Awards and Scholarships

Student Paper Competition

CARSP, and more specifically the CARSP Young Professionals' Committee, hosts an annual competition for a scientific paper, written by a student registered at a Canadian university, on any aspect of motor vehicle traffic safety.  For several years, and ending in 2017, the competition was sponsored by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).  CARSP is very grateful for IBC's support.  Unfortunately, there was no competition in 2018 due to lack of a sponsor.  Western Ergonomics graciously sponsored the 2019 Student Paper Competition and helped us to continue this legacy.

Starting in 2019 CARSP's Young Professionals' Committee, with CARSP funding, added a Student Poster Competition.  Awards are given to the top posters prepared by a student registered at a Canadian university, on any aspect of motor vehicle traffic safety.  CARSP plans to offer this competition on an annual basis indefinitely.

If you are interested in sponsoring one of these competitions, please contact info@carsp.ca for more information.

Winning Student Papers

CARSP Conference XXIX - 2019 Calgary

• The effect of lowering residential speed limits to 30 km/h on pedestrian injuries in Toronto, Canada
  Fridman, Ling, Rothman, Cloutier, Hagel, Howard
  Student Paper Competition Honourable Mention
• Integration of roadside camera images and weather data for monitoring winter road surface conditions
  Carrillo, Crowley
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Predicting Crashes with Safe Systems Surrogates Obtained from Video Analytics' Implications for Evaluation of Vision Zero Safety Treatments
  Jafari Anarkooli, Milligan, Penner, Persaud, Saleem
  Dr. Charles H. Miller Award and Étudiant 2 Student
• Road Safety and the Lifeworld: Unintended Consequences of Canada’s New Drug-Impaired Driving Legislation
  Valentine
  Étudiant 3 Student

CARSP Conference XXVII - 2017 Toronto

• Safety Evaluation of Signalized Intersections with Automated Vehicles at Various Penetration Levels based on Conflict Analysis of Simulated Traffic
  Maria Espinosa
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Drivers Stopping Behaviour at Non-Warranted Stop Signs: A Feasibility Study
  Gabriel Suskin, Neville Suskin
  Student Paper Competition - Honourable Mention
• The Future of Traffic Monitoring –A New Perspective Using Drones
  Caitlin Sowers
  Étudiant 2 Student
• A Novel Framework to Evaluate Yielding Behavior and Crossing Decisions at Non-signalized Locations using Video-based Trajectory Data
  Ting Fu, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Nicolas Saunier
  Étudiant 3 Student

CARSP Conference XXVI - 2016 Halifax

• Rural and urban motor vehicle collisions: is there a fatal divide?
  James Roos
  Student Paper Competition - Honourable Mention
• Social Norms and Teenage Driver Distraction
  Maryam Merrikhpour, Birsen Donmez
  Student Paper Competition Winner - Honourable Mention
• A New Approach to Evaluating Roundabout Safety Using Conflicting Volumes and Delay
  Taha Saleem, Robert Henderson, Bhagwant Persaud
  Étudiant 2 Student
• Automatic Traffic Data Collection under Varying Lighting and Temperature Conditions in Multimodal Environments: Thermal vs Visible Spectrum Video-based Systems
  Étudiant 3 Student
• Comparing Crash Prediction Techniques for Ranking of Sites in a Network Screening Process
  Lalita Thakali, Liping Fu, Tao Chen
  Étudiant 1 Student

CARSP Conference XXV - 2015 Ottawa

• Are Intersections With Cycle Tracks Safer? A Control-Case Study Based On Automated Surrogate Safety Analysis Using Video Data
  Sohail Zangenehpour, Jillian Strauss, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Nicolas Saunier
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Identification of crime and collision hotspots for law enforcement: case study for the City of Regina
  Emmanuel Takyi, Peter Park
  Étudiant 3 Student
• Mapping Cyclist Activity and Injury Risk in a Network Combining Smartphone GPS Data and Bicycle Counts
  Jillian Strauss, Ph.D. (Candidate), Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Ph.D., Patrick Morency
  Étudiant 2 Student

