Research Interests

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Hardt, M. and Nettleton, D. (2025) A hierarchical approach to modeling golf hole scores with Hardy distributions. JQAS, 21(2), 91-115. DOI: 10.1515/jqas-2024-0036.

Butler, S., Hamanaka, M., and Hardt, M. (2019). Graphs with at most two trees in a forest-building process. Involve, 12(4), 659-670. DOI: 10.2140/involve.2019.12.659.

Submitted Manuscripts

Basulto-Elias, G., Hallmark, S., Hardt, M., Chang, J.H., Dawson, J., Sharma, A., and Rizzo, M. Cognitive status and speed control in older drivers. Submitted to the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Manuscripts Under Preparation

Hardt, M., Basulto-Elias, G., Hofmann, H., Hallmark, S., Sharma, A., Dawson, J., Rizzo, M., and Chang, J.H. Turns and downturns in aging drivers.

Technical Report

Basulto-Elias, G., Knickerbocker, S., and Hardt, M. (2025). Development of an analytical tool for work zone performance. Available here.

Software

Hardt, M., Hofmann, H., and Basulto-Elias, G. (2025) DrivePlotR: linked plot maps for multivariate high resolution spatio-temporal data. R package available on GitHub.

Basulto-Elias, G. and Hardt, M. (2025). Work Zone Performance Metrics Analysis Tool (WZPERFOMAT). R Shiny app available here.

Wood, J., Basulto-Elias, G., Hardt, M. (2025) flexCountReg: estimation of a variety of count regression models. R package available on GitHub.

Conference Presentations

Hardt, M., Hofmann, H., and Basulto-Elias, G. (2026) DrivePlotR: linked plot maps for multivariate high resolution spatio-temporal data. Poster presentation at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 13.

Hardt, M. and Nettleton, D. (2024). A hierarchical approach to modeling golf hole scores with Hardy distributions. Virtual poster presentation at the Midwest Sports Analytics Meeting, hosted by Central College, Pella, IA, November 23.

Hardt, M. and Nettleton, D. (2022). New approaches to modeling golf hole scores with Hardy distributions. Poster presentation at the Iowa State University Department of Statistics 75th Anniversary Celebration Conference, Ames, IA, September 30.