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Studying how injuries occur and how to prevent them using crash test dummies and post-mortem human subjects.
23 posts
2025-09
At the IRCOBI conference this month my colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paperon the development of a parametric finite-element model of a generic…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Parametric finite-element human body models+3
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
2022-09
At the annual IRCOBI conference in Porto, I presented two short communications based on our work in the Biosciences group. Using data from two…
2021-06
My colleagues Kyle Boyle, Nikki Orton, and Jingwen Hu recently published a paper describing new research aimed at improving crash protection for…
Military vehicles Occupant protection Impact and sled testing+1
2021-01
Our human modeling team, led by Dr. Jingwen Hu, published another paper documenting our application of parametric human body modeling to improving…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2020-06
Our group has had a number of recent publications that I think are worth highlighting. Jones, M.L.H., Ebert, S.M., Manary, M.A., Reed, M.P., and…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+4
2019-11
I was pleased to have the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the NFL's Helmet Challenge Symposium this month. The goal of the Helmet Challenge is…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Laboratory Biomechanics Injury Biomechanics+1
2019-09
I attended the IRCOBI Conference in Florence this month. My colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paper describing recent simulation studies he conducted…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2019-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu and I attended the 2019 ESV Conference in Eindhoven this month. Compared with the last ESV conference in 2017, this…
2019-01
We have many activities underway related to increasingly automated vehicles. Here's an overview of some of the projects. Occupant Postures, Seating…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Seating+9
2018-04
Our group was well represented at the SAE International World Congress this year. Pleasecontact me if you'd like copies of any of these papers. Reed…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Hand tools and protection+10
2018-03
My colleagues and I have recently published a number of new journal articles on a range of topics. The influence of pre-existing rib fractures on…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+5
2017-06
Several faculty from the Biosciences Group participated in the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) conference in Detroit this month. Hu, J., Klinich…
Occupant protection Parametric finite-element human body models Impact and sled testing+2
2017-06
A new paper on our work modeling child body shape has appeared in Traffic Injury Prevention. My colleague Dr. Daniel Park led the development of the…
2017-01
My colleagues Dr. Lauren Zaseck and Dr, Jingwen Hu have led thepublication of recent work aimed at improving crash protection for soldiers. Vehicle…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Military vehicles+2
2016-11
In early October an had the opportunity to visit Chalmers University and SAFER in Gothenburg, Sweden to participate in a dissertation defense. While…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Parametric finite-element human body models+1
2016-11
Dr. Eunjoo Hwang, who recently completed a post-doc fellowship in our group at UMTRI, presented a paper at the Stapp Car Crash Conference this month.…
Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models Volunteer testing+1
2016-09
My colleagues Kathy Klinich and Lauren Zaseck and I participated this month in the annual conference of the International Research Council on the…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+3
2016-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu led a case-study presentation at the annual review meeting of the Automotive Research Center, an Army funded center of…
Occupant protection Military vehicles Impact and sled testing+1
2016-04
The Biosciences Group had a big presence at the SAE Congress in Detroit this month. We presented research on a broad range of topics from seat shape…
Occupant protection Heavy trucks and buses Military vehicles+9
2016-01
My colleagues in the Biosciences Group and I are heavily involved with other researchers across the country in a program to develop a new…
ATD design and evaluation Impact and sled testing Army and ground forces
2015-11
My colleagues and I attended the Stapp Car Crash Conference in New Orleans this month. During the sessions, we received an award for the best paper at…
Injury risk and tolerance Impact and sled testing Female occupants
2014-05
The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan held its Annual Review this month, celebrating 20 years of research in modeling and…
Occupant protection Military vehicles Strength and capability measurement+2
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