Past events

SAFER invites you to a seminar on appropriate speed for liveability in the city. There is solid research based evidence on the relationship between speed and injury risk. More than four thousand injured pedestrians and bicyclists, hit by a motor vehicle, are registered yearly in Sweden. Besides, the speed of motorised traffic has an important role for interaction between road

ActiveTest - Dissemination of performance testing methods for ICT-based safety functions in road vehicles. The largest improvements of road safety will depend on new functions with the aim to prevent accidents from happening. The ActiveTest support action will disseminate performance testing methods for active safety functions in road vehicles. The support action ActiveTest has the goal to increase road safety

The next SAFER doctor is Mohammad Ali, Department of Signals and systems and Volvo Cars! On the 21st of September he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, which deals with decision making and control for automotive safety. Mohammad has been working in the SAFER project Systems for Roadway Departure Avoidance . Title: "Decision Making and Control for Automotive Safety"

On Thursday September 20th at 13:00, Manuel Mendoza Vasquez, PhD Student at Department of Applied Mechanics, division of Vehicle Safety, Chalmers, will have his licentiate seminar. Manuel Mendoza Vasquez is working within the SAFER associated EU project THORAX and the SAFER project Improved Injury Prediction Using HBM . Title: "Rib and Thoracic Response in Frontal Car Crashes: A Study Using

SARTRE is a FP7 European project that performs transportation research, namely road train on public roads (also called platooning). A road train, according to SARTRE, is a collection of vehicles led by a manually forward heavy lead vehicle, and where several following vehicles (truck and passenger cars) follow the leader automatically, both laterally and longitudinally. The vehicles communicate wirelessly to

Crash compatibility is a challenge for vehicle designers. The EU Project FIMCAR will be completed in September 2012 and is proposing a new set of frontal impact tests that should promote better compatibility in frontal impacts. The workshop will allow experts from the FIMCAR project to discuss research findings with SAFER researchers and identify priorities for future research. The workshop

The next SAFER doctor is Sogol Kharrazi , Department of Applied Mechanics, division of Vehicle Engineering & Autonomous Systems! On the 30th of August she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with vehicle dynamics in long heavy vehicle combinations. Title: Steering Based Lateral Performance Control of Long Heavy Vehicle Combinations Opponent: Dr. David Cole, Department of Engineering

On 26-27 June 2012, the results of the first large-scale European field operational test of advanced driver assistance systems will be made public. SAFER is a part of the EU project euroFOT and will play an active role at the event, both in the exhibition and in the technical programme. The event is open and free for all, and takes

Welcome to the SAFER seminar with Prof. Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Thursday June 21st, 11:00-12:00 at SAFER, Lindholmspiren 3 (Göteborg) Moving comfortably in cities has defined the urban space in modern cities. In the first half of the 20th century, the car had a major influence on the development of mobility, infrastructure and urban planning

On Thursday June 21st at 10:00, Niklas Strand, Industrial PhD Student from VTI, connected to Department of Product and Production Development, Chalmers, will have his licentiate seminar. Niklas Strand is working within the SAFER project System Safety through combination of HMI and Dependable Systems (SHADES ). Title: "Facing Failures. Interactions between Drivers and Advanced Assistance Systems " Opponent : Prof

The next SAFER doctor is Azra Habibovic , Department of Applied Mechanics, division of Vehicle Safety! On the 8th of June she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with development of active safety systems that reduce car-to-vulnerable road user accidents. Title: Analyzing real-world data to promote development of active safety systems that reduce car-to-vulnerable road user accidents

On Friday June 8th at 10:00, Ola Benderius, PhD Student at Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, will have his licentiate seminar. Ola Benderius is working within the SAFER project QUADRA . Title: Driver model development: Data collection, model analysis, and optimization Discussion leader: Dr. Magnus Hjälmdahl, VTI Linköping Welcome!

On Monday May 21st at 13:00, Emma Tivesten, Industrial PhD Student from Volvo Cars, at Department of Applied Mechanics, Division Vehicle Safety, Chalmers, will have her licentiate seminar. Emma Tivesten is working within the SAFER projects DREAMi and Field Data Acquisition and Analysis Methods for Car Safety Development . Title: "Real world data on driver behaviour in accidents and incidents"

NTF Väst och SAFER bjuder in till ett seminarium om den ömtåliga människan den 10 maj 2012, se bifogad inbjudan. Den ömtåliga människan Vi har kommit en bra bit på vägen när det gäller att minska antalet omkomna och allvarligt skadade i trafiken. Men det finns mer att göra. De flesta trafikskador sker främst inne i bilen men konsekvenserna är

The next SAFER doctor is Anders Lie, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, and Swedish Transport Administration! On the 4th of May he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, with the title: "Managing traffic safety : an approach to the evaluation of new vehicle safety systems " Faculty opponent: Prof Nils Petter Gregersen, Hälsouniversitetet i Linköping, Institutionen för medicin

Welcome to the SAFER seminar: "Optimal Path Recovery for Over-Speeding in Curves" Speakers: Prof Tim Gordon, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Matthijs Klomp, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, Sweden Mathias Lidberg, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, Sweden Abstract: This presentation addresses control intervention via braking as a way to address the safety issue resulting from

SAFER completed its sixth year and second stage on April 1st 2012! To present SAFER's broad competence within vehicle- and traffic safety, we have put together an interesting program for you with presentations from different projects focused on Pre-Crash Safety, Crash Safety, Post-Crash Safety or Traffic Safety Analysis. Attending the seminar is free of charge and open to everyone who

The next SAFER doctor is Anna Carlsson , Department of Applied Mechanics! On the 20th of April she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with Female Whiplash Injury Protection. Title: "Addressing Female Whiplash Injury Protection - A Step Towards 50th Percentile Female Rear Impact Occupant Models" Opponent: Associate Professor Anita Vasavada, Ph.D., Voiland School of Chemical Engineering

The next SAFER doctor is Mikael Ljung Aust , Department of Applied Mechanics and Volvo Cars! On the 13th of April he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, which deals with improvement of the evaluation process for active safety functions. Title: "Improving the Evaluation Process for Active Safety Functions. Addressing Key Challenges in Functional Formative Evaluation of Advanced Driver

The next SAFER doctor is Marianne Andersson , Department of Applied Mechanics! On the 30th of March she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with Child Safety in Car Crashes. Title: "Child Safety in Car Crashes. A Modeling Approach for Safety System Improvements" Opponent: Professor Larsgunnar Nilsson, Division of Solid Mechanics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. The defense