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The Stapp Car Crash Conference is the premier forum for the presentation of research in impact biomechanics, human injury tolerance, and related fields that advance the knowledge of land-vehicle crash injury protection. The conference provides an opportunity to participate in open discussion regarding the causes and mechanisms of injury, experimental methods and tools for use in impact biomechanics research, and the development of new concepts for reducing injuries and fatalities in automobile crashes.

The keynote address for this year's conference will be delivered by Dr. Adrian Lund, President of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Papers that will be presented at this year’s Stapp Conference cover a range of timely and important topics in impact biomechanics and occupant protection. These topics include biomechanics of the spine, abdomen, and shoulder; brain and neuron response and injury; effects of occupant kinematics and seaing position on injury risk; human response and modeling to high-speed vertical loading; ATDs, human body model and crash data analysis methodologies; and biomechanics of pedestrian and cyclist injuries. In addition, a special session on Chest Injury and Injury Criteria will be held on Monday afternoon.

We would like to thank all of the authors as well as members of the Stapp Advisory Committee for the significant

efforts that have been put forth in preparing and reviewing these papers. We encourage all attendees to use the time provided following each paper presentation to offer comments and questions to the presenters. This is a valuable opportunity for further clarification of the research from which all in attendance will benefit. It is hoped that the material presented at this year’s conference will provide ideas and motivation for further research that will lead to improvements in occupant protection systems. We also encourage those who are active in impact biomechanics research to submit abstracts for papers to be included in next year’s Stapp Conference, which will be held on November 12-14 at the Catamaran Hotel in San Diego, California.

On behalf of the Stapp Car Crash Conference Advisory Committee, we invite you to participate in what promises to be a stimulating and enjoyable 61st Stapp Conference at the Mills House Wyndham Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina.

Guy S. Nusholtz, General ChairFiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC USA

Leda L. Ricci, Executive DirectorUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Dr. John Paul Stapp, In Memoriam, 1910-1999A bronze bust of Dr. John Paul Stapp Col USAF MC is displayed each year at the Stapp Car Crash Conference. It was created by artist Walter Rawley of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and donated by Dr. Stapp. The bust depicts Colonel Stapp when he rode the rocket sled at Holloman Air Force Base, subjecting himself to injury-producing accelerations in order to study human tolerance to high-g environments. In his final sled ride in 1954, Dr. Stapp was accelerated to 632 miles per hour in five seconds, and was then decelerated to a stop in 1.4 seconds, experiencing a peak sled deceleration in excess of 40 gs.

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John P. Stapp, 1955-1999 Permanent ChairmanColonel USAF MC

Guy S.Nusholtz, 2017 General ChairFiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC USA

Leda L. Ricci, Executive DirectorUniversity of Michigan

Transportation Research Institute

Stapp Advisory Committee

Saeed Barbat Ford Motor Company

Philippe Beillas Université de Lyon; IFSTTAR, LBMC; Université Lyon 1, France

Farid Bendjellal Britax Childcare Limited

John H. Bolte IV The Ohio State University

John M. Cavanaugh Wayne State University

Dainius J. Dalmotas D.J. Dalmotas Consulting, Inc.

Warren N. Hardy Virginia Tech Center for Injury Biomechanics

Annette L. Irwin General Motors LLC

Richard W. Kent University of Virginia

Albert I. King Wayne State University

David F. Meaney University of Pennsylvania

Harold J. Mertz General Motors Corporation, ret.

Barry S. Myers Duke University

Guy S. Nusholtz Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC

Frank A. Pintar Medical College of Wisconsin

Priya Prasad Prasad Engineering, LLC

Stephen W. Rouhana Ford Motor Company, ret.

Jonathan D. Rupp Emory School of Medicine

Lawrence W. Schneider University of Michigan

Erik G. Takhounts National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Xavier Trosseille LAB PSA Peugeot Citroën RENAULT

Beth A. Winkelstein University of Pennsylvania

King H. Yang Wayne State University

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Location — 115 Meeting StreetThe Mills House Wyndham Hotel, the host hotel for the Stapp Conference, is located in the Historical District of Charleston. It is 12 miles from the Charleston International Airport.

