SAFE Laboratories: Safety Analysis & Forensic Engineering

“Heavy Truck Rollover Testing Methods,” ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2012-88364, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas.

“Attenuating Head Impact with Vehicular (Including Heavy Truck) Interiors,” ESAR, International Conference, Expert Symposium on Accident Research, September 7-8, 2012, Hannover, Germany.

“Heavy Truck Rollover Crashworthiness Utilizing Sled Impact Testing,” ESAR, International Conference, Expert Symposium on Accident Research, September 7-8, 2012, Hannover, Germany.

“Designing For Rollover Impacts with Narrow Objects,” ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2011-64419, November 11-17, 2011 Denver, Colorado, USA.

“High Speed Rotational Testing of Laminated Side Glazing for Occupant Containment,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2010-38284, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

“Forensic Analysis of Belt use Evidence in Rollover Crashes: A Methodology,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2010-37925, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

“Evaluation of Occupant Excursion and Restraint in Rollover,” 4th International Conference ESAR, September 16-18, 2010, Hannover, Germany.

“Containment Potential of Laminated Glazing in High Speed Rollover Testing,” C33, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting 2010, February 22-27, 2010, Seattle, Washington, USA.

“Occupant Excursion and Restraint System Performance in Rollover Testing,” C31, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting 2010, February 22-27, 2010, Seattle, Washington, USA.

“Pendulum Animal Impact Testing,” ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2009 November 13-19, Lake Buena Vista, Florida USAIMECE2009-13057

“Rear Impact Test Methodologies: Quasistatic and Dynamic,”
ESV 09-0533, 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, June 15-18, 2009, Stuttgart, Germany.

“Webbing Sensitivity as a Means for Limiting Occupant Excursion in Rollovers,” ESV 09-0501, 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, June 15-18, 2009, Stuttgart, Germany.

“The Effect of Vertical and Multiplanar Accelerations on Differing Production Seat Belt Sensor Designs,” IMEC2008-68931, Proceedings of IMECE2008, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, October 31-November 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

“Quasi-Static and Dynamic Testing as a Basis for Determining Seat Back Strength,” IMECE2008-66222, Proceedings of IMECE2008, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, October 31-November 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

“Rollover Roof Strength Improvements Using Epoxy Reinforcement,” ICRASH Conference, July 22-25, 2008, Kyoto, Japan.

“Parametric Analysis of Rollover Occupant Protection Using a Deformable Occupant Compartment Testing Device,” ESV 07-0378-W, 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, June 18-21, 2007, Lyon, France.

“Head and Neck Injury Potential in Inverted Impact Tests,”ESV 07-0371-W, 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, June 18-21, 2007, Lyon, France.

“Inverted Drop Testing as a Mechanism to Evaluate Rollover Occupant Injury Potential,” presented at Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium & International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 13-15 April 2007, Denver, Colorado.

“Assessing Rollover Protection through the Deformable Occupant Compartment Impact Tester (DOCIT),” IMECE2006-16076, Proceedings of IMECE2006, 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

“Restraint System Performance and Injury Potential to Belted Occupants in Automobile Rollover Crashes,” IMECE2006-16068, Proceedings of IMECE2006, 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

"Comments to DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22904: Additional Information Regarding Previous Petition for Review of 1999-2001 Ford Explorer Compliance with FMVSS 216 Submitted to the NHTSA in September 2005," January 2006.

"Comments to DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22904: PowerPoint Presentation of Petition for Review of Ford Explorer Compliance with FMVSS 216," January 2006.

“Investigation of Injury Potential Through Matched Pair Drop Testing.” Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium & International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium, Terre Haute, Indiana, April 7-9 2006.

“90-day follow-up for previously submitted petition for review of Ford Explorer Compliance with FMVSS 216 – Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22904,” April 11, 2006.

“Additional Comments to DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22143 (FMVSS 216: Roof Crush Resistance) - Potential Roof Rack Issue,” April 12, 2006.

"Comments to DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22143 (FMVSS 216: Roof Crush Resistance (NPRM))," November 20, 2005.

"Comments to DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22143 (FMVSS 216: Roof Crush Resistance (NPRM))," November 21, 2005.

"The Influence of Roof Crush on Glazing Retention and Occupant Containment in Rollovers," 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 22-26, 2005, Vail, CO.

"The Effect of Roof Strength on Reducing Occupant Injury in Rollovers," 2005 ISA Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Cooper Mountain, Colorado, April 8 -10, 2005.

"Biomechanical Analysis of Occupant Kinematics in Rollover Motor Vehicle Accidents - Dynamic Spit Test," 2005 ISA Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Cooper Mountain, Colorado, April 8 -10, 2005.

“Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Seatbelt Retractor Locking Devices,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Anaheim, California, November 13-19, 2004.

“Epoxy Reinforcing for Rollover Safety,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Anaheim, California, November 13-19, 2004.

“Roof Crush Mitigation Techniques to Enhance Occupant Protection,” International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering 2004, Bangkok, Thailand, November 16-18, 2004.

"Testing and Injury Potential Analysis of Rollovers with Narrow Object Impacts," 41st Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 40, ISA Volume 449, Fort Collins, Colorado, April 2004.

“Acceleration Amplification in Safety Belt Buckle Systems,” 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Washington, D.C., November 16 – 21, 2003, IMECE2003-43159.

