Postdoctoral Scholar in Transportation Engineering with a Focus on Active Transportation Safety & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Position Overview School / Campus / College: University of Washington, Tacoma Organization: School of Engineering and Technology Title: Postdoctoral Scholar in Transportation Engineering with a Focus on Active Transportation Safety & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Position Details Position
Description Position Description The School of Engineering & Technology (SET) at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar in transportation engineering with a focus on active transportation safety and artificial intelligence (AI). This interdisciplinary role emphasizes developing and deploying AI tools—especially vision-based and multi-sensor analytics—to improve
safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and micromobility users. The scholar will play a central role in USDOT-funded, multi-year R-SEAT (Rural Safe Efficient Advanced Transportation) Center research, collaborating with consortium universities and local DOT partners on pilot projects, data fusion efforts, and translational research that leads to publications and competitive external proposals (e.g., National Science
Foundation (NSF)). Key Responsibilities · Lead and conduct original research at the intersection of active transportation safety and AI (e.g., near-miss detection, predictive crash risk, multimodal exposure estimation). · Design, implement, and validate AI pipelines (computer vision, tracking, spatio-temporal modeling, edge learning) using field data (traffic cameras, micromobility telemetry, connected vehicle/V2X,
crash records, GIS). · Manage and coordinate pilot deployments with city/state DOTs, micromobility providers, or vendor partners; oversee data sharing agreements, ethics/privacy compliance, and on-site testing. · Produce high-quality peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, and policy briefs; present findings at conferences and to stakeholders. · Contribute to grant development and lead components of
competitive proposals (NSF, USDOT, state/foundation). · Supervise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students on research activities; assist in preparing project deliverables and consortium coordination. · Teach elective engineering courses. This is a full-time position. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Postdoctoral scholar appointments are initially for 12
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