Prof. Nagendra R Velaga

Major Research Interests

(1) Driver safety

(2) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

(3) Engineering law

(4) Other transportation-related research

Detailed Research Areas

(1) Driver safety: areas include,

Human factors in transport systems: Driver distraction, Sleep deprivation, Aggressive driving, Driving under time pressure, Alcohol impairment, Driving in a work zone, etc.

Driver behaviour and new technologies;

Analysis of driver physiological parameters;

Women (driver/passenger) safety and security;

Effect of age and neurodegenerative diseases on driving performance;

Statistical analysis of accident data;

Injury prevention and crash analysis.

(2) ITS: areas include,

Intelligent vehicles and autonomous navigation;

ICT and smart-mobile phone applications in ITS;

Application of Artificial Intelligent (AI) techniques in ITS;

Crowd-sourcing and linked open data applications in ITS;

Intelligent navigation solutions for Military applications;

Driver behaviour, new technologies and trust issues.

(3) Engineering law: areas include,

Contracts and disputes;

Arbitration and conciliation for infrastructure projects;

Legal implications of emerging technologies;

Construction Law;

Transportation law (Motor Vehicle Act).

(4) Other transportation-related research: areas include,

Transportation accessibility and mobility;

Integrated and flexible transport systems;

Car-sharing modelling in urban areas;

Sustainable transportation and development;

Risk assessment of BOT based transportation infrastructure project investment;

Sustainable transportation and development;

Intelligent transportation infrastructure maintenance and management systems;

GIS and GNSS applications in transport.