Ching-Yao Chan（詹景堯）
E-Mail: cychan@path.berkeley.edu; TEL: 510-665-3621, FAX:
510-665-3537
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CHING-YAO CHAN is a Researcher at the California
PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies of University of California
at His curriculum vitae can be accessed here: CYC_CV.pdf. A list of his updated publications is available at this link: CYC_Research_and_Publications.pdf. His most recent work includes the development of cooperative vehicle-infrastructure intersection collision avoidance systems, the methodologies of identifying and evaluating high-concentration collision locations in a highway network, safety assessment of highway infrastructure such as High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, Ramps and Highway Junctions, and pavement skid resistance studies. Some documentation of his most recent work can be viewed at: http://path.berkeley.edu/~cychan/Research_and_Presentation/. Dr. Chan received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 from
Within the past decade, Dr. Chan has published extensively on the subject of automotive restraint systems. He gained in-depth experience in automotive occupant restraint systems when he worked in the airbag industry from 1988 to 1990, and continued to strengthen this expertise in his professional career afterwards. From 1991 to 1994, he worked in the field of accident reconstruction. In that capacity, he participated in the investigation of hundreds of real-world vehicle crashes. Through such field experiences, he developed insights into vehicle dynamics, collision characteristics, and driver behaviors in the evaluation of collisions in various roadway and driving conditions. His knowledge in this area becomes indispensable later in many safety-related research projects. In 1995, he began to offer a professional seminar on vehicle occupant restraint systems, through the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), which has attracted hundreds of attendants from private industries, public agencies, and various organizations to date. Dr. Chan is also the author of a video-tutorial and a book for SAE, "Fundamentals of Crash Sensing in Automotive Air Bag Systems." He is the Recipient of 1998 SAE Forest R. MacFarland Award for outstanding contributions to engineering education. For links to his SAE activities, see CYC_SAE_summary.pdf He has also been invited to conduct in-house seminars and lectures for General Motors Company, Ford Motor Company, Honda America, the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, and the American Bar Association. In 2004, he was commissioned by J.D. Powers & Associate to forecast the technology trends in automotive restraint and safety systems. In 2005, he authored an article on automotive restraints for the McGraw-Hill Year Book of Technology. He has also testified and offered expert opinions in litigation cases reputably in many jurisdictions across the country. He is a nationally recognized expert in the field. Dr. Chan joined PATH in 1994 and has since worked on a variety of research projects spanning from sensing and control technologies to safety evaluation and assessment. He has participated in significant ways, either in a role of research contributor or a project lead, in many research projects at PATH. He was the lead person representing PATH on the technology committee for the National Automated Highway System Consortium (NAHSC) in the mid 1990s. In recent years, he has been mostly active in the transit and safety research areas, such as Vehicular Collision Warning Systems and Intersection Decision Support systems. Dr. Chan also demonstrated his leadership in research management. In recent years, he was instrumental in leading a team of researchers and engineers in implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) technology developments on experimental vehicles. He led a team of researchers and engineers in implementing and demonstrating BRT technology in San Diego in August 2003, described in this linked article: http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Research/Featured/102803/san-diego.html, which subsequently won the "Best California Research Project/Facility" in the California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems (CAATS) Annual Meeting in December 2003, and the Best of ITS Research Award from the ITS America Annual Meeting in April 2004. Currently, Dr. Chan is devoted to
leading several externally funded projects in the area of ITS technologies
and safety applications. He is an active participants in several safety, transit,
and vehicle-infrastructure integration application projects. In the Spring Semesters of 2006-2008,
he began co-teaching Traffic Safety and Injury Prevention, a graduate course
under the Transportation Program at From May 2006 to January 2007,
Dr. Chan served as a Guest Professor at the |