Mr. Jason Jupe holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Human Factors in Automotive Design and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis on Human Factors Engineering.  Mr. Jupe is a licensed professional engineer and an accredited traffic accident reconstructionist by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionist (ACTAR).

Mr. Jupe’s professional practice focus is in the areas of accident reconstruction, human factors, transportation safety, ergonomics, premises liability, lighting, and mechanical engineering. In addition, he has extensive education, training, and experience in vehicular accident reconstruction, vehicle design and performance, vision and perception, cognitive engineering, and failure analysis.

He has performed accident reconstruction and engineering analyses on hundreds of cases involving human-factors-related issues, commercial tractor/trailers, passenger vehicles, pedestrian accidents, bicycle and motorcycle collisions, and rollovers and has testified as an expert witness at deposition, mediation, and trial settings.

• Industrial Engineering, Human Factors, M.S.: Texas Tech University

• Mechanical Engineering, B.S.: Kettering University

• Licensed Professional Engineer: Texas and Louisiana

• Accredited Accident Reconstructionist: Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists (Certification #1673)

• Crash Data Retrieval Certified Analyst

• Crash Data Retrieval Technician

• Leonard, M., Grimes, W., Garcia, M. & Jupe, J. (2024). “Combination Vehicle Sway-Mode Stability Test Data Compared to Simulations.” 2024 HVE Forum. Paper No. HVE-WP-2024-3.

• Oliver, M. Weaver, B. W., DeLucia, P. R., Qian, H., Jupe, J., & Yang. R. (2022). “Do Drivers Respond to Lead Vehicles Gradually or Suddenly?” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66, pp. 933-937.

• Weaver, B. W., DeLucia, P. R., & Jupe, J. (2021). “Factors that affect drivers’ perception of closing and an immediate hazard. Human Factors.” Human Factors, Volume 65, Issue 1.

• Weaver, B. W., DeLucia, P. R., & Jupe, J. (2019). “Effects of cell phone conversation and roadway complexity on the perception of an immediate hazard while driving” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 63(1), pp. 2098.

• Weaver, B. W., DeLucia, P. R., & Jupe, J. (2019). “Effects of cell phone conversation on the first driver response to a stopped lead vehicle.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 63(1), pp. 2031 – 2034.

• Jupe, J. “Excessive Speed vs. Right of Way, drivers’ perceptual limitations to judge oncoming traffic.” Houston Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 2016 Symposium.

• Levulis, S. J., DeLucia, P. R., & Jupe, J. (2015). “Effects of oncoming vehicle size on overtaking judgments.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 82, 163-170.

• Przybyla J., Jupe J., Rush, T., Keller, R. “Glass Debris Field Longevity for Rollover Accident Reconstruction.” P SAE Technical Paper 2015–01–1427, 2015.

• Przybyla J., Taylor J., Jupe J., Zhou X. “Estimating Risk Effects of Driving Distraction: A Dynamic Errorable Car-Following Model.” Transportation Research Part C; Volume 50, January 2015, Pages 117-129.

• Levulis, S. J., DeLucia, P. R., & Jupe, J. D. (2014). “The effects of oncoming vehicle size on overtaking judgments.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 58, 2234.

• Jupe, J., Sax, C., Gonzalez, D. “The right-turning motorist: An analysis of acceleration profiles and gap acceptance.” 2014 Southwest Regional Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Symposium. Houston, 2014. (awarded best professional presentation).

• Przybyla J., Taylor J., Jupe J., Zhou X. “Simplified Data-Driving, Errorable Car-Following Model to Predict the Safety Effects of Distracted Driving.” 15th IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), 2012. (awarded best conference paper).

• “Commercial Vehicle Dynamics for Collision Reconstruction” Collision Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2, Fall 2009.

• “Vehicular and Driver Factors in Commercial Vehicle Safety” Proceedings of the First International Road Safety Conference, Republic of South Africa Traffic Management Corporation, 2009.

• “Commercial Vehicle Dynamics for Collision Reconstruction” Proceedings of the Republic of South Africa Road Traffic Management Agency, 2nd Annual Crash Conference, 2008.

• “The Development of a Motor Vehicle Data Acquisition System to Measure Vehicle Accelerations.” Kettering University Undergraduate Thesis, 2000.