Dr. Shubham Agrawal headshot

Dr. Shubham Agrawal

Assistant Professor
Psychology, Civil Engineering
Email: agrawa3 [at] clemson.edu

Dr. Agrawal is the director of the SPRinT Lab. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University, with an Adjunct Assistant Professor appointment with the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University. His research is at the nexus of engineering and social sciences and primarily focuses on human factors in transportation, especially related to emerging technologies.

He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Clemson University on a National Science Foundation-funded project, WEAVE: Preparing the Future Workforce for the Era of Automated Vehicles. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Transportation Engineering (Civil) from Purdue University, and his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Research projects

Publications

  1. Agrawal, S., Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Mack, E. A., Cotten, S. R., & Chang, C.-H. (2026). Professional drivers' perceptions of automated vehicles and willingness to train for AV integration: A latent profile analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105131
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  2. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2026). Online survey researchers' experience with fraudulent responders. Sage Open, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440261424005
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  3. Souders, D. J., Agrawal, S., Benedyk, I., Guo, Y., Li, Y., & Peeta, S. (2025). Inflating system expectations prior to SAE level 3 automated vehicle use: Effects on monitoring behavior, resumption of control, and attitudes toward driving automation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 34, 101725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101725
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  4. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Cotten, S. R., Tidwell, M. L., Baker, N., & Wang, S. (2025). It's more than money: The research costs of spam responses in online survey studies. Research Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161251357454
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  5. Li, X., Zou, J., Agrawal, S., Guo, Y., Tang, T., & Feng, X. (2024). Role of policy and consumer attitudes in people's intention to use high-level autonomous vehicles: A comparative study in China and the United States. Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10508-2
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  6. Tang, T., Guo, Y., Wang, H., Li, X., & Agrawal, S. (2023). Determinants of helmet use intention among e-bikers in China: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Health Belief Model, and the Locus of Control. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231176290
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  7. Zhou, A., Liu, Y., Tenenboim, E., Agrawal, S., & Peeta, S. (2023). Car-following behavior of human-driven vehicles in mixed-flow traffic: A driving simulator study. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(1), 2661-2673. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2023.3257962
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  8. Agrawal, S., Peeta, S., & Miralinaghi, M. (2023). Multi-paradigm modeling framework to evaluate the impacts of travel patterns on electric vehicle battery lifespan. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2023, 1689075. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1689075
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  9. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A. M., Britt, N., Mack, E. A., Tidwell, M. L., & Cotten, S. R. (2023). Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles: A systematic review of automated passenger vehicle deployment timelines. Technology in Society, 72, 102186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102186
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Presentations

