NITES Facility Manager / Scientific Officer

Room B10, Accident Research Unit,

School of Psychology

University Park,

University of Nottingham

Nottingham, UK

NG7 2RD

panagiotis.konstantopoulos_@_nottingham.ac.uk (remove underscores)

Career - Research Interests

I obtained a BSc (Hons) in Psychology in 2002, an MSc in Ergonomics in 2003 and a PhD in Psychology in 2009. During my PhD I investigated how visual attention can be affected by top-down and bottom-up factors. In particular I examined how drivers’ visual attention functions as a factor of driving experience and different driving conditions.

Drivers’ eye movements have been recorded in many experiments as an indication of the behavioural aspect of visual attention. Car simulators have been used extensively in order to produce various experimental scenarios.

After my PhD I was awarded a fellowship from EPSRC in order to exchange knowledge with other research groups in the world. During my PhD and fellowship I created active collaborations with research centres from Europe (VTI-Sweden, INRETS-France, HIT-Greece), USA (NADS-IOWA) and Australia (Monash-Melbourne). 

Currently I am working as Facility Manager / Scientific Office at Accident Research Unit, University of Nottingham. I am  responsible for the development of the new Nottingham Integrated Transport and Environment Simulator facility (NITES). I cooperate with contractors, suppliers, finance department, estates, etc. Also I promote the facility nationally and internationally. Finally I am  involved with writing of research proposals and scientific articles.

Education

BSc Psychology, Aberdeen University

MSc Ergonomics, Loughborough University

PhD Psychology, University of Nottingham

Publications

    Konstantopoulos, P., Crundall, D., & Chapman, P. (2010). Driver’s visual attention  as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving  simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Special Issue, 42 (3).

    Konstantopoulos, P., & Crundall, D. (2008).   The Driver Prioritisation Questionnaire: Exploring drivers’ self report visual priorities in a range of  driving scenarios. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40 (6), 1925 – 1936.

Research Visits

Feb 2010, French National Institute for TRansport Research (INRETS),   Lyon, France

November 2009, National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS),           Iowa, USA

October 2009, Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), Melbourne, Australia

October 2008, Swedish National Transport Research Institute (VTI),
Linkoping, Sweden

September 2008, Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT),
Thessaloniki, Greece