The use of video feeback on rural teen driving—This study represents the first scientific examination of on-board event recorders that provide feedback to newly licensed drivers. Certain events ‘trigger’ the system installed in participants' vehicles to begin recording a 20-second video and audio clip. ‘Triggered’ events include abrupt accelerations, braking or erratic steering. A communication and ‘coaching’ protocol was developed for parents to use in discussing triggered events.

Development of design and engineering requirements for in-vehicle text messages (General Motors)—This consumer product design research program examines and determines the most efficient presentation, content, and interaction for text information for passenger vehicles. Designed a theoretical framework and experiments to address design and engineering requirements for text messaging systems.