Kan and Marzougui receive funding for roadside safety research and outdoor laboratory support

Cing-Dao Kan, Professor/Director, Center for Collision Safety and Analysis (CCSA), and Dhafer Marzougui, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, received $575,316 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project: “DOT IDIQ Roadside Safety Research and Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) Technical Support Services.” In this program, the research team at CCSA will conduct modeling and simulation analyses and conduct vehicle crash impact tests for highway safety research.

Funding for this project began in March 2021 and will end in late February 2024. This is first portion of funding of this multiyear effort.

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