This Month's Feature

Transportation

Westat’s strong research skills and innovative data collection capabilities lead the way in transportation and safety research.

NOPUS: Providing Data on Vehicle Restraint Use…and More

Seat belt use by drivers and passengers. Children in child safety seats. Motorcyclists’ helmet use. Texting while driving. These are the items that the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS) team hits the road to measure every year.

The Key for Curbing Chronic Speeders?

While the likes of Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and Jeff Gordon have the license to speed, the rest of us do not. What does it take to halt everyday Joes who have a chronic penchant for speeding?

What Devices Are Dialing Up Driver Distraction?

Chatting on the phone while driving is risky business. How do the risks vary among the different devices? Westat installed monitoring tools on drivers’ cars to see which devices are dialing up driver distraction toward catastrophe.

News

Westat Staff to Participate in Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

01/17/12

Westat staff will be participating in the 91st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to be held January 22-26, 2012. The theme for the meeting is Transportation: Putting Innovation and People to Work.

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Bob Fay, Ph.D., Elected AAAS Fellow

01/12/12

Westat Senior Scientist Bob Fay has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Roger Tourangeau, Ph.D., Joins Westat

01/06/12

Roger Tourangeau, Ph.D., has joined Westat as a Vice President. Dr. Tourangeau is an internationally renowned survey methodologist with an extensive research background in statistics and survey research methods. He has authored several books and book chapters, and has published many articles in a wide variety of leading journals.

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