The Driving Safety Research Institute (DSRI) is a transportation safety research center that uses its suite of world-class driving simulators and instrumented on-road vehicles to conduct research studies for the private and public sectors. Focusing on human factors, automated vehicles, and drugged and drowsy driving, their research aims to provide safer roads for the future.
Departments
Student spotlight
Nicole Corcoran
PhD student, Industrial and Systems Engineering
“As an Industrial and Systems Engineering graduate student, I get to apply my knowledge across various domains: from studying human factors to statistical modeling; or from autonomous vehicle research to water sustainability in rural India. All of this is made possible by the dynamic, collaborative, and innovative research initiatives here at Iowa.”
Researchers
Venanzio Cichella
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Daniel McGehee
Title/Position
Director, Driving Safety Research Institute
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Thomas Schnell
Title/Position
Captain Jim "Max" Gross Chair in Engineering
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health
Professor, Neurology
Associate Director, Iowa Technology Institute
Director, Operator Performance Laboratory
Human Factors Researcher, Public Policy Center
Researcher, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Hiroyuki Sugiyama
Title/Position
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Researcher, Iowa Technology Institute