Projects

Safety21 Projects—2025 – 2026

Project NameProject #PIUniversity
Avoiding Collisions in Connected and Autonomous Driving Using Safe Deep Reinforcement Learning Exploration through Control Barrier/Lyapunov Functions573Bilin Aksun-GuvencOSU
Enhancing Transportation Policy and Planning for Safety574Chris HendricksonCMU
Safe and Efficient Automated Freeway Traffic Control - Phase 3575Benjamin CoifmanOSU
UTC Safety21: Improve Transportation Infrastructure (Geotechnical Asset) Safety by Reducing the Risks of Landslides - Phase 3578Zhuping ShengMSU
The Effects of Curb Extensions and Stormwater Infrastructure on Traffic Safety in Philadelphia579Erick GuerraPenn
StreetSavvi: Complete Street AI Companion for Digital Twin Driving581Erick GuerraPenn
ViCARUS: Vision-centric Connected Autonomy for Vulnerable Road Users' Safety582Vijayakumar BhagavatulaCMU
Humanoid as Human Assessment for the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users583Ding ZhaoCMU
Analysis of Contributing Factors in Crashes Involving Electric Vehicles and Vehicles with Warning Systems and Level 1 Automated Features: A State Level Analysis584Corey HarperCMU
Developing a Transportation Workforce to Safely Service, Diagnosis and Repair the new Electric Vehicle Fleet585Richard SaxtonCCP
Guardian Angel - Building Trust in Shared Autonomy Vehicles with Safe Human-Machine Interaction586Erick GuerraPenn
Smart Trailer Technologies for Data-Driven Safety, Efficiency, and Policy Innovation in Heavy-Duty Fleet Operations589Pingbo TangCMU
Enhanced Crash Risk Estimation in Urban Environments: Integrating Multi-Source Data and Advanced Modeling Approaches for the City of Pittsburgh590Sean QianCMU
Cost-Effective Radar-Based Depth Perception and Scene Interpretation592John DolanCMU
Safe Driving Across Domains593Peter ZhangCMU
Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Driving Strategies Bootstrapped by Suboptimal Policies597Keith RedmillOSU
Monitoring of Urban Roadway Safety Hazards from Existing Bus-based Video Imagery: Phase 3601Rabi MishalaniOSU
Generating Unsafe Road Activity from LLMs and Road Imagery to Learn Better Safety603Robert TamburoCMU
Evaluating Autonomous Vehicles’ Pedestrian Safety Benefits in Road Networks604Carlee Joe-WongCMU
CMU F1Tenth Autonomous Racing Capstone Course Support608John DolanCMU
RoboRacer.AI - Hands-on Autonomous Vehicle Design, Testing and Deployment609Rahul MangharamPenn
Reliable Vehicle Sensing in All Weather Conditions610Rahul MangharamPenn
How and to what extent do Vision Zero plans address safety for different road user groups?611Xiaoxia DongPenn
Autonomous Driving in Hazardous Conditions: Pushing the Limits of Vehicle Control612Rahul MangharamPenn
Cyber Resilience of Connected and Autonomous Transportation Systems (Phase II): Game-theoretic Security Assurance of Network-level Traffic Signal Control616Mohamadhossein NoruzoliaeeUTRGV
Planning and Policy for Safer Roads with Autonomous Vehicles: Decision Making Behavior in Dilemma-inducing Situations - Phase II620Fatemeh NazariUTRGV
Validating Safe Intersection Crossing Technology in the Field624Stephen SmithCMU
Operating Autonomous Vehicles Safely in Common "Edge" Cases626Raj RajkumarCMU
Using Autonomous Vehicle Technologies to Improve Workforce Development in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and EV Repair641Justin StarrCCAC
Advancing Accessible Bus Transit: Human-Machine Interfaces for Inclusive Communication and Safe Boarding of Passengers with Disabilities642Sarah FoxCMU

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