Balachandar Guduri, Research Associate
Division of Data & Analytics
Applied Analytics
Dr. Balachandar Guduri is a Research Associate in the Division of Data & Analytics at VTTI. His research expertise spans data analytics, machine learning, control systems, and numerical modeling, with a strong focus on enhancing transportation safety through large-scale naturalistic data analysis. At VTTI, Dr. Guduri specializes in identifying safety-critical events, analyzing driver behavior, and investigating safety of ADAS technologies using naturalistic driving data. He has developed advanced data processing algorithms and interactive visualization tools to extract meaningful insights from multi-source datasets, utilizing MATLAB, SQL, and Python. His work also includes data quality assessment, investigating vehicle signal standardization, conducting customer-focused analyses, and engaging with sponsors to ensure high-quality research outcomes. Dr. Guduri holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Mechanical System Design from IIT Kharagpur, India. He actively contributes to research proposals, publications, and innovative methodologies that advance data-driven transportation safety solutions.