Brian J. Benda, PhD Biomechanical Engineer, ARCCA Incorporated Penns Park, Pennsylvania U.S.A. Brian has his PhD from Harvard/MIT in Medical Engineering, an MS in Structural Engineering, and a BS in areospace engineering. Brian specializes in injury biomechanics, occupant kinematics and crash related structural failures of the human body. Darryl Lewis Trial Lawyer Partner of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA West Palm Beach, Florida U.S.A. Darryl Lewis has been named by South Florida Legal Guide as one of Florids’a top young lawyers. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve, where he serves as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) lawyer. Since joining Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley in 1989, Darryl has represented clients in personal injury and wrongful death claims in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington. Darryl is an inspiring public speaker and was selected by the former Governor of Kentucky to deliver the keynote address at the state’s second annual Martin Luther King day celebration. Stephen A. Batzer, PhD Director, Engineering Institute, LLC Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Arkansas Farmington, Arkansas U.S.A. Expertise: Vehicle Crashworthiness, Materials Science and Material Failure Mechanisms, Forensic Engineering & Accident Reconstruction and Occupant Kinematics <strong>Analysis</strong>. Recent Paper: Rollover Collisions - Injuries related to automotive side glass Professor Klaus-Jurgen Bathe, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts U.S.A. .. Some Keynote Speakers Klaus-Jurgen Bathe is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches and performs research in the areas of applied and computational mechanics of structures and fluids. Professor Bathe is also the founder of the company ADINA R & D, Inc. where he leads the development of the ADINA System for the analysis of structures, fluids and multi-physics problems. He has published over 250 articles, five textbooks, is a co-editor of the international journal Computers & Structures, and is founder of M.I.T. Conference Series on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Professor Bathe has been honored by ASME, ASCE, US National Academy of Engineering, M.I.T. and a number of honorary doctorates, for his teaching and his pioneering and widely used contributions in computational engineering. .. Heng-yee Chen, PhD FORD Vehicle Structural Mechanics Specialist from 1970-1999 San Francisco, California U.S.A. Dr. Chen was the first one at FORD to: - use finite element code STARDYNE for a 1973 frame analysis (1970) - perform full vehicle rigidity and normal mode analyses with MSC/NASTRAN super-element capabilities (1976) - train the first core group of structural analysts in Body Engineering and to perform full vehicle analysis (1976) - develop finite element modeling guidelines for FEA (1977) - perform vehicle roof crush (beam model) simulation (1978) - develop methods and analysts guidelines for Nonlinear Quasi-static analysis with ADINA R & D, Inc. (1996) - use the best implicit method for nonlinear quasi-static analyses including validation for the first FMVSS 216 simulation in the automotive industry (1999) Professor Toshiaki Sakurai, PhD Professor, Doctor of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Paula Engineering Lawlor <strong>Emergency</strong> Iwaki Meisei <strong>World</strong> University <strong>Summit</strong> - on Iwaki ROOF City, CRUSH Fukushima Coordinator Japan Founder of People Safe In Rollovers Foundation Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Co-Author Engineer of Deadly from By 1978-2000. Design Roof Crush Consultant - Del Mar, California U.S.A.
Welcome Reception Wednesday July 18, 2007 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Thornton Room Hyatt Regency Washington on Capital Hill - 11th Floor <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> An American Auto <strong>Safety</strong> Tragedy: ROOF CRUSH Senate Reception Thursday July 19, 2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 253 Russell Senate Office Building <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> An American Auto <strong>Safety</strong> Tragedy: ROOF CRUSH
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