Shane B. Mclaughlin

Shane Mclaughlin received a B.S. degree in engineering science and mechanics and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech. He started his career at Ford Motor Company in systems safety and human factors and ergonomics. He has been active conducting driving related data collection and large-scale analysis projects supporting industry and the public sector for over 20 years. Throughout, his emphasis, he has been work that involves vehicle control systems, characterization of the driving context, and the behavior and performance capabilities of humans. In 2022, he formed Great Iris LLC, through which he assists clients as they engineer, test, and deploy increasingly capable sensing, planning, and control systems. After Ford, he worked in a variety of roles with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. In 2017, he was nominated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to the Federal Motorcyclist Advisory Council based on nationally recognized expertise in both automated-vehicle systems and motorcycle rider safety.