US Research Handbook on Transportation & Connected and Automated Driving

Abstract

The US research community is highly committed to conducting Connected and Automated Driving (C&AD) R&D activities. Are you working in this exciting sector? Do you want to be connected with the US R&D community? Then this Handbook is a perfect tool for you!

The US Research Handbook on Transportation & Connected and Automated Driving, helps you to grow your network of contacts with research groups, industry-university research centers as well as industry clusters in the US who are working on the latest technology of C&AD. These research centres have a strong direct collaboration both with universities and industries and, therefore, would be very useful contacts for your organisations.

With this Handbook, you can also discover US research networks, professional associations as well as conferences and other networking events in the US. These networks provide a crucial role in fostering interaction between academia, industry, federal/state entities and stimulate information exchange. By joining these networks, you will stay ahead with the latest trend of C&AD technology.

This Handbook also identifies potentially relevant US funding programs both at the federal level, including National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DoE), and Department of Transportation (DoT) as well as at the state level with examples from Colorado, Florida, Michigan and more.

So what are you waiting for? Click the link below and be part of one of the global leaders in C&AD R&D activities!

This handbook was published in October 2017 and updated in October 2021 and is available in English. It has 69 pages and 8 Annex pages. 

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations (page 12)

In this section the list of Abrreviations used in this report are presented

1 Introduction (page 17)

The Research Handbook on US R&D Related to Transportation – Connected and Automated Driving (C&AD) provides an assessment of the United States (US) research community landscape and aims to support research and innovation cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the US.

2 US research community landscape (page 23)

2.1. University research groups (page 25)
2.2. Industry–university research centers (page 33)
2.3. Industry clusters (page 37)

3 Recognized research networks/ professional associations and events (page 43)

3.1. Research networks and professional associations (page 44)
3.2. Conferences and other networking events (page 46)

4 US R&D initiatives and programs (page 50)

4.1. Federal initiatives/programs (page 51)
   4.1.1. National Science Foundation (NSF) (page 52)
   4.1.2. Department of Energy (DoE) (page 54)
   4.1.3. Department of Defense (DoD) (page 58)
   4.1.4. Department of Transportation (DOT) (page 61)
4.2. State initiatives/programs (page 64)
   4.2.1. Colorado: ROADX (page 64)
   4.2.2. Florida: Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) program (page 65)
   4.2.3. Michigan: Michigan Mobility Initiative (page 66)
   4.2.4. Ohio: Ohio’s 33 Smart Corridor (page 67)

5 Observations (page 68)

Annex 1: Examples of Research Fields and Organizations in Thematic Research Areas Related to C&AD (page 70)

Annex 2: Summary of the US Federal and State Funding Initiatives and Programs (page 72)