraging Control Theory to Facilitate UAV Application for CAV Deployment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Shaoshuai Mou & Sikai Chen Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Methodologies for Monitoring Work Zone Performance Measures across State Border Highways Using Connected Vehicle Data |
| Principal Investigator(s): Darcy Bullock Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Non-Connected Vehicle Detection Using Connected Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Pedestrian-Vehicle Interaction in a CAV Environment – Explanatory Metrics |
| Principal Investigator(s): Jon D. Fricker Research Thrusts: Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation |
| Promoting CAV Deployment by Enhancing the Perception Phase of the Autonomous Driving Using Explainable AI |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi & Sikai Chen Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Ridesharing, Active Travel Behavior, and Personal Health: Implications for Shared Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Konstantina “Nadia” Gkritza Research Thrusts: Policy & Planning |
| Ride-sharing with Advanced Air Mobility |
| Principal Investigator(s): Daniel DeLaurentis & Dengfeng Sun Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| 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 |
| Smart Interaction – Pedestrians and Vehicles in a CAV Environment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Jon D. Fricker Research Thrusts: Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation |
| The Impact of COVID-19 on User Perceptions of Public Transit, Shared Mobility/Micro-Mobility Services, and Emerging Vehicle Types |
| Principal Investigator(s): Konstantina “Nadia” Gkritza Research Thrusts: Policy & Planning |
| 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 |
| Translation of Driver-Pedestrian Behavioral Models at Semi-Controlled Crosswalks into a Quantitative Framework for Practical Self-Driving Vehicle Applications |
| Principal Investigator(s): Jon D. Fricker Research Thrusts: Human Factors, Policy & Planning |
| Using Driving Simulator Environment to Determine Interactions Between User Behavior and Infrastructure Design Under Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Human Factors, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Using Virtual Reality Techniques to Investigate Interactions Between Fully Autonomous Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users |
| Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Labi & Sikai Chen Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Human Factors |