AccommodationsReservations at The Mills House Wyndham Hotel may be made by calling the hotel directly at (866) 781-3643 or registering on-line from the Stapp website – stapp.org. The room rate for the Stapp Conference is $199 single/double if your register by October 27th. A limited number of rooms are available at a government rate. Be sure to identify yourself as attending the Stapp Car Crash Conference.

Please make your reservations as soon as possible to be assured of a room at the Stapp hotel. Reservations must be guaranteed by credit card or one-night’s deposit. Reservations must be cancelled 48 hours prior to date of arrival before 3:00 p.m. EST to have your deposit refunded. Reservations requested after October 27th will be confirmed at the Stapp rate on a space-available basis.

Business CenterServices available at the Business Center: copy, fax, and print.

Hotel ParkingParking is $32.00 per day for valet parking with unlimited in and out privileges. Self parking is not available in a hotel lot, and street parking may be difficult to find.

Hotel AmenitiesThe Mills House Wyndham Hotel offers many guest facilities, including fitness center, outdoor pool, and business center. Each room is equipped with work desk, cable TV, coffee & tea maker, hair dryer, iron and ironing board. Internet access is available in guest rooms and lobby for free.

Hotel DiningThe Barbadoes Room is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner offering creative regional cuisine. Enjoy a drink in the Fountain Courtyard or the First Shot Lounge. Additional dining options are nearby. A listing will be available at the Stapp registration desk.

Charleston WeatherDuring November the temperature is 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius). For an up-to-date 10-day weather forecast for Charleston, for the meeting week, visit weather.com before your departure.

Registration will be available on-line through November 15, 2017.

■ Payments may be made by major credit card or check. Electronic funds transfers are not accepted.

■ Conference badges will be available at the registration desk.

■ Registration for the conference includes one copy of the Stapp Journal on a USB flash drive, technical session attendance, continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, and evening receptions. Student registrations do not include the Stapp Journal.

ON-SITE REGISTRATION — Hibernian Hall Rotunda

Sunday, November 12 3:30 PM – 6:00 PMMonday, November 13 7:30 AM – 4:00 PMTuesday, November 14 8:00 AM – 4:00 PMWednesday, November 15 8:00 AM –10:00 AM

Stapp Car Crash Journal PickupPre-registered attendees, as well as those registering on-site, may pick up their Stapp Car Crash Journal on a USB flash drive along with a conference badge in the Hibernian Hall Rotunda.

The Stapp Car Crash Journal is a publication of The Stapp Association and is available through SAE International (www.sae.org).Additional electronic copies of the 2017 Stapp Journal on USB flash drives can be purchased for $55 at the Stapp Conference. Please contact SAE Customer Sales and Support for information on how to purchase Stapp Journals, Stapp papers, electronic copies of Stapp Journals, or the new Stapp subscription service. You can reach SAE Customer Sales and Support by phone at 877-606-7323 (U.S. and Canada only) or 724-776-4970 (outside U.S. and Canada), by email at [email protected], or by fax at 724-776-0790. Papers contained in the Stapp Car Crash Journal are indexed/abstracted in MEDLINE, ProQuest, TRIS, and the SAE Global Mobility Database. For copies of individual Stapp papers, contact SAE Customer Sales and Support at the phone number and email address indicated above.

For Stapp Conference information, call Zonda Ketola at (734) 936-1114 or E-mail: [email protected]

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Transportation from Charleston International Airport

Car RentalFive rental car companies operate from within Charleston International Airport’s Rental Car Pavilion, which is located at the end of the terminal near Baggage Claim. The following rental car companies are located inside the airport terminal in the Rental Car Pavilion: Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz and National.

Other companies provide service to CHS passengers, but have rental counters and vehicle pick up services at off-site locations. Passengers using off-site companies must call for shuttle pick up. Shuttle stops are located on the center curb outside baggage claim.

TaxisEstimated cab fare from the airport to the hotel is $31.00. Taxis are available in the center median outside the baggage claim area.

ShuttleThe Mills house does not offer hotel shuttle. The Downtown Shuttle for downtown Charleston is available from the airport to the hotels for $14.00 (per person, one-way). Shuttle pickup is located in the center median outside the baggage claim area.

