Research

External Funding

  • Agency: EPSCoR Research Fellowship (Track 4) 2024 – National Science Foundation
  • Proposal: Modeling Human Preparation and Anticipation Processes
  • Role: Principal Investigator
  • Amount: $164,597 (ID: 2429405)
  • Status: Awarded.
  • Agency: Strengthening American Infrastructure – National Science Foundation
  • Proposal: Collaborative Research: SAI: Human-Centered Design and Enhancement of Next Generation Transportation Infrastructure
  • Role: Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  • Amount: $150,000
  • Status: Declined.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Lai, J., Yang, F., Li, H., Zhang, J., Feng, Y., Han, T., Chen, Y. (2026). Advancing Traffic Safety Analysis: A Novel Lightweight Rule-Based and Part-of-Speech Tagging-Based Approach for Information Extraction from Crash Reports. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 40(1). DOI: 10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-6634.
  • Tian, C., Zhang, C., Han, T., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., & Feng, Y. (2025). Evaluating the impacts of in-vehicle warnings at roundabouts with drivers’ performance and eye movement data. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 115, 103348. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2025.103348.
  • Zhang, C., Tian, C., Han, T., Li, H., Feng, Y., Chen, Y., … & Zhang, J. (2025). Evaluation of an Infrastructure-Based Warning System: A Case Study on Roundabout Driving Behaviors. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(3), 6056-6069. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3548508.
  • Feng, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Tian, C., Ren, R., Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2024). Human-centered Design of Next Generation Transportation Infrastructure With Connected and Automated Vehicles: a System-of-Systems perspective. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 25(3), 287-315. DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2023.2182003.
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2023). Testing the saliency-based account of phasic alertness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-9. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02292-4.
  • Ren, R., Li, H., Han, T., Tian, C., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Proctor, R. W., Chen, Y., & Feng, Y. (2023). Vehicle crash simulations for safety: Introduction of connected and automated vehicles on the roadways. Accident; analysis and prevention, 186, 107021. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107021.
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2023). Effects of a neutral warning signal under increased temporal uncertainty. Memory & Cognition, 1-12. DOI: 10.3758/s13421-023-01404-8.
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2022). Effects of a neutral warning signal on spatial two-choice reactions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(4), 754-764. DOI: 10.1177/17470218211037604.
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2022). Revisiting variable-foreperiod effects: evaluating the repetition priming account. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 84(4), 1193-1207. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-022-02476-5.
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2022). Change of Variable-Foreperiod Effects within an Experiment: A Bayesian Modeling Approach. Journal of Cognition, 5(1), 40. DOI: 10.5334/joc.235.

Manuscript Submitted for Publication

  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. Same-Different Matching with Stroop Stimuli
  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. Specific or Nonspecific: The Relation Between Temporal Preparation and Stimulus-Response Event Sequence
  • Han, T., & LaCroix, A. N. Testing the effect of stimulus onset asynchrony on auditory attention using the Attention Network Test
  • Tian, C., Zhang, C., Han, T., Feng, Y., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. Using Physiological Data to Understand Drivers’ Performance and Workload under Warning Uncertainties: A Driving Simulation Study at Roundabouts
  • Zhang, C., Tian, C., Han, T., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., & Feng, Y. Examining Driving Behaviors and Trust in an In-Vehicle Warning System Under Uncertainty: A Driving Simulator Study
  • Rawson, J. J., Habib, K., Aryal, A., Han, T., Ferenchak, N. N., Losada-Rojas, L. L. Keeping Your Head on A Swivel: Understanding Cyclist Workload at Intersections.

Work in Progress

  • Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. Let the Head Meet the Tail: Bridging the Gap Between Phasic Alertness and Temporal Preparation
  • Han, T., & McDunn, B. Whether Eye Gaze Causes Special Spatial Interference Depends on the Visual Context
  • Han, T. Alertness enhances global processing in both spatial and non-spatial information processing
  • Han. T. Sequential modulations in the Attention Network Test: an alternative explanation for the alertness-congruency interaction.

Research Experience Prior to Ph.D. Graduation

NSF SAI Project: Human-Centered Design and Enhancement of Next Generation Transportation Infrastructure with Connected and Automated Vehicles (Award #: 2121967)

  • PI: Dr. Robert W. Proctor (Department of Psychological Sciences)
  • Co-PI: Dr. Jiansong Zhang (School of Construction Management Technology)
  • Co-PI: Dr. Yiheng Feng (Lyles School of Civil Engineering)
  • Co-PI: Dr. Yunfeng Chen (Purdue Polytechnic Institute)
  • Semester(s): Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Participation in Grant Application: Human-Centered Design and Enhancement of Next Generation Transportation Infrastructure with Connected and Automated Vehicles (NSF proposal)

  • PI: Dr. Robert W. Proctor (Department of Psychological Sciences)
  • PI: Dr. Byung-Cheol Min (Department of Computer and Information Technology)
  • Semester(s): Fall 2020, Spring 2021

Programming Skills

E-Prime, R, LaTeX, C