Professor Robert W. Heath Jr. is the director of UT SAVES (Situation-Aware Vehicular Engineering Systems), which combines expertise in wireless communications, signal processing, and transportation research. UT SAVES collaborates with automotive companies like Honda R&D Americas on projects involving sensing, communication, and analytics for applications such as automated driving. Membership provides access to UT SAVES research and facilities, including graduate research assistants and experimental capabilities in areas like millimeter wave communication and sensor fusion. Current research projects focus on cooperative sensing, vehicle-to-everything communication, and applying 5G cellular networks to driving assistance technologies.