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58 Stapp Car Crash Conference – Final Program
November 10-12, 2014
MONDAY
8:20
Welcome and Introduction by Chair, Lawrence W. Schneider – Tribute and Dedication of Stapp Conference
to Dr. John W. Melvin
8:30
JOHN PAUL STAPP MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Road to Understanding Head Protection -- Detours, Potholes and Road Blocks Along the Way
James A. Newman, Ph.D.
HEAD/BRAIN BIOMECHANICS
9:00
Validation of an “Intelligent Mouthguard” Single Event Head Impact Dosimeter
Adam Bartsch, Sergey Samorezov, Edward Benzel, Cleveland Clinic; Vincent Miele, University of Pittsburgh,
Cleveland Clinic; Daniel Brett, Sportsguard Laboratories Inc.
9:30
Evaluation of Axonal Strain as Predictor of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using Finite Element Modeling
Chiara Giordano and Svein Kleiven, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
10:00
The Influence of Neck Muscle Tonus and Posture on Brain Tissue Strain in Pedestrian Head Impacts
Victor S. Alvarez, Peter Halldin, Svein Kleiven , KTH Royal Institute of Technology
10:30-11:00
BREAK
THORAX, SPINE, AND PELVIS BIOMECHANICS
11:00
Comparison of the Thorax Dynamic Responses of Small Female and Midsize Male Post Mortem Human
Subjects in Side and Forward Oblique Impact Tests
Pascal Baudrit, Audrey Petitjean, Pascal Potier – CEESAR (Nanterre, France); Xavier Trosseille – LAB
(Nanterre – France); Guy Vallancien – Université René Descartes (Paris – France)
11:30
12:00-1:30
1:30
Dynamic Responses of Intact Post Mortem Human Surrogates from Inferior to Superior Loading at the Pelvis
Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, Jason Moore, Mike W. J. Arun, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical
College of Wisconsin
LUNCH
John Paul Stapp Best Paper Award – The John Paul Stapp Award for the best paper of the 2013 conference and
journal will be presented by Stephen W. Rouhana to Carl S. Miller, Nathaniel H. Madura, Lawrence W. Schneider,
Kathleen D. Klinich, Matthew P. Reed, Jonathan D. Rupp, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
for PMHS Impact Response in 3 m/s and 8 m/s Nearside Impacts with Abdomen Offset.
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Invitation and Call for Papers, Albert I. King, Wayne State University, General Chair, 59 Stapp Car Crash Conference
OVERLAP/ANGLED FRONTAL CRASH TESTING AND REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE
1:45
Structural Design Strategies for Improved Small Overlap Crashworthiness Performance
Becky C. Mueller, Andrew S. Brethwaite, David S. Zuby, Joseph M. Nolan, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
2:15
NHTSA’s Frontal Oblique Test Procedure Research with THOR
Matthew Craig, Ph.D., Chief, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2:45
The Field Relevance of NHTSA’s Oblique Research Moving Deformable Barrier Tests
Priya Prasad, Dainius Dalmotas, and Alan German
3:15-3:45
BREAK
PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST INJURY FACTORS AND TESTING
3:45
The Effect of Upper Body Mass and Initial Knee Flexion on the Injury Outcome of Post Mortem Human
Subject Pedestrian Isolated Legs
Philippe Petit, Xavier Trosseille, Nicolas Dufaure, LAB PSA Peugeot Citroën Renault (Nanterre – France);
Denis Dubois and Pascal Potier, CEESAR (Nanterre – France); Guy Vallancien, Université René Descartes
(Paris – France)
4:15
Correlation Between Euro NCAP Pedestrian Test Results and Injury Severity in Injury Crashes with
Pedestrians and Bicyclists in Sweden
Johan Strandroth, Simon Sternlund, Anders Lie, Claes Tingvall, Swedish Transport Administration, Chalmers,
University of Technology; Matteo Rizzi, Anders Kullgren, Folksam Research, Chalmers University of
Technology; Maria Ohlin, Chalmers University of Technology; Rikard Fredriksson, Autoliv Research
4:45
Features of the Vision of Elderly Pedestrians when Crossing a Road
Yasuhiro Matsui, Shoko Oikawa, Yoshio Aoki and Michiaki Sekine, National Traffic Safety and Environment
Laboratory, Japan; Kazutaka Mitobe, Akita University, Japan
TUESDAY
8:45
Select Presentations dedicated to John W. Melvin by Stapp Advisory Committee members from Accidental
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Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention, 3 Edition, New York, NY 2014
8:50
Celebrating John Melvin’s Biomechanics Legacy, Alan M. Nahum, M.D.
9:00
Introduction and Applications of Biomechanics, Albert I. King
9:30
Head Injury Biomechanics, David F. Meaney
10:00
Thorax Injury Biomechanics, John M. Cavanaugh
10:30-11:00
BREAK
11:00
Abdomen Injury Biomechanics, Stephen W. Rouhana
11:30
Lower Extremity Biomechanics, Jonathan D. Rupp
12:00-1:30
LUNCH
1:30
Spine Injury Biomechanics, Frank A. Pintar
2:00
Pain Biomechanics, Beth A. Winkelstein
2:30
Anthropometric Test Devices, Annette L. Irwin
3:00-3:30
BREAK
3:30
Normalization, Scaling and Injury Criteria Development, Xavier Trosseille
4:00
Computational Modeling in Injury Biomechanics, King H. Yang
4:30
Injury Criteria and Motor Vehicle Regulations, Priya Prasad
5:00
Concluding Remarks
WEDNESDAY
Rollover and Side Impact Crashes and Computational Modeling
9:00
Occupant Kinematics in Laboratory Rollover Tests: PMHS Response
David J. Lessley, Patrick Riley, Qi Zhang, Patrick Foltz, Brian Overby, Sara Heltzel, Mark Sochor, Jeff Crandall,
Jason R. Kerrigan, University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics
9:30
Occupant Kinematics in Laboratory Rollover Tests: ATD Response and Biofidelity
Qi Zhang, David J. Lessley, Patrick Riley, Jacek Toczyski, Jack Lockerby, Patrick Foltz, Brian Overby, Jeremy
Seppi, Jeff R. Crandall, Jason R. Kerrigan, Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia
10:00
Application of Radial Basis Function Interpolation in the Development of a 95 Percentile Male Seated FEA
Model
Nicholas A. Vavalle, Samantha L. Schoell, Ashley A. Weaver, Joel D. Stitzel, F. Scott Gayzik, Wake Forest
School of Medicine/Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics
10:30-11:00
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BREAK
11:00
The Contribution of Pre-impact Spine Posture on Human Body Model Response in Whole-Body Side Impact
David Poulard, Damien Subit, John-Paul Donlon, David J. Lessley, Taewung Kim, Gwansik Park, Richard W.
Kent, University of Virginia - Center for Applied Biomechanics
11:30
Response and Tolerance of Female and/or Elderly PMHS to Lateral Impact
Lauren K. Wood, Carl S. Miller, Nathaniel H. Madura, Matthew P. Reed, Lawrence W. Schneider, Kathleen D.
Klinich, and Jonathan D. Rupp, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
12:00
John W. Melvin Student Awards
Presented by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ford Motor Company
12:15
Adjournment, Lawrence W. Schneider, 2014 General Chair