Biomechanical Engineer
Summary
He is a biomechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience as a researcher and consultant. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the fields of biomedical and mechanical engineering and accredited as a traffic accident reconstructionist. Published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the areas of biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and injury risk analysis with a focus on automobile safety and sports biomechanics.
Academic Background
PhD Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2000
MSE Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1997
BSE Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1995
Professional Experience
• RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Biomedical engineer, 2019 to present.
• Private Company, Charlottesville, Virginia, Senior Consultant, 2014 – Present
• Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia,
Laboratory and Research Specialist, 2014 – 2016
• Biodynamic Research Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, Consultant, 2006 – 2013
Technical Director, 2002 – 2006
• Automobile Safety Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Research Scientist, 2000 – 2002
• Automobile Safety Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia,
Graduate Research Assistant, 1997 – 2000
• Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia,
Graduate Research Assistant, 1995 – 1997
• National Science Foundation/Engineering Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Undergraduate Fellow, 1994 – 1995
Professional Activities
• Licensed Professional Engineer
Texas P.E. 2009 – Present
Virginia P.E. 2014 – Present
• Adjunct Faculty Member, Biomedical Engineering 2010 – Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 2004 – 2010
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
• Scientific Coordinator
Head, Neck, and Spine Engineering Subcommittee 2014 – 2017
Engineering Committee 2017 – Present
National Football League
• Visiting Research Scientist 2009 – Present
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Clinical Faculty, Graduate Medical Education 2008 – 2013
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
• Scientific Program Committee Member 2008 – 2013
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• Course Organizer, Biomechanics of Injury 2007
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist (#1705) 2006 – Present
Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
• Affiliate Member, ASTM International 2005 – Present
Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices
• Reviewer:
American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Accident Analysis & Prevention
Clinical Anatomy
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Traffic Injury Prevention
Journal of Applied
Professional Associations
• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Continuing Education
• ARC-CSI Crash Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2013
• ARAS360 Advanced 3D Computer Diagramming and Animation for Incident Reconstruction, San Antonio, Texas, 2011
• ARC-CSI Crash Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2010
• Biomechanical Investigation of Human Injury, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, San Diego, California, 2008
• Biomechanics of Injury, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2007
• Biomechanics of High-Impact Injury, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine and National Transportation Safety Board, Ashburn, Virginia, 2007
• Injury Biomechanics: Advanced Technologies and New Frontiers, 5th Annual Center for Injury Biomechanics Instructional Symposium, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia,2007
• Automobile Safety and Injury Biomechanics, 4th Annual Center for Injury Biomechanics Instructional Symposium, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2005
• Occupant and Vehicle Kinematics in Rollovers, Society of Automotive Engineers
Troy, Michigan, 2004
• The Basics of Crash Injury and Biomechanics, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003
• Biomechanics of Impact, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
Tempe, Arizona, 2002
• Traffic Accident Reconstruction I & II, 2003
Traffic Accident Investigation I, 2002
Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Evanston, Illinois
