HMI’s R&D Engineer Begins First PhD Study of its Kind in New Zealand HMI is dedicated to staying at the leading edge of technological development in ITS systems. HMI’s Research and Development Facility specialising in ITS, is collaborating with the University of Auckland to conduct research on Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Infrastructure systems, the first ever of its kind in New Zealand. One of the University of Auckland’s Engineering PhD students will be undertaking research at HMI to conduct research in this most advanced frontier of ITS systems.