A Smart Assistance System for Increasing the Safety of Transportation Workers

University

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Principal Investigator

Ruwen Qin (qinr@mst.edu)

Total Project Cost

$119,968

Funding Type

2016 USDOT

Start Date

8/1/2017

End Date

12/31/2018

Agency ID or Contract Number

69A3551747107

Abstract

The goal of this research is to deliver a cost-effective smart system that can monitor transportation workers (e.g., drivers and operators of hazardous materials transportation), assess their risk exposure and awareness levels, and assist them in operations, in a near real-time manner and for the purpose of safety enhancement. The first-year project we propose aims to deliver the prototype model of this system. A sensor subsystem will be first developed for acquiring well-rounded real-time information of transportation workers in operations. Then, statistical-based methods will be created for processing the sensed data for estimating the risk exposure and awareness levels of workers. The improvement in estimating the metrics of interests using integrated sensor data will be tested. The prototype model provides a foundation for testing, demonstrating, and completing the smart assistance system.

Deliverables

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Final Data: https://doi.org/10.32873/unl.dr.20190212