Articles from January 2021
![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)
![Teen driver study](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-03/TeenDriver-screenshot-half.png?h=fbe3bb49&itok=-rMf6Vdb)
Teens at the wheel
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
When parents are in the vehicle with their teenage driver, crash rates are low. However, as soon as teens are by themselves, the crash rates skyrocket. Can new-driver training programs be used to effectively lower those rates?
![2020 Annual Report cover](/sites/dsri.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-01/2020%20NADS%20Annual%20Report_final-cover-wide.jpg?h=d07dec50&itok=bV1LFkAF)
Highlights from 2020
Monday, January 11, 2021
Learn more about our major accomplishments from FY20, including ADS for Rural America, cannabis and driving, teens at the wheel, human factors, connected simulation, Parkinson's disease, new options on miniSim, and more
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