Adaptive Autonomous Pod Trains for Shared Urban Mobility
TS-073966 —
Cities and large campuses struggle to provide cost‑effective, low‑emission mobility for short trips and first/last‑mile connections. Fixed‑route buses are often underutilized in low‑demand areas yet insufficient during peak demand, while single‑vehicle autonomous shuttles lack scalabil…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Aksun Guvenc, Bilin; Guvenc, Levent
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment (VVE) Method for Autonomous Driving System Development and Evaluation
TS-073818 —
Autonomous and advanced driver-assistance systems require extensive testing across rare, hazardous, and edge-case scenarios to ensure safety and regulatory readiness. Existing approaches (pure simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, proving grounds, or public-road testing) each suffer from tradeoffs in …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Guvenc, Levent; Aksun Guvenc, Bilin
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
System and Method of Securing Vehicle-Pavement Interaction (Tago)
TS-063169 —
Road safety is a paramount concern. Unpredictable road conditions, such as bumps and uneven surfaces, can pose significant risks to drivers. There is a pressing need for a technology that can sense and alert drivers about these road surface conditions in real-time, enhancing safety and improving t…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Sun, Wei
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder