SS ISTL researchers to present at 2026 Traffic Safety Symposium

By CSEE staff

Published August 31, 2026

Researchers from the University at Buffalo’s Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (SS ISTL) will participate in the 2026 New York State Highway Safety Symposium, to be held October 19 through 22 at the Conference Center in Lake Placid, New York.

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The symposium is sponsored by the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research (ITSMR), a nonprofit, university-based research center dedicated to improving highway safety. This year’s theme is “Traffic Safety Never Goes Out of Style.” UB researchers will deliver two presentations addressing emerging approaches to transportation research and safety.

Austin Angulo, assistant professor with the Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, will demonstrate the capabilities of fully automated extended reality testing for autonomous transportation research, which provides new opportunities for connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) development, validation, and verification with respect to humans. Using digital twins, naturalistic traffic simulation, and physical testing capabilities, our Transportation Research and Visualization Laboratory (TRAVL) can integrate human-in-the-loop simulators to develop safe and realistic testing environments to analyze dynamic CAV and human interactions.

In a complementary presentation, Kevin Hulme, program manager for SS ISTL, will provide an overview of ongoing TRAVL research that aligns with ITSMR 2026 priority areas. He will discuss modeling and simulation tools, methodologies, and testing frameworks that are currently under development at UB and within TRAVL and will highlight recent case studies focused on human-CAV and pedestrian-CAV interactions.

Designed for traffic safety professionals in education, industry, government and law enforcement, Hulme’s presentation will offer a broad overview of current approaches to CAV simulation, testing and safety evaluation.

The annual ITSMR Symposium emphasizes the traditional pillars of traffic safety ––engineering, enforcement and education –– to promote safer driving and roadways throughout New York. It brings together law enforcement officials, traffic engineers, policymakers, public health officials, educators, and community organizations to discuss strategies for reducing crashes, injuries and traffic-related fatalities.

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