Institute for Transport Studies (ITS)

Key  Research Interests

• Human factors of highly automated driving
• Driver's Hazard Perception skill - particularly the investigation of potential training techniques to improve novice drivers' performance
• Skill acquisition and training techniques
• Driver situation awareness - investigating how increased automation impacts on drivers' ability to maintain situation awareness and re-engage with the driving task when necessary
• Workload management - particularly in train and car drivers

Employment  History

• 2015-present, Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
• 2013-2015, Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, Human Factors Research Group, University of Nottingham 

Education

• PhD, Learning to drive: From hazard detection to hazard handling, University College Cork, 2014
• MSc in Occupational Psychology, University of Sheffield, 2007
• BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology, University College Cork, 2005

Research  Projects and Experience

• AdaptIVe (Jan. 2014- Jun. 2017; started July 2015). This European research project aims to achieve major breakthroughs leading to more efficient and safer automated driving (Co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Seventh Framework Programme). Involved in  human-vehicle integration workpackage which investigates how driver's intentions and actions should be taken into account in the design of partly, highly and fully automated vehicles
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (Sept. 2013 - July2015) focused on the design, implementation and evaluation of a methodology for incorporating a non-technical skills programme into competency management systems across the rail industry (funded by InnovateUK)