ONGOING MMI RESEARCH PROJECTS
ONGOING MMI RESEARCH PROJECTS
Collective Sensing as an Enabler for Cyber-resilient Connected Mobility
Sanjay Sarma
Dajiang Suo
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How can infrastructure-assisted collective sensing V2X systems enhance both safety and traffic efficiency?
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How can cyber threats to infrastructure sensors be mitigated in connected vehicle deployment?
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What is the optimal allocation of sensors to balance resolution, latency and cost?
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Read the report here.
Safety as a Performance Metric in Autonomous Mobility
Cathy Wu
Ao Qu
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What is the trade-off between safety and system performance for human-driven vehicles? How would this differ for autonomous vehicles?
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To what extent can large-scale traffic reconstruction contribute to the question ”how safe is safe enough” for autonomous vehicles?
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Read the report here.
EV Charging Infrastructure Reliability in the United States
David Keith
Jim Womack
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Why is the reliability of US public charging infrastructure so poor?
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What could be done to improve the situation?
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Published Research Brief - Click Here
Replacing Declining Gas Tax Revenue
with EV Adoption
Jim Aloisi
Jinhua Zhao
Bhuvan Atluri
Yunhan Zheng
Seamus Joyce-Johnson
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What will be the impact of rising EV adoption on gas tax revenue?
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How fast will it fall under various scenarios?
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What are the alternatives to replace lost revenue and how effective, efficient and easily implementable are they?
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Read the report here.
Transit Research Consortium
Jim Aloisi
Bhuvan Atluri
Jinhua Zhao
Anson Stewart
Haris Koutspoulis
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What are the implications of changes in work commuting patterns for transit ridership return, growth and financial stability? Read our report on the impact of remote work on travel in the US here.
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Facilitate the exchange of best practices across large public transit agencies.
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Conduct cross-disciplinary research into the strategic, policy, planning & operational problems of an integrated transportation system centered around transit.
Autonomous Mobility Computing Energy Consumption
Sertac Karaman
Vivienne Sze
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How much energy would be required to power the compute of autonomous vehicles in the future?
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How fast is the efficiency of computing increasing, versus the computing requirements for AVs?
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What is the optimal distribution of AV computing among vehicle, edge, and cloud?
Electric Vehicle Charging Urban Optimization
Alex Jacquillat
Dan Freund
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Where to locate public electric vehicle chargers in an urban setting?
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How many and what type (power) of chargers should be used in which locations?
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How to optimize charging infrastructure for access, utilization, equity, etc.?
Enabling Equitable Access to AAM Service
Hamsa Balakrishnan
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How do we ensure that certain communities are not disproportionately impacted by the adverse effects of Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) operations and also ensure equitable access to the benefits of AAM services?
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How do we ensure equitable airspace access to a range of users (fleet operators) who might vary in scale of operations, business models, and missions?
Carbon Footprint of Commuting vs WFH vs WF3P (3rd Place)
Bhuvan Atluri
Tulio Silvera-Santos
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What are the current trends in work location (both day of week and longer term) in the US?
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What is the CO2 impact of working from home versus working at the office?
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What are possible levers or policies to minimize growth in CO2 emissions driven by work location options?
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Read Nick Caros' PhD dissertation on preparing urban mobility for the future of work here.
Road Data Convergence: Platform Efficiencies
Jinhua Zhao
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How could the multiple stakeholders in road usage (such as governments maintaining the roads, businesses managing congestion on the roads via tolls, automotive insurance companies, EV charging providers) be incentivized to collaborate on the collection of road usage data?
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Can one coherent pricing framework be developed that addresses all externalities (e.g., safety, emissions, congestion) in a rational and effective way?
Vehicle Performance Trends & Implications for Safety
Bhuvan Atluri
Aaron Zhu
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This report takes a data-driven look at the performance characteristics of vehicles across key parameters such as acceleration in seconds (0 - 60 mph), braking in feet (70 mph - 0) of various powertrains, body types, sizes, MSRP, and Curb Weights.
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The dashboards and report provide insights that can be used by consumers in making more informed decisions and by policy-makers in designing a transport funding and regulatory framework that takes current vehicle trends and road safety into account.
MMI Senior Fellows 2024 - Research Briefings
Alex Mitchell
David Zipper
Laura Fox