Research Areas
The Motion Simulation Lab is actively involved in supporting interdisciplinary research projects in the following areas:
Training and Education
Expanding the use of driving simulation in civilian driver training, and in college education to provide a more experiential context for learning.
Transportation Safety and Systems Engineering
Integrating typically “standalone” simulator technologies in an effort to construct a simulation framework that can analyze transportation safety scenarios with greater fidelity and realism.
Clinical & Rehabilitation Research
Simulation as a partial intervention mechanism for vulnerable populations among our drivers who have cognitive deficits (e.g., ADHD, PTSD) and/or a pre-disposition for risky driving behaviors.
Simulation for Human Factors
Leveraging the use of real-time driving simulation to induce, analyze, and measure performance deficits due to distractions, both internal and external to both driver and vehicle, while driving.