Our Mission
We aim to make roads safer by researching the connection between humans and vehicles. We are home to the National Advanced Driving Simulator, and we now have a new name for our broader institute: the Driving Safety Research Institute.
News
What Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Means For Iowa
Monday, April 5, 2021
NADS Director Dan McGehee appeared on Iowa Public Radio's River to River, toward the end of the hour talking about next generation transportation.
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Project update: Equipment installed on new research vehicle
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The Transit shuttle bus for the University of Iowa's ADS for Rural America project has been equipped with automated driving technology by Illinois-based AutonomouStuff.
![birds eye view of parking lot](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-03/adam-acosta-h5p-AiQoLTA-unsplash-1.jpg?h=142d0c0a&itok=J02uf6Tn)
Autonomous Lingo in the Repair Space
Friday, March 5, 2021
Advertising campaigns have been overestimating vehicle’s capabilities since the 1960s, but with today’s technology, hyperbolic language has the power to be dangerous. NADS Director Dan McGehee explains.
![Iowa Magazine video: ADS for Rural America](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/IowaMag-video-Screen%20Shot-playbtn.png?h=b5a8d4e8&itok=MuN0VHUa)
Video: Automated Driving Systems for Rural America
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
How do people in rural areas who can’t drive get where they need to go? Decades down the road, “AVs could allow these people to continue to live independently,” says Omar Ahmad.
![Connected simulation](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/ConnectedSimulation-header.png?h=b9697a07&itok=1SKrFer8)
Connected simulation captures realistic human interaction
Thursday, February 4, 2021
NADS recently wrapped up a multi-year project connecting multiple people interacting in the same virtual environment.
![Cameras mounted on the exterior of the driver and passenger side doors capture lane position.](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/PD-study-photos.png?h=c8672605&itok=p3heZ6Fn)
Medical research meets driving research
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Does exercise change driving performance in patients with Parkinson’s disease?
![Tesla and Ford Transit, UI automated vehicles](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-01/2020_10_19-NADS%20Vehices%20Drone%20Shoot%20jatorner%20-0020-web-972.jpg?h=9dc08a84&itok=1jkIeJaf)
Creating an Automated Shuttle for America’s Backroads
Thursday, January 28, 2021
An automated shuttle bus is about to hit Iowa roads next summer. Here's a brief update on our ADS for Rural America project by ADAPT, including how our vehicle is becoming automated at AutonomouStuff, LLC to how COVID-19 has impacted the project.
![Visiting scientist Felix Ellensohn](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-03/Ellensohn%2C%20Felix-web2.jpg?h=16c49f2a&itok=rxWJ1zbL)
International scholars partner on research projects
Monday, January 25, 2021
Visiting scientists from around the world come to NADS to work on research projects for sometimes months at a time and collaborate with our experts. One such example was in fall 2019, with Felix Ellensohn from the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Countermeasures to reduce drowsy driving
Monday, January 25, 2021
![Tesla at airport track](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/Tesla-airport-4-1200.jpg?h=4943a703&itok=Dbg-N_Ju)
Pagination
![Automated shuttle bus on rural Iowa road](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-06/2021_06_02-NADS%20-%20ADS%20Automated%20Shuttle%20Bus%20jatorner%20-0077-md.jpg?h=02fc9e1e&itok=jj9-RINS)
ADS for Rural America
Learn more about our Automated Driving Systems (ADS) for Rural America project, which drove a partially-automated shuttle bus through Iowa City, Hills, Riverside, and Kalona, Iowa.
![NADS-1 bay, 3D globe image](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/Bay-2-GLOBE-crop-sm.jpg?h=3cd06fc8&itok=VxLBf3mR)
Tour our tech
Take a 360 degree virtual tour of our facility, and learn more about our technology and expertise.