Professor Andrew Morris

  • Professor of Human Factors in Transport Safety
  • Director of Research
Publications
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Andrew graduated from York University in 1988 and holds post-graduate qualifications from the University of Birmingham including a Master’s degree in Ergonomics and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently Professor of Human Factors in Transport Safety and leads the Behavioural Safety Research and Injury Prevention Research Group.

Andrew is also Director of Internationalisation for the 含羞草视频 Design School and holds a position as a Visiting Professor at Hasselt University in Belgium, Andrew was awarded US Government Special Award of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding leadership and special contributions in the field of motor vehicle safety (June 2009).

Dr Ashleigh Filtness and Professor Andrew Morris win Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 award

The Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 award for partnerships is awarded for activities that have had significant local, regional, national or international impact.

Project aims to help identify motorists with dementia who are unfit to drive

A new 含羞草视频-led project aims to develop an effective screening test to identify individuals in the early stages of dementia who are unfit to drive.

Research Group: Behavioural Safety and Injury Prevention

Andrew has over 27 years’ experience of research in road transportation safety, vehicle safety, accident investigation, crash-injury and driver behaviour research and has published over 180 refereed technical publications, reports and conference papers in the subject of accident research, road crash injury, accident causation and driver behaviour. During his research career, Andrew has been involved in successful research grant applications totalling over £7 million.

Expertise

Accident investigation and analysis, injury biomechanics, occupant kinematics, accident causation, driver behaviour, human factors in transport safety, behavioural change for safety.

  • Transport Safety (Module leader DSP201)
  • Mind at Work (Module Leader DSA114)
  • Driver and Vehicle Ergonomics (Module Leader DSP117)
  • Overseas Study & Industrial Placement (Module Leader DS1004 DIntS)
  • Automotive Crash Protection (MPB013)
  • Introduction to Ergonomics (DSP101)
  • Research Methodology (DSP206)
  • Introduction to Ergonomics (DSP101)
  • Body at Work (DSA103)
  • Project (Ergonomics post-graduate) (DSP100)
  • Project (Ergonomics undergraduate) (DSC100)
  • Cognitive Ergonomics (DSB108)
  • Data Collection and Analysis (DSP106)