Presenter

Nichole is the director of the Human Factors Safety Laboratory and Associate Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. She is also a research scholar at the Center for Transportation Studies, and a graduate faculty member of the UMN Human Factors and Ergonomics Program. She has secured funding as PI on 21 research contracts and as Co-PI on 14 additional research contracts and grants. Her research has examined in-vehicle coaching systems for teens and older drivers, in-vehicle warning systems for work zone and curve speed notifications, lane guidance for snowplow operators, usability and design of crash report and work zone intrusion report interfaces; stakeholder perceptions of non-traditional traffic treatments; and behavioral adaptations to connected vehicles technology.