Research

 

SPR-4838: Automated Personalized Ergonomic Risk Report Generation System

Role: PI; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $283,508 (09/01/2023 - 06/30/2026)

 

SPR-4927: Bridge Data Virtual Validator

Role: Co-PI (PI: Jiansong Zhang); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $149,789 (01/01/2025 - 08/31/2026)

 

SPR-4921: Exploring Autonomous Maintenance Technologies (AMT) in INDOT Road Maintenance Activities

– A Feasibility Study

Role: Co-PI (PI: Yiheng Feng); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $138,272 (09/01/2024 -11/30/2025)

 

SPR-4920: Three-dimensional Visibility and Legibility Zone and Human Information Processing of Arrow Boards

on Truck-Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Trucks

Role: PI; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $209,615 (08/12/2024 - 08/11/2026)

 

SPR-4806: INDOT Training Gap Analysis, Developing a Training Program for INDOT Workforce Development

(new, Front-line and Supervisors) and Smart Tool for Effective Planning for Workforce

Role: Co-PI (PI: Steven Dunlop); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $256,665 (10/15/2023 - 10/14/2025)

 

SPR-4862: Synthesis Study on Applying Solar Power Systems in Indiana’s Right of Way (ROW) and INDOT-Owned Facilities

Role: Co-PI (PI: Soowon Chang); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $99,188 (12/01/2023 - 02/28/2025)

 

EAGER: SAI: Human-Centered Design and Enhancement of Next Generation Transportation

Infrastructure with Connected and Automated Vehicles

Role: Co-PI (PI: Robert Proctor); Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Amount: $300,000 (09/01/2021 - 08/31/2023)

 

SPR-4836: Best Practices for Implementing Driving Simulators in INDOT Driver Training

Role: Co-PI (PI: Luciana de Cresce El Debs); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $654,860 (07/01/2023 - 11/20/2025)

 

SPR-4628: Exploration of Color Patterns for Improving Work Zone Safety and Perception

Role: PI; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $99,584 (08/23/2021 - 11/30/2024)

 

SPR-4651: Synthesis Study on Employing Snow Plow Driving Simulators in Training

Role: Co-PI (PI: Luciana de Cresce El Debs); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $93,119 (01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022)

 

SPR-4622: Integration of BIM for Bridge Modeling

Role: Co-PI (PI: Jiansong Zhang); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $319,168 (09/01/2021 - 08/31/2025)

 

SPR-4625: BIM Standards for Roads and Related Transportation Assets

Role: Co-PI (PI: Jiansong Zhang); Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $119,546 (01/01/2022 - 06/30/2023)

 

SPR-4523: Applied Ergonomics

Role: PI; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $99,829 (08/24/2020 - 03/15/2023)

 

SPR-4421: Life Cycle Integration of Infrastructure Information Modeling

Role: PI; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation

Amount: $131,769 (07/01/2019 - 11/12/2021)

LTAP

 

A Case Study of Drivers' Visual Attention and Behavioral Responses to Traffic Signs

or Other Delineation Devices for High-Crash Areas

Role: PI; Sponsor: Local Technical Assistance Program

Amount: $99,660 (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022)

 

Cognitive Attention and Traffic Crashes: A Study of Countermeasures in Two Intersections and One Section

Role: Subcontract PI; Sponsor: Georgia Department of Transportation

Amount: $161,480, with Purdue Subcontract of $73,500 (9/16/2019 - 7/16/2021)