ADS Transit with labels

Project update: Equipment installed on new research vehicle

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The Transit shuttle bus for the University of Iowa's ADS for Rural America project has been equipped with automated driving technology by Illinois-based AutonomouStuff.
2020 Annual Report cover

Highlights from 2020

Monday, January 11, 2021
National Advanced Driving Simulator
Learn more about our major accomplishments from FY20, including ADS for Rural America, cannabis and driving, teens at the wheel, human factors, connected simulation, Parkinson's disease, new options on miniSim, and more

What Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Means For Iowa

Monday, April 5, 2021
Iowa Public Radio
NADS Director Dan McGehee appeared on Iowa Public Radio's River to River, toward the end of the hour talking about next generation transportation.
birds eye view of parking lot

Autonomous Lingo in the Repair Space

Friday, March 5, 2021
ADAPT Automotive
Advertising campaigns have been overestimating vehicle’s capabilities since the 1960s, but with today’s technology, hyperbolic language has the power to be dangerous. NADS Director Dan McGehee explains.
Iowa Magazine video: ADS for Rural America

Video: Automated Driving Systems for Rural America

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
University of Iowa Center for Advancement
How do people in rural areas who can’t drive get where they need to go? Decades down the road, “AVs could allow these people to continue to live independently,” says Omar Ahmad.
Ford Transit shuttle bus at AutonomouStuff

Our Ford Transit shuttle bus is at AutonomouStuff being outfitted with automated driving technologies

Cloning an automated shuttle in COVID-19

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
ADAPT Automotive
Connected simulation

Connected simulation captures realistic human interaction

Thursday, February 4, 2021
NADS recently wrapped up a multi-year project connecting multiple people interacting in the same virtual environment.
Cameras mounted on the exterior of the driver and passenger side doors capture lane position.

Cameras mounted on the exterior of the driver and passenger side doors capture lane position.

Medical research meets driving research

Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Does exercise change driving performance in patients with Parkinson’s disease? 
Tesla and Ford Transit, UI automated vehicles

Creating an Automated Shuttle for America’s Backroads

Thursday, January 28, 2021
ADAPT Automotive
An automated shuttle bus is about to hit Iowa roads next summer. Here's a brief update on our ADS for Rural America project by ADAPT, including how our vehicle is becoming automated at AutonomouStuff, LLC to how COVID-19 has impacted the project.
Visiting scientist Felix Ellensohn

International scholars partner on research projects

Monday, January 25, 2021
Visiting scientists from around the world come to NADS to work on research projects for sometimes months at a time and collaborate with our experts. One such example was in fall 2019, with Felix Ellensohn from the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Countermeasures to reduce drowsy driving

Monday, January 25, 2021
NORC at the University of Chicago
Tesla at airport track

Are drivers ready for automated vehicles?

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Teen driver study

Teens at the wheel

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
When parents are in the vehicle with their teenage driver, crash rates are low. However, as soon as teens are by themselves, the crash rates skyrocket. Can new-driver training programs be used to effectively lower those rates?
Springfield custom tile for Florida State University

Springfield custom tile developed for Florida State University

New virtual assets added to Springfield

Thursday, January 7, 2021
Iowa Magazine: The Road to the Future Runs Through Iowa

The Road to the Future Runs Through Iowa

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Iowa Magazine
University of Iowa researchers at the National Advanced Driving Simulator pave the way for the automated vehicles of tomorrow. But how soon before self-driving cars get here? Iowa's rural roads could hold the key.
A research assistant demonstrates how vaporized cannabis is inhaled using heated air in place of cannabis.

A research assistant demonstrates how vaporized cannabis is inhaled using heated air in place of cannabis. 

Drugged driving research: Major findings 2010–2020

Monday, December 14, 2020
A quick summary of our major drugged driving research findings from the past 10 years.

TR News: The Future of Roadway Safety in the Year 2070

Friday, December 11, 2020
Ford Transit shuttle bus at AutonomouStuff

Our Ford Transit shuttle bus is at AutonomouStuff being outfitted with automated driving technologies

ADS project update: Our vehicle is now becoming automated

Friday, December 4, 2020

KGAN: New driving behavior a concern heading into winter

Friday, November 20, 2020
KGAN

University of Iowa researchers focus on the transition from self-driving to manual modes in vehicles

Monday, October 26, 2020
The Gazette

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