Panel 1 Discussant: Freight Automation Safety Best Practices and Research
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Indigo D
Mike Lukuc
Manager, Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Evaluation Program, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Presentation Description
Examples of related FMCSA ADS research
Speaker Biography
Mike Lukuc is an accomplished systems engineer with 30 years of research, development, and implementation experience working on cutting-edge transportation technologies. He joined FMCSA's Advanced Technology Division 2 ½ years ago as a senior engineer and manages the Agency’s Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle research program.
Mike spent the first part of his career in the automotive industry, developing new chassis control technologies for future Cadillacs at General Motors proving grounds. He moved to Delphi Automotive when the company was spun off from GM in 1998. From there, he moved to Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, focusing on advanced driver assistance systems and automated vehicle technologies, before joining NHTSA’s Office of Crash Avoidance Research in 2009.
Mike developed a passion for commercial motor vehicle safety while living in Texas, beginning at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in 2015, then as the Texas Operations and Test Manager for Peloton Technology, a former automated commercial motor vehicle start-up company, before he joined FMCSA. He currently works remotely and lives near the southern tip of Illinois.
