The Center for Applied Biomechanics
(CAB) is the world’s largest universitybased
research center studying the
biomechanics of injury. It has earned an
international reputation for its ongoing
research and education in impact
biomechanics, computational mechanics,
vehicle crashworthiness and crash
dummy development.
http://www.centerforappliedbiomechanics.org
GROUP MEMBERS
CAB members are faculty of the U.Va. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Standing: Costin D. Untaroiu and Richard W. Kent (joint appointment with Biomedical
Engineering). Seated: Jeff R. Crandall (director and joint appointment with Biomedical
Engineering). Not pictured: Robert Salzar.
Our multidisciplinary team brings
together 50 engineers, physicians, public
health professionals and biostatisticians
from across the University of Virginia.
Center Thrust Areas
- Injury biomechanics
- Automobile safety
- Blast and ballistics protection
- Sports biomechanics
Facilities/Equipment
- New state-of-the-art 30,000-sq.-ft. laboratory
- Dynamic rollover system for full vehicles
- Feedback-controlled high-speed sled system
- High-speed motion capture and data
acquisition systems
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Recent Research Developments
- Formulated an international standard for
pedestrian dummy requirements
- Improved restraints for an aging occupant
population
- Developed specifications for military helmet design
Collaborators
- Our external collaborators include:
- Hongik University
- University of Alabama — Birmingham
- University of Michigan
- University of Navarra
- University of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Transportation
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Recent Grants
- Global Human Body Modeling Consortium
Centers of Expertise on the Thorax, Pelvis,
Extremities
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Grant on the Biomechanics of Injury and
Investigation of Rollover Crashes
- Crash Injury Research Engineering Network to
Investigate Real-World Crashes
- Defense Medical Research and Development
Award for Investigating the Injuries to Armored
Vehicle Personnel Subject to Blast
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