The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 40,000 people died last year in vehicle crashes across the United States, many of those accidents being preventable. To improve roadway safety for motorists everywhere, Kennesaw State University researchers are studying how existing technology can be used to reduce collisions and save lives. 

Billy Kihei, an assistant professor of computer engineering in the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, is leading a National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored research initiative that seeks to improve vehicle safety through cutting-edge sensing and communication technologies. The project focuses on Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology, which allows vehicles to communicate directly with each other, potentially reducing up to 80% of crashes involving non-impaired drivers.