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Driving Simulator for Cannabis Research by Andrew Veit
Veit, Andrew
Faculty/Staff/Researcher
Industrial and Systems Engineering NADS — National Advanced Driving Simulator
Simulation Engineering and Driver Impairment Research
2018-05-31
2020 submissions
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
The miniSim™ is a versatile and cost-effective driving simulation software platform suited to human factors research, clinical research, product development, and driver training. Backed by decades of simulation experience at the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) at the University of Iowa, the miniSim is both sophisticated and affordable. The miniSim provides well-validated measures of driving performance, a safe and repeatable experimental environment, and it enables research that could not otherwise be conducted on public roads. The miniSim has a strong and growing presence in the research field, with over 80 simulators at 62 sites in four countries. One key aspect of the miniSim program is the collaboration that it can facilitate. The miniSim simulator pictured is located at the University of Colorado Denver and is currently applied to understanding the pattern of marijuana dosage and administration that offers therapeutic benefits while preserving the capacity to safely perform a key activity of daily life: the operation of a personal motor vehicle. This is a 3-year multi-disciplinary collaboration between investigators at the Colorado School of Public Health with experience in medical toxicology, occupational medicine, biostatistics and injury prevention, and a team at the University of Iowa and National Advanced Driving Simulator with expertise in engineering, human factors, pharmacology and medicine, and prior research experience on marijuana use and driving performance.
Dr. Timothy Brown, Rose Schmitt, Alec LaVelle, Joe Meidlinger, Vincent Horosewski, Greg Beaver, and Jacob Ohrt
simulation cannabis collaboration
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University of Iowa. College of Engineering. NEXUS Program University of Iowa. Lichtenberger Engineering Library Virgil M. Hancher Auditorium
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Contact Kari Kozak in the Litchenberger Engineering Library at the University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/contact/
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