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Research & Facilities - Research - Transportation
Faculty: Dr. Sean Brennan, Dr. Dan Haworth, Dr. Chao-Yang Wang
Research Areas: Vehicle dynamics; vehicle-road and vehicle-bridge interaction; weigh-in-motion systems; automatic vehicle location systems; vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-roadside infrastructure crash safety; testing vehicles for safety, performance, structural integrity, fuel economy, handling, and noise; road surface characteristics and their effects on skid resistance, ride comfort, and dynamic tire forces; design of vehicle operator work station; slip resistance of walking surfaces; electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Founded in 1968, the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute has grown from a small research facility to one of the nation's leading university transportation centers. To learn more about research being done at PTI you can visit their website at http://www.pti.psu.edu/.
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