Description:

Northwestern University Transportation Center presents:

"Safety Implications of the Transition to CAVs: Getting at the S-Curve Parameters"

Reg Souleyrette
University of Kentucky

SPEAKER BIO:

Souleyrette is Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Commonwealth Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He also serves as Program Manager for Planning and Decision Analytics for the Kentucky Transportation Center. Reg has over 30 years of experience in transportation research, focusing on highway safety applications and data analysis for over 20 of those years. He has led sponsored research for USDOT, State DOTs, local transportation agencies, foundations and private transportation firms. These include studies for the AAAFTS and Roadway Safety Foundation (usRAP, Safety Benefits of Infrastructure Investments), as well as studies of older and younger drivers, NHTSA/FHWA National Model for crash data location, collection and analysis, human factors and highway safety analytics. Reg is a Fellow Member of the Association of Traffic Safety Information Systems Professionals, and a Member of both ASCE and the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board (TRB). For TRB, he is an at-large member of the Safety and Systems Users Group Executive Board and is Communications Coordinator and past Chair of its Data and Information Systems Section. Reg received his PhD from the University of California with Bill Garrison, and MS from the University of Texas with Hani Mahmassani and Mike Walton. Reg enjoys playing basketball and camping with his family and rough-coat collie, April.