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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Dr.
Michael Knodler has been an Assistant Professor in the Transportation
Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
since January of 2005. In addition, he is a Research Fellow
with the Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program and
Associate Director of the Human Performance Laboratory. His
main areas of research are related to traffic safety, operations,
and design. He recently completed work on several comprehensive
projects related to protected/permissive left-turn signal
control funded by the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program. The projects included operational and human factors
focuses with both field and laboratory studies, including
the development of driving simulator scenarios for the fixed-base
mid level driving simulator in the Human Performance Laboratory
at the University of Massachusetts. Professor Knodler is also
working on current projects that incorporate driver eye behavior
in simulator versus real world environments for the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the New England
Transportation Consortium. He is also involved in several
safety related projects, including the statewide safety belt
usage study for Massachusetts, a pedestrian crossing behavior
study, and speed related crash analyses. Professor Knodler
also serves as Advisor for the Institute of Transportation
Engineers UMass Student Chapter.
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