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Richard Young Background

Richard Young Background. WSU School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Research Professor, 2009-Present; Adjunct Prof., 2002-2009 (concurrent with GM position). GM Engineer, Human Factors group, GM Production Engineering, 1999-2009 (Retired 2009).

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Richard Young Background

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  1. Richard Young Background • WSU School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences • Research Professor, 2009-Present; Adjunct Prof., 2002-2009 (concurrent with GM position). • GM • Engineer, Human Factors group, GM Production Engineering, 1999-2009 (Retired 2009). • Human Factors, Driver Performance and Behavior, Active Safety, Crash Avoidance, Driver Distraction. • GM Global Lead for Driver Workload, 1999-2009. • Scientist, Computer Science Department, GM R&D, 1984-1998. • Automotive displays, driver vision, robotic vision , virtual reality. • Automotive-Related Funding Awarded as PI or Co-PI: $2,400,000 Toyota: Principal Investigator, “Driver Distraction: Model, Validation, and Guidelines,” Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center, $660,000, 2011-2014; Principal Investigator, “Driver Distraction Definition Workshop,” Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center, $48,000, 2012-2013. GM: Principal Investigator, GM R&D Gift to Wayne State University, “Automated Recognition of Emotion from Facial Expressions,” $250,000, 2010-2011; Co-Investigator, GM Foundation Gift, WSU SOM, $200,000, 2001-2003. GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota: Co-Investigator, Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (GM, Ford, Toyota, Nissan) Gifts, “Brain Imaging of Conversation while Driving,” $125,000, 2003-2004. State of Michigan: Co-Investigator, Michigan Life Sciences Corridor Research (MTTC) Grant, “Real-time Functional Neuroimaging of Driver Performance,” $1,250,000, 2005-2008.

  2. Current Research Interests & Goals • Epidemiological Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Data, particularly Drowsy Driving (not yet funded, presentation pending to a major European auto company) • Cognitive Distraction while Driving: Models and Validation (currently funded by Toyota) Goals: 1. Increase funding for automotive safety R&D at WSU. • Funding from major automotive companies to WSU has substantially declined in the past 10 years; this trend needs to be reversed. • Starting in 2014, NHTSA will give automotive safety funds to new “contract centers” (all NHTSA funds now go to just 2 long-established contract centers). • An automotive safety center at WSU, if properly set up in time, could apply to be such a contract center. 2. Conduct translational research to meet automotive safety needs.

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