📚 PhD Thesis: Understanding and Improving User Comfort in Automated Driving. Supervisors: Prof Natasha Merat, Prof Marjan Hagenzieker, and Dr Chongfeng Wei.
📘 Peng, C., Wei, C., Solernou, A., Hagenzieker, M., & Merat, N. (2024). User comfort and naturalness of automated driving: The effect of vehicle kinematics and proxemics on subjective response. Applied Ergonomics. Link
📘 Peng, C., Horn, S., Madigan, R., Marberger, C., Lee, J., Krems, J., Beggiato, M., Romano, R., Wei, C., Wooldridge, E., Hagenzieker, M., & Merat, N. (2024). Conceptualising user comfort in automated driving: Findings from an expert group workshop. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.Link
📘 Peng, C., Merat, N., Romano, R., Hajiseyedjavadi, F., Paschalidis, E., Wei, C., Radhakrishnan, V., Solernou, A., Forster, D., & Boer, E. (2022). Drivers’ Evaluation of Different Automated Driving Styles: Is It both Comfortable and Natural? Human Factors.Link
📘 Peng, C., Öztürk, İ., Nordhoff, S., Madigan, R., Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S., Hagenzieker, M., & Merat, N. Passenger comfort in automated vehicles on roads: Insights from younger and older adults. Under Review.
📘 Peng, C., Carlowitz, S., Madigan, R., Schulz, M., Osswalt, S., Schultz, A., & Merat, N., Optimal Lateral Acceleration for Different Levels of Automated Driving: A Test Track Study of Passenger Evaluation for Curve Negotiation. Under review.
👩🏫 Peng, C., Bazilinskyy, P., Yu, Y., and Merat, N. (2025). Measuring Passengers’ Comfort and Perceived Safety in Automated Driving: Good Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities. In 17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI Adjunct ’25), September 21–25, 2025, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Link
👩🏫 Peng, C., Öztürk, İ., Nordhoff, S., Madigan, R., Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S., Hagenzieker, M., & Merat, N (2025). Older passengers’ expectations about highly automated driving: Implications for inclusive designs. In 17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI Adjunct ’25), September 21–25, 2025, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Link
👩🏫 Peng, C., Öztürk, İ., Nordhoff, S., Madigan, R., Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S., Hagenzieker, M., & Merat, N. (2023). Exploring user comfort in automated driving: A qualitative study with younger and older users using the Wizard-Of-Oz method. 15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’23 Adjunct), Ingolstadt, Germany. Link
👩🏫 Peng, C., Hajiseyedjavadi, F., & Merat, N. (2022). A comparison of two methodologies for subjective evaluation of comfort in automated vehicles. The 12th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioural Research and 6th Seminar on Behavioural Methods, May, 192–199. Link
