- Professor of Human Factors, Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation, UNSW
Prof Michael Regan is an Emeritus Professor in the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia.
He has BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees from the Australian National University in psychology and human factors engineering and more than 25 years’ experience as a transportation safety researcher - in Australia, Europe and the US. He has spent much of his career researching driver distraction and inattention, and driver interaction with automated and autonomous vehicle technologies.
Michael is the author/co-author of around 250 published research documents, 180 of them peer-reviewed, including four books – two of them on driver distraction and inattention and the other two on driver acceptance of vehicle automation, and human factors in automated, connected and intelligent vehicle design and deployment. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Road safety.
Experience
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2021–2025Emeritus professor, University of NSW
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2018–2021Professor - Human Factors, University of NSW
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2015–2018Chief Scientist-Human Factors, Australian Road Research Board
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2011–2014Professor - Transport and Road Safety, University of New South Wales
Education
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1992Australian National University, PhD
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1982Australian National University, BSc(Hons)
Professional Memberships
- Fellow Australasian College of Road Safety
- Member Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia
Honours
25th President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia
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- Location: Melbourne, Australia
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