  1. Simmons, T. G., Agrawal, S., & Souders, D. J. (2027, January 10-14). Investigating driver behavior under cyberattacks in connected vehicle environments. 106th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  2. Liu, Y., Zhou, A., Agrawal, S., Tenenboim, E., & Peeta, S. (2027, Jan 10-14). Lane-change behavior of human drivers in mixed traffic under different connected and autonomous vehicle control strategies: A driving simulator study. 106th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  3. Souders, D. J., & Agrawal, S. (2026, Oct 18-23). Technology readiness differentially shapes trust pathways to generative AI use. Advance Systems and Practices through Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE), HFES International Annual Meeting, Reno, NV
  4. Agrawal, S., & Schuster, A. M. (2026, Aug 26). A guide to detecting fraud in online survey data. American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), virtual.
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  5. Agrawal, S., Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Mack, E. A., Cotten, S. R., & Chang, C.-H. (2026, Jan 11-15). Professional drivers' perceptions of automated vehicles and willingness to train for AV integration: A latent profile analysis [Poster]. 105th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  6. Agrawal, S., Cotten, S. R., Mack, E. A., Chang, C.-H., Schuster, A. M., Van Fossen, J. A., Watson, G. P., Wang, S., Savolainen, P., & Verboncoeur, J. (2025, June 2-4). Preparing the Future Workforce for the Era of Automated VEhicles (WEAVE) [Poster]. TRB National Summit on The Future of the Transportation Workforce, Westminster, CO.
  7. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S. R. (2025, May 13-16). The FAST (Flexible, Adaptive, Systematic, and Transparent) approach to detecting fraudulent responses in online surveys [Poster]. 80th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference, St. Louis, MO.
  8. Davis, E., D., Merwarth, O., Pallath, H., Patel, J., Patel, M. S,, Viehe, J., Agrawal, S., Souders, D. J., Cruz, J., & Simmons, T. G. (2025, August 18-20). Enhancing driver awareness of emergency service vehicles using smartwatch-based notification system [Poster]. Poster presentation at the 9th Annual Summer Creative Inquiry + Undergraduate Research Showcase, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
  9. Merwarth, O., Pallath, H., Patel, J., Patel, M. S., Viehe, J., Agrawal, S., Souders, D. J., Cruz, J., & Simmons, T. G. (2025, April 9-11). Enhancing driver awareness of emergency service vehicles using smartwatch-based notification system [Poster]. 20th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
  10. Storts, R., Barz, J., Clark, C., Cunningham, R., Prescott, A., Stoeffler, A., Souders, D. J., Agrawal, S., Butler, E., & Riley, T. (2025, April 9-11). Hands on, Eyes on: Comparing driver monitoring approaches for minimizing ADAS overreliance [Poster]. 20th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
  11. Liu, Y., Agrawal, S., Tenenboim, E., Zhou, A., & Peeta, S. (2025, January 5-9). Lane-change behavior of human drivers in mixed-traffic conditions: A safety perspective [Poster]. 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  12. Chen, Y., Agrawal, S., Benedyk, I., & Peeta, S. (2024, October 20-23). Cyberattack impacts in mixed-flow traffic: Driving simulator study [Paper]. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  13. Souders, D. J., & Agrawal, S. (2024, September 9-13). Developing a Driver Monitoring System Driver Experience (DMSDX) scale using insights from developmental psychology [Paper]. Advance Systems and Practices through Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE), HFES International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
  14. Cruz, J., Merwarth, O., Pallath, H., Syed, U., Butler, E., Souders, D. J., & Agrawal, S. (2024, August 20). Enhancing driver awareness of emergency service vehicles using smartwatch-based notification system [Poster]. 8th Annual Summer Creative Inquiry + Undergraduate Research Showcase, Clemson, SC.
  15. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, August 9-13). Researchers' experiences with online survey fraudulent responders [Paper]. 119th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
  16. Souders, D. J., & Agrawal, S. (2024, August 6-10). Assessing driver monitoring systems: Unique insights from parenting styles [Paper]. American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
  17. Liu, Y., Agrawal, S., Tenenboim, E., Zhou, A., & Peeta, S. (2024, June 15-18). Lane-change behavior of human drivers in mixed traffic: A driving simulator study [Poster]. ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD), Atlanta, GA.
  18. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Tidwell, M., Wang, S., Schuster, A. M., Baker, N., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, May 15-17). It's More Than Money: The true costs of spam in online survey research [Poster]. 79th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  19. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, May 11-16). 'Cool, so many responses. Wait, so many responses!' Our first real experience with online survey bots [Paper]. Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, HI.
  20. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, May 1). Prevalence of fraudulent responders affecting online survey research [Paper]. Clemson Research Symposium 2024, Clemson, SC.
  21. Watson, G. P., Agrawal, S., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, May 1). Strategies to prevent fraudulent responders infiltrating online survey research [Paper]. Clemson Research Symposium 2024, Clemson, SC.
  22. Agrawal, S. (2024, April 5). Feasibility and timeline for rolling out AVs [Paper]. Part of NSF Project WEAVE Webinar, virtual.
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  23. Arredondo, E., Cruz, J., Oriunuta, S., Pallath, H., Pandiri, S., Syed, U., Riley, T., Butler, E., Merwarth, O., Patel, J., Allen, C., Bourini, Z., Alkelani, O., Agrawal, S., & Souders, D. J. (2024, April 4-6). Enhancing driver awareness of emergency service vehicles using smartwatch-based notification system [Poster]. Clemson University 19th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Clemson, SC.
  24. Zhou, A., Liu, Y., Tenenboim, E., Agrawal, S., & Peeta, S. (2024, January 7-11). Car-following behavior of human-driven vehicles in mixed-flow traffic: A driving simulator study [Paper]. 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  25. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Wang, S., Baker, N., Tidwell, M., Kalani, N., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S. R. (2023, November 8-11). Are you For Real? The research costs of fraudulent responses in online survey studies [Paper]. Work, Stress and Health (WSH) Conference 2023, virtual.
  26. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A. M., Britt, N., Mack, E. A., Tidwell, M. L., & Cotten, S. R. (2023, August 9-10). Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles: A systematic review of automated passenger vehicle deployment timelines [Paper]. 5th Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference, virtual.
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  27. Biggers, A., Hird, L., Jamil, A., Patel, R., Patterson, G., Razavi, A., Souders, D. J., Agrawal, S., Baringer, K., Butler, E., Mintz, A., and Riley, T. (2023, April 5-7). Drivers' preference and performance with permissive and authoritative driver monitoring systems while using partial automation [Poster]. Clemson University 18th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Clemson, SC.
  28. Agrawal, S., Peeta, S., & Benedyk, I. (2023, January 8-12). Evaluating the cognitive and psychological effects of real-time auditory travel information on drivers using EEG [Poster]. 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
  29. Agrawal, S., & Peeta, S. (2023, January 8-12). Evaluating the impacts of situational awareness and mental stress on takeover performance under conditional automation [Poster]. 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.