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PRESS RELEASE
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Oskaloosa, IA -- PRAISING IOWA OFFICIALS FOR THEIR "YEARS OF TIRELESS
EFFORTS," SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE HARD WORK PAID
OFF AND THE $32 MILLION, STATE-OF-THE-ART NATIONAL ADVANCED DRIVING
SIMULATOR (NADS) WILL BE LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

     At Grassley's request, General Jerry Curry, Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), will ravel to Iowa
Monday, January 20, to brief university officials, the Iowa Congressional
Delegation, and members of the media on the project.

      As the nation's premier driving simulator, the project will use a
combination of computers, machines, and projectors to five the impression of
various road conditions.  As the national testing site, the University
of Iowa will be key to answering questions about highway safety, including
how road and vehicle designs, as well as human factors, contribute to
accidents.

     According to Grassley, the approval process was an exhaustive one.

     After NHTSA completed a feasibility study and analysis for such a
resource within the transportation community, NHTSA then joined the
National Science Foundation (NSF) in launching a competition for possible
host sites.

     The University of Iowa competed against several other major
transportation research universities throughout the country for the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT) project. From a pool of six finalists,
NSF recommended the University of Iowa.

     Grassley said, "great credit goes to the University of Iowa for the
strong commitment it has shown to seeing the project through to the end."

     "The candidates had to demonstrate strong engineering and scientific
resources and solid organization, and produce thoughtful, long-term plans
to maintain the facility on the leading edge of technology," Grassley said.
"The University of Iowa did just that. They were the best and they deserve
to be the site of this exciting and important center."

     Members of the press are invited to attend Monday's briefing with
university officials, Grassley, and Curry. A formal announcement of the
project begins at 10 a.m. at the site of the Iowa Driving Simulator,
Engineering Research Facility, at the corner of Court and Madison Streets
in Iowa City, Room 170.

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The Iowa Driving Simulator is a component of the Center for Computer-Aided
Design, a research facility housed with in the College of Engineering at
the University of Iowa.  The Director of the Center is Carver Distinguished
Professor Edward Haug.  Professor James Stoner is Associate Director of the
Center for the Iowa Driving Simulator.
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Timothy VanFosson                             E-mail   : timv@ccad.uiowa.edu
Senior Systems Analyst                        US Mail  : CAD-Research
University of Iowa                                       228 ERF
Phone: (319) 335-5728   FAX: (319) 335-6061              Iowa City, Iowa 52242