Prospective Students

Graduate Students

We are looking for new graduate students interested in human factors, transportation, automation, and applied behavioral research. Prospective M.S. and Ph.D. students are welcome to reach out if their interests overlap with the SPRinT Lab’s work.

If you are interested in joining the lab, please email Dr. Shubham Agrawal at agrawa3 [at] clemson.edu with your CV/resume and a brief statement of research interest. In your note, include the kinds of questions you want to study, relevant coursework or research experience, and what type of student position you are seeking.

Potential research topics include, but are not limited to:

• Human factors of automated, connected, and conditionally automated vehicles
• Driver behavior, situation awareness, trust, workload, monitoring, and takeover performance
• Human factors of vehicle cyberattacks and connected vehicle cybersecurity
• Wearable, smartwatch, and augmented reality systems for driver awareness and safety
• Driving simulation, eye tracking, and physiological measures such as EEG for studying driver cognition
• Professional drivers’ perceptions of automated vehicles, workforce transitions, training, and adoption
• Travel behavior, route choice, real-time information, and transportation safety

Students with backgrounds in psychology, human factors, transportation, engineering, data science, computer science, or related fields may be a good fit. Prior research experience is helpful, but curiosity, reliability, and a willingness to learn new methods are most important. Check out the video below to learn more.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students interested in transportation human factors, driver behavior, vehicle automation, and wearable technologies are encouraged to get involved through Clemson’s Creative Inquiry (CI) program.

The lab’s CI project, Wearables in Cars , explores how wearable and smartwatch-based systems can support driver awareness, safety, and user experience. Students may contribute to literature reviews, study design, simulator or field data collection, data analysis, prototype evaluation, and research presentations.

On the CI portal, the project number is #2301. Students interested in joining should review the CI project listing and may also email Dr. Shubham Agrawal at agrawa3 [at] clemson.edu with a short note about their interests and relevant experience.