CMRSC XXIV - 2014 Vancouver

• Multimodal Injury Risk Analysis of Road Users at Signalized and Non-Signalized Intersections
  Jillian Strauss, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Patrick Morency
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Automated Classification Based on Video Data at Intersections with Heavy Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic: Methodology and Application
  Sohail Zangenehpour, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Nicolas Saunier
  Étudiant 2 Student
• Control Algorithm, Safety and Traffic Impact Analysis of Automated Variable Speed Limit
  Bidoura Khondaker, Lina Kattan
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XXIII - 2013 Montreal

• Development of Crash Modification Factors for Left Side Rumble Strips
  Matthew P. Mulkern, Eric D. Hildebrand
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Bayesian Modeling Approach for Cyclist Injury Risk: Comparison of Signalized and Non-Signalized Intersections
  Jillian Strauss, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Patrick Morency
  Étudiant 2 Student
• (Français) Entraînement sur simulateur chez une personne ayant subi un traumatisme crânien sévère et transfert des apprentissages sur la route
  Martin Lavallière
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XXII - 2012 Banff

• Effect of Intersection Designs on Cyclist Injury Risk
  Jillian Strauss, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Applicability of Shared Spaces Concepts to Canadian Communities
  Jeremy Adamson
  Étudiant 2 Student
• Evaluation of Diagnosis Tools for Safety Improvement Projects
  Rajib K. Sahaji, Peter Y. Park, George Eguakun, Angela Gardiner
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XXI - 2011 Halifax

• Analysis of Driver Behaviour and Collision Risks for Protected Freeway Entrance and Exit Ramps: Trajectories and Surrogate Safety Measures
  Paul St-Aubin, Luis Miranda-Moreno, Nicolas Saunier
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Evaluation of Peripheral and Transverse Pavement Markings for Speed Reduction
  Javier Zamora, Eric Hildebrand, Peter Allaby, Jonathan Lewis, Darren Charters
  Étudiant 2 Student
• The Effects of Music Tempo on Driver Risk Taking
  Ashley Hall, David L. Wiesenthal
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XX - 2010 Niagara

• Automated safety analysis video sensors: technology and case studies
  Karim Ismail
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Drivers' Reactions to Motorcyclists on the Roadway
  Amanda Ohlhauser
  Étudiant 2 Student
• A Pilot Study on Child Pedestrian and Cyclist Motor Vehicle Collisions
  Vu (Brian) Le
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XIX - 2009 Saskatoon

• Attributional Theory: A new source for driver safety initiatives
  Christine M. Wickens
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Spatial-temporal transferability of macro-level collision prediction models
  Bidoura Khondaker
  Étudiant 2 Student
• Road design or near-road features which increase the probability of wildlife collisions: the analysis of observations made during the 2009 Saskatchewan black spot screening project
  Elena Zabolotny
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XVIII - 2008 Whistler

• Is a hands-free phone safer than a handheld phone?
  Yoko Ishigami, Raymond M. Klein
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Use of Driver Manuals to Communicate the Risk of Wildlife Hazards to New Drivers in Western Canada
  Leonard E. Sielecki
  Étudiant 2 Student
• Unintentional Cycling Injuries in Manitoba: Primary Prevention
  Michelle Nostedt
  Étudiant 3 Student

CMRSC XVII - 2007 Montreal

• Wheelchair accessibility: Descriptive study of intersections in an urban area
  Sean Bennett, R. Lee Kirby, Blair MacDonald
  Étudiant 1 Student

AGM - 2000 Blainville

• Lower Universal Anchorages and Occupant Safety In Rear Impacts
  Simone Lalande
  Étudiant 1 Student
• Accident Prediction Models With and Without Trend: Application of the Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) Procedure
  Dominique Lord
  Étudiant 1 Student

CMRSC XI - 1999 Halifax

• Child Pedestrian Injuries on One-Way versus Two-Way Streets
  Wazana A, Torrance VL, Raina P, Krueger P, Chambers LW
  Étudiant 1 Student

CMRSC X - 1997 Toronto

• Human Factors in Motor Vehicle Collision Investigations
  Étudiant 1 Student