University of Southampton wins IAM RoadSmart award 2017

The University of Southampton has won and become the first recipient of the first IAM RoadSmart Human Factors Research Award (£50, 000). The money will help fund a PhD student project for research into the training implications for drivers as vehicles become more automated. The winning submission, ‘Training Implications for Drivers of Automated Vehicles’, was written by students Neville Stanton and Katie Plant.
October 5, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

The University of Southampton has won and become the first recipient of the first IAM RoadSmart Human Factors Research Award (£50, 000). The money will help fund a PhD student project for research into the training implications for drivers as vehicles become more automated.

The winning submission, ‘Training Implications for Drivers of Automated Vehicles’, was written by students Neville Stanton and Katie Plant.

They collected the award at IAM RoadSmart’s Driver Ahead conference which attracted 140 industry leaders and experts discussing the automotive future on roads in the shift towards autonomous vehicles.

The judging panel included Elizabeth Box, head of research from the 4961 RAC Foundation; Dr Shaun Helman from the Transport Research Laboratory ; Professor Sarah Sharples from the University of Nottingham; Professor Pete Thomas from the University of Loughborough. The panel also featured Professor Andrew Parkes from the University of Coventry; Professor Steve Stradling from Napier University in Edinburgh; and Professor Angus Wallace, trustee of IAM RoadSmart and chair of the IAM RoadSmart Research Awards Panel.

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