“Design and Evaluation of a System for Testing and Analysis of Rollovers with Narrow Objects,” 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Washington, D.C., November 16 – 21, 2003, IMECE2003-43104.

“Biomechanical Analysis of Seatbelt Restraint Deformation,” 22nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 26 – 28, 2003.

"Factors in Rollover Neck Injury Potential," American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 25-29, 2003, Key Biscayne, FL.

"Evaluating ‘Real World’ Roof Strength Through Inverted Drop Testing," American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 25-29, 2003, Key Biscayne, FL.

“Biomechanical Analysis of Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Restraint Spool Out,” 22nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 26 – 28, 2003.

"Inverted Drop Testing and Neck Injury Potential," 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 39, ISA Volume 437, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 2003.

"Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Restraint System Analysis During Rollover," 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 39, ISA Volume 437, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 2003.

"Biomechanical Analysis of Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Buckles," 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 39, ISA Volume 437, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 2003.

"Comments to 49 CFR Part 571, Docket #1999-5572 Notice 2 on Roof Crush Resistance,” February 25, 2003.

"Analysis of Structural Deformation in Vehicular Drop Studies," International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), IMECE2002-32644, New Orleans, Louisiana 2002.

"Alternative Roof Crush Resistance Testing with Production and Reinforced Roof Structures," SAE 2002-01-2076, International Body Engineering Conference and Exhibition, (IBEC), Paris, July 9-11, 2002.

"Restraints and Occupant Kinematics In Vehicular Rollovers," 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 38, ISA Volume 419, Copper Mountain, Colorado, April 2002.

"Curb Impacts - A Continuing Study in Energy Loss and Occupant Kinematics," SAE 2002-01-0557, 2002 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, 2002.

“Comments to 49 CFR Part 571, Docket No. 1999-5572, Notice 2, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS); Roof Crush Resistance,” December 6, 2001.

"Biomechanical Modeling of Motor Vehicle Collision and Overview of Belt Restraint Analysis,” International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, India, 2001.

“Simulated Tests of Large Animal Impacts," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), IMECE2001/BED-23101, New York, NY, 2001.

“Improving Rollover Crashworthiness Through Inverted Drop Testing," SAE 2001 Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain October 2001.

"Dynamic Analysis of ELR Retractor Spool Out," SAE 2001 Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, October 2001.

"Curb Impacts - A Study in Occupant Kinematics and Energy Loss," APRIL 2001 4h International Conference on Accident Investigation, Reconstruction, Interpretation and the Law, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2001.

“Roof Crush - An Analytical Method of Calculating Equivalent Vehicle Drop Height from Residual Roof Crush," AIRIL 2001 4th International Conference on Accident Investigation, Reconstruction, Interpretation and the Law, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2001.

"Test Methods for Evaluating Seatbelt Retractor Response in Multiplanar Acceleration Environments," Bioengineering Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), BED-Vol. 50, 2001.

"Failure of Seatbelt Retractors with Vertical Acceleration," 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2000.

"The Relationship of Roof Crush and Head Clearance on Neck Injuries in Rollovers," 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2000.

"The Effect of Vertical Acceleration on Emergency Locking Seatbelt Retractors," ASME 2000 International Congress & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, 2000.

"Vehicle Crashworthiness in Vertical Drop Tests," ASME 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, 2000.

"Studies of Vehicular Padding Materials," 44th Annual Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 2000.

"An Analytical Method for Calculating Roof Stiffness Factors From Roof Performance During Dynamic and Quasi-Static Loading Tests," Paper No. 00SAF007, ISATA 2000, Dublin, Ireland, 2000.

"Reinforcing Automotive Roofs with Composite Materials," Paper No. 00SAF008, ISATA 2000, Dublin, Ireland, 2000.

"Vehicular Padding and Head Injury," Seoul, Korea, 2000 FISITA World Automotive Conference; 2000.

"Accident Reconstruction of Rollovers - A Methodology," SAE 2000-01-0853, 2000 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, 2000.

"Three-Point Restraint System Design Considerations for Reducing Vertical Occupant Excursion in Rollover Environments," SAE 2000-01-0605, 2000 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, 2000.

"Modeling of Frontal and Rollover Collisions and Restraint Analysis," 12th International Conference on Mathematical and Computer Modeling and Scientific Computing, Chicago, IL, 1999.

"Biomechanical Analysis of Padding," Advances in Bioengineering, ASME, BED Volume 43, 1999.

"Head Injury Reduction with Roll Bar Padding," IEEE - Biomedical Engineering Society/Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1st Joint Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 1999.

"Fidelity of Anthropometric Test Dummy Necks in Rollover Accidents," Paper No. 98-S9-W-20, Sixteenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), June 1998.

"The Relationship Between Vertical Velocity and Roof Crush in Rollover Crashes," SAE 980211, 1998 SAE International Congress & Exposition, February 23-26, 1998.

"Strength Improvements to Automotive Roof Components," SAE 980209, SAE International Congress & Exposition, 1998.
"Comments to Docket No. 94-97; Notice 2, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS); Roof Crush Resistance," April 28, 1997.

"The Effects of Pretensioning on 3-Point Safety Belts on Occupants in Rollover Crashes," NAFE Conference, 1997.

"Restraint Effectiveness During Rollover Motion,” 1996 International Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact International Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI) September 11 - 13, 1996, Ireland.

"The Ability of 3 Point Safety Belts to Restrain Occupants in Rollover Crashes," Paper No. 96-S5-0-12, Fifteenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), May 1996.