2016 Poster Presentations

Development of a Göttingen Miniature Pig Finite Element Model for Investigation of Injury Scaling Techniques

Keegan Yates1, Elizabeth Fievisohn1, Warren Hardy1, Costin Untaroiu1

1Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

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Impact response of motorcycle helmets in low-, mid-, and high-income countries

Erin Rodenberger1, Bridget Shaia2, Jeff Crandall1, Kavi Bhalla3

1Center for Applied Biomechanics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 2Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Center, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, 3Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Design and Optimization of a Thoracic Dummy Module for the Response of Multi-directional Impact and Localized Deformation of Ribcage

Peiyu Li12, Chunsheng Ma1, Xiao Luo1, Jinhuan Zhang1

1State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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Constitutive Modeling of Cortical and Trabecular Bone Applied to Compression Loading and Failure of a Lower Cervical Spine Segment Model

Fiona Khor1, Duane Cronin1

1University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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A Statistical Surrogate-Based Bayesian Approach to Calculate Brain Injury Criteria

Sandeep Madireddy1, Kumar Vemaganti2

1Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 2Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Dynamic Contact Modeling of Hip Impacts: Characterization of Viscoelastic and Geometric Properties

Iris C. Levine1, John McPhee2, Andrew C. Laing1

1Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario 2Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

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Development and Validation of a Six-Year-old Pedestrian Finite Element Model

Yunzhu Meng, Costin D. Untaroiu

Center for Injury Biomechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

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The Effect of Overall Head Mass on Concussion Risk in Youth Football Players

David Stark1, Yun Seok Kang1, John Bolte IV1

1 Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The Ohio State University

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Development of Finite Element Human Models to Represent a Diverse Population

Kai Zhang1, 2, Libo Cao1, Eunjoo Hwang2, Yulong Wang1, 2, and Jingwen Hu2

1 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China, 2 University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Characterization of Head Kinematics in a Rodent Closed Head Injury Model

Alex Reiff 1, Soroush Assari 1, Melanie Elliot 2, Kurosh Darvish 1

1Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, 2Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University

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Mesh morphing for the mid-size male GHBMC pedestrian model to represent obese subjects

Jisi Tang1,2, Qing Zhou1, Katelyn F. Klein2, Byoung-Keon Park2, Jingwen Hu2

1Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China , 2University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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The Efficacy of a Motocross Neck Brace in Reducing Injury

Deepak Sathyanarayan1, Roger Nightingale2, Colin Ballantyne3, Matthew B. Panzer1

1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 3Alpinestars Europe, Inc., Asolo Italy

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Using explicit Finite Element Models for Designing a Dynamic Cadaveric Sideways Fall Experiment

Ingmar Fleps1, Jonah Killam2, Peter A. Cripton2, Stephen J. Ferguson1, Benedikt Helgason1

1Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; 2Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Group, Depts of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Computational Analysis of the Interaction of Hybrid III 6-Year-Old ATD and Roof Rail Mounted Side Curtain Airbag in the Second Row Rear Outboard Seating Positions

Todd Hullfish, BSME1,2, Aditya Belwadi, Ph.D2

1Drexel University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, 2The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Injury Research and Prevention

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2016 Oral Presentations

            

The Effect Of Occupant Posture On The Risk Of Fracture In The Human Tibia Under Dynamic Impact Loading

Avery Chakravarty1, Alberto Martinez1, Cheryl E. Quenneville1, 2

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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A Finite Element Model of a Dummy Lower Extremity for Investigating the Injury Risk of Vehicle Occupants during Underbody Explosion Events

Wade Baker, Costin D. Untaroiu

Virginia Tech

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The Effect of Impulse on the Axial Fracture Tolerance of the Isolated Tibia During Automotive and Military Impacts

Alberto Martinez1, Avery Chakravarty1, Cheryl E. Quenneville1,2

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 2School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

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Influence of Clavicle Movement and Chest Clip Position on Thorax Displacement in Young Children

Saskia D. Richter1, Karolina Ostapkiewicz1, John Borstad2, John Bolte IV1, Laura C. Boucher1

1Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The Ohio State University, 2Division of Physical Therapy, The Ohio State University

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Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football Practice Drills
Mireille Kelley1, Joeline Kane2, Mark Espeland3, Logan Miller1, Joel Stitzel1, Jillian Urban1

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 2Wake Forest University, 3Wake Forest University, Department of Health Sciences

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Prediction of the Structural Response of the Femoral Shaft under Dynamic Bending Loading using Geometric Subject-Specific Finite Element Models

Gwansik Park, Taewung Kim, Jason Forman, Matthew B. Panzer, Jeff R. Crandall

Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia

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Occupant-Restraint-Vehicle Interaction in Side Impact Evaluated Using a Human Body Model

Donata Gierczycka, Duane S. Cronin

University of Waterloo, Ontario

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Investigation of Head Injury Mechanisms through Multivariate Finite Element Simulation

Derek A. Jones1, 2, Jillian E. Urban1, 2, Ashley A. Weaver1, 2, Joel D. Stitzel1, 2

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics

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CHIMERA (Closed Head Injury Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration) Is a Novel and Clinically Relevant Traumatic Brain Injury Model in Rodents

Wai Hang Cheng1, Dhananjay R Namjoshi1, Kurt McInnes2, Kristina M Martens1, Peter A Cripton2, Cheryl L Wellington1

1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada, 2 Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada

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An Anatomically Accurate Finite Element Brain Model: Development, Validation and Comparison to Existing Models

Logan E. Miller1,2, Jillian E. Urban1,2, Joel D. Stitzel1,2

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics

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Effects of Chestbands on the Global Response of the Human Thorax to Frontal Impact

Benjamin K. Shurtz, Amanda M. Agnew, Yun Seok Kang, John H. Bolte IV

Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The Ohio State University

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Characterizing the Inhomogeneity of Aorta Mechanical Properties and its Effect on the Prediction of Injury

Golriz Kermani, Soroush Assari, Ali Hemmasizadeh, Kurosh Darvish

Biomechanics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University

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