Dr. Richard Hanowski

Sr. Research Scientist

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

  • Founder & CEO of Motorcycle Safety Solutions, LLC 
  • Co-Chair, International Road Federation’s Powered Two-Wheeler Safety Task Force 
  • Senior Research Scientist at Virginia Tech 
  • Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Division Director- Freight, Transit, & Heavy Vehicle Safety 
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2024-2025 

Working in road safety research since 1991, Dr. Hanowski is a senior thought leader in the transportation safety domain. While at Virginia Tech, Dr. Hanowski has served as PI or Co-PI on over $100 million USD in research funding and has over 300 scientific publications.  

He is passionate about reducing the global burden of road deaths and injuries, much of which involve motorcycle crashes in developing countries. Working to address this issue, Dr. Hanowski is developing motorcycle safety technology aimed at low-capacity bikes and tailored for company/delivery fleets.  

Dr. Hanowski received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2000 from Virginia Tech.