In the future, vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS) that drive us instead of us driving them will become a reality. These vehicles will integrate onto roadways and may change operational interactions with other vehicles in certain scenarios. Public safety officials, such as law enforcement, fire and rescue, and emergency medical personnel routinely interact …

Michelle Chaka, Director of the Division of Data & Analytics, is the recipient of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 2021 J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders. Established in 1999 by the SAE Women Engineers Committee, the J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders is designed to recognize women active in all sectors …

Hampton Clay Gabler III, an esteemed faculty member of the Center for Injury Biomechanics, died on Jan. 11, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Gabler was the Samuel Herrick Professor at Virginia Tech, where he served as professor and chair of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program in biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering over the …

Every year, first responders address millions of roadway incidents to protect people, investigate crashes, and save lives. In the future, how will automated driving system-dedicated vehicles (ADS-DVs) impact their operations and communication protocols? ADS-DV are vehicles that can drive themselves and lack human driver controls such as steering wheels and brake pedals. In December, the …