Advisor: Adolf D. May
PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1980
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, 1976
Penn State University - Present
- Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Paul Jovanis, professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University, and transportation safety professional, is a featured volunteer in the July-August 2016 edition of the TR News(link is external). Dr. Jovanis specializes in naturalistic driving data analysis, motor carrier safety, and analytic methods for road safety management.
At TRB, Dr. Jovanis currently chairs the Motor Carrier Safety Research Analysis Committee for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which has recently issued its first letter report. Dr. Jovanis has been an active member and chair of several TRB Standing Committees since 1983. He is also supporting the implementation of the Naturalistic Driving Study data assembled by TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program.
The TR News is a bimonthly publication of TRB that features articles on innovative and timely research and development activities in all modes of transportation.
- Safety consequences and risk perception of in-vehicle technologies
- Models of accident occurance
- Driver fatigue and motor carrier safety
