Connected and automated vehicles

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Active and Completed Projects

• LIFT: Localization-Informed Flight Trajectories for UAV Resilience against GPS Loss
  (03/2026)
• Embedding Human-Understandable Symbolic Rules into Vision-Language Decision Systems for Safe, Transparent, and Ethical Autonomous Driving
  (03/2026)
• Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Implementation for CAV-Based Mixed Traffic Smoothing
  (10/2025)
• Evaluating V2X Network Performance and Enhancing Safety and Security in Sensor Data Sharing for Connected and Automated Driving
  (10/2025)
• A novel Red Light Running Warning System using connected v2i technology, phase 2: driver testing on public roads
  (08/2025)
• Remote and Cooperative Autonomous Driving in Dynamic Environments using 5G/NextG Technology
  (08/2025)
• Leveraging C-V2X and Advanced Communications/Sensing for Rural Road Safety
  (08/2025)
• Gaps and Opportunities in Minnesota Law for Connected and Automated Vehicles
  (06/2025)
• Rural Intersection Safety for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (USDOT)
  (10/2024)
• Use of MnCORS to Support AV Operations in Rural Minnesota
  (06/2024)
• Examining Driver Hand-off and Take-over of AVs at J-turn Intersections
  (06/2024)
• Roundabout Connected/Automated Vehicle Active Inference Control Strategies to Improve Safety for All Users
  (02/2024)
• Cybersecurity of connected and automated vehicles via traffic anomaly detection
  (01/2024)
• Rural Intersection Safety for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (CTS)
  (01/2024)
• Integrated Networking, Edge System and AI Support for Resilient and Safety-Critical Tele-Operations of Autonomous Vehicles
  (10/2023)
• Autonomous Vehicle Challenges for the US Rural Midwest
  (06/2023)
• Hardening the CAV Ecosystem to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks - Year One
  (06/2023)
• Development and demonstration of a novel Red Light Running Warning System using connected v2i technology
  (12/2022)
• Understanding risks and opportunities for ramp metering control in a mixed-autonomy future
  (09/2022)
• An Experimental and Feasibility Study of Tele-operated Autonomous Vehicles
  (09/2022)
• The Grand Iron Range CAV Initiative Data and Research Support
  (08/2022)
• Positioning and Localization Sensor Data Sets for Aerial Autonomy Research
  (07/2022)
• Cybersecurity for mixed-autonomy traffic: detection and localization of compromised vehicles
  (07/2022)
• Towards Edge-assisted Intelligent Driving: Cooperative Learning for Low-Latency V2I Communications & AV Remote Control
  (07/2022)
• Connected and Automated Vehicle Engagement Activities: Drive MN and CAV Conference and Technology Showcase
  (03/2022)
• Assessment of Pedestrian Safety and Driver Behavior Near an Automated Vehicle
  (02/2022)
• Smart Streetlights
  (09/2021)
• Tool to estimate the safety impact of vehicle levels of automation on Minnesota roads
  (07/2021)
• Designing an autonomous service to cover transit last mile in low-density areas
  (06/2021)
• Influence of Autonomous and Partially Autonomous Vehicles on Minnesota Roads
  (05/2021)
• 2021 Connected and Automated Vehicles Career Pathways Camp
  (01/2021)
• Understanding post-COVID safety concerns towards the use of transit, shared mobility, and connected and automated vehicles in Greater Minnesota
  (10/2020)
• Development of a Smart Phone App to Warn the Driver of Unintentional Lane Departure using GPS Technology
  (08/2020)
• Cost/Benefit Analysis of Fuel Efficient Speed Control Using Signal Phasing and Timing (SPaT) Data: Evaluation for Future Connected Corridor Deployment
  (08/2020)
• Can Automated Vehicles "See" in Minnesota? Ambient Particle Effects on LiDAR Systems
  (02/2020)
• Managing the Growth of Last-mile Deliveries and Curb Space Demand
  (09/2019)
• Minnesota Distance Based User Fee Demonstration
  (07/2019)
• Modeling stochastic human-driver car following behavior in oscillatory traffic conditions
  (07/2019)
• SCC: Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (HELP)
  (09/2018)
• Pressure-based dispatch for shared autonomous vehicles
  (09/2018)
• Generating Traffic Information from Connected Vehicle V2V Basic Safety Messages
  (08/2018)
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY19
  (07/2018)
• Development and Demonstration of an In-Vehicle Lane Departure Warning System using DSRC Based V2V Communication
  (06/2018)
• Scenarios and Justification for Automated Vehicle Demonstration in Rural Minnesota
  (04/2018)
• Connected Autonomous Vehicles in Minnesota Strategic Visioning Workshop
  (03/2018)
• The Road Towards Equity in the Twin Cities: Envisioning the future of Vehicle Automation, Job Access and Equity in the 21st Century
  (03/2018)
• Examining the challenges and opportunities of autonomous vehicles to urban planning
  (03/2018)
• Non-linear spacing policy and network analysis for shared-road platooning
  (03/2018)
• Improving intersection safety through variable speed limits for connected vehicles
  (02/2018)
• Development of a Course on Automated Vehicle Technologies
  (02/2018)
• Vehicle Automation and Transportability of Crash Modification Factors
  (02/2018)
• Urbanism Next
  (01/2018)
• Workshop for Defining and Advancing Minnesota's Autonomous Vehicles Agenda
  (11/2017)
• How Locals Need To Prepare for the Future of V2V/V2I Connected Vehicles
  (10/2017)
• I-94 Connected Vehicles Testbed Operations and Maintenance
  (07/2017)
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness, Year 5
  (07/2017)
• Smart Human-Centered Collision Warning System: Sensors, Intelligent Algorithms and Human-Computer Interfaces for Safe and Minimally Intrusive Car-Bicycle Interactions.
  (09/2016)
• Test and Demonstration of Connected Vehicles Applications to Maintenance Operations
  (05/2015)
• The Transportation Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change
  (04/2015)
• Building Expertise for Connected Vehicle Safety Applications
  (02/2015)
• Implementation of a V2I Highway Safety System and Connected Vehicle Testbed
  (08/2014)
• Development and Demonstration of Merge-Assist System Using Connected Vehicle Technology
  (06/2014)
• Driver Assist System Pilot for Minnesota Snowplows
  (07/2012)
• SmartDrive: A Cleaner and More Efficient Traffic System through Network Vehicles and Infrastructure
  (07/2012)