Emergency World Summit - Automotive Safety Analysis

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Some Keynote Speakers Professor E. Clive Chirwa, PhD Engineering and Design Department, The University of Bolton - United Kingdom Chair of Automotive & Aerospace Structures Head of Bolton Automotive & Aerospace Research Group (BAARG) Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Crashworthiness Recent Paper: Flaws in Malibu I and II interpretations of test results that have influenced many poor rollover roof designs Joan Claybrook President of Public Citizen Washington, DC U.S.A. Donald Friedman Expert Engineer Santa Barbara, California U.S.A. Founder of the Center For Injury Research and Xprts, LLC Developed the JRS (Jordan Rollover System) - repeatable rollover test device Recent Paper: Reducing Occupant Injuries: How And How Soon Ralph Nader founded Public Citizen in 1971 which attracted people who believed deeply in citizen participation in government and who were willing to battle against great odds to enact reforms on behalf of the American people. Joan Claybrook joined Nader in 1972 establishing its Congress Watch division. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter named her administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she vigorously upgraded the agency’s testing, vehicle safety standards and outreach programs. Nader left Public Citizen in 1980, and Joan Claybrook took the reins in 1982. She has been president ever since. Clarence Ditlow Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer group founded by Consumers Union and Ralph Nader Washington, DC U.S.A. Mr. Ditlow joined the Center for Auto Safety in 1975. He directs the Center to improve auto safety, reliability and efficiency. He led consumer efforts to get “lemon laws” passed in all 50 states. Mr. Ditlow has testified over 25 times before Congressional Committees on auto safety issues. Ben C. Parr Former General Motors Engineer - Career at GM 1947-1981 Director of Automotive Research - State Farm Insurance from 1981-1998 Heyworth, Illinois U.S.A. Expertise: More than 40 years of hands on contribution both in automotive engineering, product development and production phases as well as evaluation of the automobile design and performance characteristics in the hands of the consumer. Claudette Phillips Complete Quadriplegic Roof Crush Survivor Memphis, Tennessee U.S.A. Background: In 1981 Claudette graduated from Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee where she was an active member of student government. She got a scholarship to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and served as President of her freshman class. Claudette studied English Literature and Ancient History. She studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for a year as part of the Smith exchange program and graduated from Smith in 1985. She worked as a fundraiser for charitable organizations including the Red Cross, Children’s Fund and American Bible Society. On July 14, 2002 Claudette was wearing her seat belt while driving her 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the vehicle rolled over and the roof of the vehicle crushed excessively into Claudette’s survival space and rendered her a quadriplegic. Claudette is a single mother. Ben Hogan Trial Lawyer - Birmingham, Alabama U.S.A. Ben Hogan played an important role in “opening up the roof crush docket for comments.” NHTSA’s October 22, 2001 Request for Comments took particular notice of the petition for rulemaking from Hogan’s law firm that requested dynamic testing be used to validate the strength of vehicle roof structures, instead of the current quasi-static procedure - in particular the inverted drop test J996 evaluating different drop angles and drop heights.
Some Keynote Speakers Professor Raphael Grzebieta, PhD Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering Monash University - Victoria, Australia Expertise: Vehicle & Structural Crashworthiness, Human Injury Prevention, Crash and Laboratory Testing, Impacts & Injury Mechanisms, Structural Impact and Stress Engineering. Recent Paper: Diving vs. Roof Intrusion: A Review of Rollover Injury Causation Leonard N. Matheson, PhD Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A. Dr. Matheson is a licensed psychologist, certified vocational evaluator, and certified rehabilitation counselor who has been a pioneer in the field of occupational rehabilitation. He has designed many of the tests and treatment models that are in use in Occupational Rehabilitation. His tests have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He has been consultant to several Fortune 500 employers, the Social Security Administration, the United States Congress, and hundreds of rehabilitation centers and governmental agencies in the United States, Canada, and in other countries. He has testified before the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC. Michael Piuze Trial Lawyer Los Angeles, California U.S.A. Michael has been successful in obtaining verdicts in three ROOF CRUSH trials: John Hess v. Ford Motor Company - $12.5 million (1998) Robbie Lambert v. General Motors - $25.7 million (2001) Penny Shipler v. General Motors - $19,562,000 (2003) Other Achievements: $3 billion verdict against Philip Morris for a 56-year-old lifelong smoker (2001) $28 billion verdict against Phillip Morris for a 64-year-old lifelong smoker (2003) Stephen M. Forrest Senior Engineer / Principal - Safety Analysis & Forensic Engineering (SAFE) Santa Barbara, California U.S.A. Expertise: 20 years of diversified experience as a Senior Technical Engineer and Engineering Consultant with a solid track record of successful experience in Government, Military, Corporate and Private sectors. Acen Jordan - Designer of the JRS (Jordan Rollover System) Carmel, California U.S.A. Past Projects: Minicar Transit System (MTS) Experimental Safety Vehicle (ESV) Four Passive Restraint Developments Research Safety Vehicle (RSV) In 2002, Acen began design and development of a laboratory test system for the Center for Injury Research (CFIR), Santa Barbara. This was completed in 2004 and validated by a year of testing and is currently used to evaluate rollover crashworthiness of SUV’s. JRS (Jordan Rollover System) repeatable rollover test device
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