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With a Little Help From Our Friends...
NADS and the College of Pharmacy work together to understand how drugs impact drivers and the safety of our roads more »
NADS Students
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The NADS miniSim™
The driving simulation platform that's scalable, portable, and powerful. more »
NADS students shine on the Big 10 Network
Students, staff and faculty come together to advance safety on our roadways. more »

	SAFEty Research using SIMulation NADS is happy to be home to the SAFER-SIM University Transportation Center that sponsors research, performs outreach activities in STEM areas, and aids workforce development and education efforts in the area of transportation safety. Visit the SAFER-SIM website
	The Driver Seat - The official newsletter of NADS The February 2015 edition explores the intersection of automated vehicles and the NADS Virtual Proving Ground, heavy truck research, an update on the growing miniSim™ community, and more... View the PDF \| July 2014 edition \| Older issues
	The NADS miniSim™ NADS has developed a low-cost, PC-based driving simulation platform open to and supported by it's own worldwide community of users and NADS software developers. Watch the video \| Visit the miniSim website

Current News

02-23-2015	NADS publishes "The Driver's Seat" bi-annual newsletter more »

02-13-2015	Iowa City Area Development Group tours NADS to learn more about new vehicle technologies more »

01-28-2015	Beth Alicandari, Director of FHWA's Office of Safety Programs, tours NADS

01-27-2015	Lone Tree High School students tour NADS

01-12-2015	Schwarz, McGehee, and Brown present poster on automated highway system at TRB conference in DC more »

01-11-2015	Chris Schwarz leads workshop on automated vehicles at TRB Conference in DC more »
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is the host, developer, and operator of the world's most advanced ground vehicle simulator. From its inception, the mission of NADS continues to be to help our research partners save lives, and reduce the costs of vehicle crashes by better understanding the impact of technology, pharmaceuticals and other factors on driving performance. Learn more about our organization See what we've accomplished


	Drowsy Driving Mitigation The National Advanced Driving Simulator at The University of Iowa Reseach Park (formerly the Oakdale Campus) is inviting adults to participate in a driving simu ... Learn more...
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