Susan Soccolich, Senior Research Associate

Susan Soccolich is a Senior Research Associate in the Division of Freight, Transit, and Heavy Vehicle Safety. She has 14 years of experience conducting statistical analyses for transportation-related research studies. Her analysis experience includes assessing data from planned experiments and naturalistic driving studies using descriptive, contingency table, nonparametric, discriminant function, cluster, and linear, logistic, and Poisson/negative binomial regression methods. At VTTI, Ms. Soccolich assists with all aspects of the research process, including submitting research proposals, formulating data collection and analysis plans, analyzing data, and writing and presenting research findings. She has contributed significantly to studies sponsored by both the public and private sponsors, including research on driving regulations; distraction behaviors in drivers of heavy trucks, buses, and light vehicles; driver fatigue and drowsiness; the prevalence, risk, and treatment of sleep apnea; commercial driver detention; and the impact of advanced vehicle technologies on driver safety.

Contact

• 540-231-1032
• ssoccolich@vtti.vt.edu