Loren Staplin
Principal Partner
Transanalytics

Loren Staplin, Ph.D., is the founder and Principal Partner of the consulting firm TransAnalytics.  He has also served as a Senior Research Scientist with the Texas Transportation Institute (2002-2003); Vice-President for Transportation Safety at the Scientex Corporation (1992-2000), and Senior Associate with Ketron, Inc. (1982-1992).  Before joining Ketron, Dr. Staplin worked for three years at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as an assistant professor, after completing his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at Arizona State University in 1979. 

Dr. Staplin is a member of long standing of the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; and, he serves as a founding member of the recently-formed (2002) Human Factors Resources advisory group to the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.  Dr. Staplin has successfully led over twenty research grants and contracts for Federal and State government clients as the Principal Investigator or Project Manager since the early 1980's.  He has published over fifty articles, book chapters, and technical reports addressing diverse aspects of traffic safety, with a recent focus on driver training and assessment.  In 2006, Dr. Staplin was appointed Chair of the TRB Committee on Operator Education and Regulation (ANB30).

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