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November 30, 2006
BRAIN INJURY SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED BY NHTSA
For two days, on Feb. 26-27, 2007, NHTSA will conduct an in-depth public symposium at which experts and others will discuss brain injury, a critically important subject in the constellation of auto crashworthiness topics. In its announcement of the symposium, which provides registration and other details, the agency says:
With head and brain injury still a major factor in frontal crashes, NHTSA has identified a need to determine specific injury mechanisms and create more predictive injury criteria. The chief purpose of this Symposium is to hear the opinions, on an individual basis, of experts on short-, mid-, and long-term research efforts that may be relevant to the establishment of advanced brain/head injury criteria. Distinguished researchers engaged in the area of brain injury biomechanics will make presentations on their latest research efforts during the first day of the Symposium. The second day will be devoted to roundtable discussions of specific subjects such as injury mechanisms, crash dummy development, and future research including computer modeling. NHTSA will post a summary of the informationpresented during the Symposium on its website and place all relevant materials in the docket.
Posted by MVHAP at November 30, 2006 07:46 PM