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Connected vehicles depicted on a street — $9.85 million in funding will be used to prepare Ann Arbor’s infrastructure to allow car companies to test and deploy new technology under the Ann Arbor Connected Environment Reimagined project.

Facilitating the development and integration of connected vehicles and infrastructure onto roadways around the world.

From our pioneering project, Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS), to Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD), UMTRI has led more than $80 million in connected vehicle and infrastructure research and deployments. And with the Ann Arbor Connected Environment 2.0 (AACE 2.0) and the Smart Intersection Project (SIP), our extensive experience establishes UMTRI as the undisputed global leader in the field.

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Debra Bezzina

Senior Project Manager

Expertise: Connected vehicle technologies and systems (C-V2X, V2X, V2N), real-world deployments and data collection, program management

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David J. LeBlanc

Associate Research Scientist

Expertise: Vehicle ergonomics, engineering anthropometry, occupant crash protection, occupant restraint systems, crash dummy development, computational modeling, posture prediction, motion simulation, human motion simulation lab

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James R. Sayer

Research Scientist

Expertise: Advanced vehicle safety systems, human interaction with automated vehicles, connected vehicle and infrastructure technology, naturalistic driving behavior, driver distraction, and pedestrian safety

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