Peter Sweatman

Dr. Peter Sweatman is Enterprise Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has over 50 years' experience in transportation research and innovation, and the application of R&D. That experience encompasses vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure and impinges on technology, policy, and strategic planning. Peter is also the former director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) (2004 - 2015), and the founder and former...See more

Dr. Peter Sweatman is Enterprise Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has over 50 years' experience in transportation research and innovation, and the application of R&D. That experience encompasses vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure and impinges on technology, policy, and strategic planning. Peter is also the former director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) (2004 - 2015), and the founder and former director of Mcity (2013 - 2016). In Australia, Dr. Sweatman founded Roaduser Systems Pty Ltd, a successful freight vehicle technology business implementing research for the benefit of both the private and public sectors, including resource production, manufacturing industry, road freight transport, vehicle manufacture, highway infrastructure and maintenance and road transport policy development. See less