Predicting Crash Injury Patterns and Severity

November 20, 2012
4:00 PM
November 20, 2012
4:00 PM
Ziffren Auditorium, 1500 John W. Collton Pavilion

Robert Kaufman, BS, of the University of Washington's department of surgery and Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) delivered a lecture titled, "Predicting Crash Injury Patterns and Severity," on Tuesday, November 20 at 4 p.m. in the Ziffren Auditorium located at 1500 John W. Colloton Pavilion.

This lecture discussed current research into the kinds of injuries that typically result from front and side impact car crashes, and rollover collisions. Robert Kaufmam demonstrated how understanding vehicle damage patterns can predict injury severity.

Kaufman is a crash reconstructionist and senior research scientist engineer at the University of Washington. For over two decades he has conducted federal motor vehicle crash safety research studies documenting crash injury mechanisms and assessing restraint technologies. Since 1998 he has been a project coordinator at HIPRC, conducting injury biomechanics research for the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN), and generating numerous publications with the research findings. 

This event was sponsored by the UI Carver College Medicine Department of Surgery, the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Injury Prevention Research Center, and the Public Policy Center. 

 

 

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