Directions to The Mills House Wyndham Hotel

From Charleston International Airport – CHS (12 miles):Head northwest on International Blvd toward International Blvd. Turn left to merge onto I-526 toward Mt Pleasant. Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 17 to merge onto I-126 E toward Charleston. Use the left 2 lanes to take exit 221B for Meeting St toward Visitor Center. Use the right 2 lanes to turn right onto Meeting St. The Mills House, 115 Meeting St., will be on the right.

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Conference InformationConference InformationSpeaker Lounge — Library Room in Hibernian Hall

The speaker lounge is available to all authors and co-authors of conference papers.

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Hibernian Hall, a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1840 to provide a meeting place for the Hibernian Society, an Irish benevolent organization founded in 1801. The Hall is the only extant building associated with the National Democratic Convention of 1860, one of the most critical political assemblies in this nation’s history. Hibernian Hall served as the convention headquarters for the faction supporting Stephen A. Douglas. It was hoped that Douglas would bridge the gap between the northern and southern delegates on the issue of extending slavery to the territories. The first floor of the Hall was used for meetings, while the second floor was filled with hundreds of cots for the delegates. The convention disintegrated no candidate was able to summon a two-thirds majority vote. This divisiveness resulted in a split in the Democratic party, and the election of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate.

Hibernian Hall (1840), Charleston, SC Photo by Spencer Means (provided under the creative commons license)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Conference Technical Sessions — Hibernian Hall - 2nd Floor

■ Check the session schedule in this final program for starting times.

■ Audio or video recording of presentations or discussions, and taking of photographs during the technical sessions, is not permitted.

■ In consideration of the speakers and conference attendees, please turn off all cell phones when entering the meeting room.


Preceding the Stapp Conference

Hosted Reception HOSTED RECEPTION

On Tuesday evening, Diversified Technical Systems Inc. (DTS) will host a reception in the Beauregard Terrace immediately following the afternoon technical session.

Conference SponsorsConference SponsorsThe Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Britax Childcare Limited

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC

Ford Motor Company Fund’s Driving Skills for Life Program

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Ohio State University - Injury Biomechanics Research Center

Toyota Motor Corporation

Virginia Tech - Center for Injury Biomechanics

PRECEDING THE STAPP CONFERENCE

Sunday, November 12— 9:00 AM–4:40 PM — Signers BallroomRegistration opens at 7:30 AM45th Annual International Workshop in Human Subjects for Biomechanical ResearchSponsored by the National Transportation Biomechanics Research Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Rodney Rudd, ChairNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the presentation of current research investigations using human volunteers or surrogates. No registration fee is required. For additional information, contact:

Rodney Rudd, Ph.D. NHTSA/Human Injury Research Division 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590

Phone: (202) 366-5932Fax: (202) 366-8546 E-mail: Rodney.Rudd.gov


Audio and videotaping will not be permitted.Please turn off cell phones in the meeting room.

Monday, November 13 In Hibernian Hall - 2nd FloorTechnical Program

9:15 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS – General Chair, Guy S. Nusholtz, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC USA9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Crashworthy Vehicles on the Road to Zero Dr. Adrian K. Lund, President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

BIOMECHANICS OF THE SPINE, ABDOMEN, AND SHOULDERCo-Chairs: John H. Bolte IV, The Ohio State University

John M. Cavanaugh, Wayne State University10:15 Biomechanics of Lumbar Motion-Segments in Dynamic Compression Mike W. J. Arun, Prasannaah Hadagali, Klaus Driesslein, William Curry, Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, Department of Neurosurgery,

Medical College of Wisconsin

10:45 – 11:15 REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:15 Human Shoulder Response to High Velocity Lateral Impact Matthieu Lebarbé, CEESAR, Nanterre, France; Philippe Vezin, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, LBMC UMR_T9406,

F69622, Lyon, France; Frédéric Rongiéras, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, LBMC UMR_T9406, F69622, Lyon, France/Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique – Hôpital d’instruction des armées Desgenettes - 69003 Lyon, France; Denis Lafont, DGA TT, Bourges, France

11:45 SC: Effect of Postmortem Time and Preservation Fluid on the Tensile Material Properties of Bovine Liver Parenchyma Kristin M. Dunford and Andrew R. Kemper, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics; Tanya LeRoith, Virginia-

Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

12:00 – 1:45 LUNCH

BRAIN AND NEURON RESPONSE AND INJURYCo-Chairs: Warren N. Hardy, Virginia Tech Center for Injury Biomechanics King H. Yang, Wayne State University1:45 SC: Development of Improved Brain Injury Predictors for Diverse Impacts Lee F. Gabler, Jeff R. Crandall, Matthew B. Panzer, University of Virginia; Norbert Praxl, Partnership for Dummy Technology and

Biomechanics, Germany; Philipp Wernicke, BMW Group, Germany2:00 Strain-Rate Dependency of Axonal Tolerance for Uniaxial Stretching Hiromichi Nakadate, Evrim Kurtoglu, Hidenori Furukawa, Shoko Oikawa, Shigeru Aomura, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Akira Kakuta,

National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College; Yasuhiro Matsui, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory2:30 SC: Belted Female Occupants in Frontal Car Crashes are More Likely to Sustain Moderate Concussions than Male Occupants Jacobo Antona-Makoshi, Japan Automobile Research Institute; Johan Davidsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Mats

Lindkvist, Umeå University, Sweden

2:45-3:15 REFRESHMENT BREAK

SPECIAL SESSION: CHEST INJURY AND INJURY CRITERIA (Oral Only)Co-Chairs: Frank A. Pintar, Medical College of Wisconsin Guy S. Nusholtz, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC USA3:15 An Overview of the Magnitude and Nature of the Chest Injury Problem in Frontal Crashes Dainius J. Dalmotas, DJ Dalmotas Consulting, Inc.3:45 Observations on Thoracic Injury Prediction and the Influence of Age Jason L. Forman, University of Virginia4:15 Chest Deflections of the THOR and Hybrid III Dummies in Equal Severity Impacts Priya Prasad, Prasad Engineering, LLC4:45 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Perspective on Addressing Chest Injuries in Car Crashes Becky Mueller, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety5:15 ANNOUNCEMENTS


Tuesday, November 14 In Hibernian Hall - 2nd Floor


Technical Program

EFFECTS OF OCCUPANT KINEMATICS AND SEATING POSITION ON INJURY RISKCo-Chairs: Saeed Barbat, Ford Motor Company Jonathan D. Rupp, Emory University School of Medicine9:00 Optimizing Seat Belt and Airbag Designs for Rear Seat Occupant Protection in Frontal Crashes Jingwen Hu, Matthew P. Reed, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute; Jonathan D. Rupp, Emory University School of

Medicine; Kurt Fischer, Paul Lange, Angelo Adler, ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.9:30 SC: Occupant Torso Kinematics in Low Acceleration Time-Extended Evasive Swerving Events Christine Holt, Drexel University/CHOP; Thomas Seacrist, Valentina Graci, CHOP; Jason Kerrigan, University of Virginia; Sriram

Balasubramanian, Drexel University/CHOP; Richard Kent, University of Virginia; Kristy B. Arbogast, CHOP9:45 Occupant Kinematics in Simulated Autonomous Driving Vehicle Collisions: Influence of Seating Position, Direction and Angle Yuichi Kitagawa, Shigeki Hayashi, Katsunori Yamada, Mitsuaki Gotoh, Toyota Motor Corporation10:15-10:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK

HUMAN RESPONSE AND MODELING TO HIGH-SPEED VERTICAL LOADING10:45 Human Foot-Ankle Injuries and Associated Risk Curves from Under Body Blast Loading Conditions Sajal Chirvi, Frank A. Pintar, Narayan Yoganandan, Medical College of Wisconsin/VA Medical Center; Anjishnu Banerjee, Medical College of

Wisconsin; Mike Schlick, William Curry, Medical College of Wisconsin/VA Medical Center; Liming Voo, Johns Hopkins University11:15 Development of the CAVEMAN Human Body Model: Validation of Lower Extremity Sub-Injurious Response to Vertical Accelerative

Loading Kent Butz, Chad Spurlock, Rajarshi Roy, Cameron Bell, Paul Barrett, Aaron Ward, Xudong Xiao, Allen Shirley, Colin Welch and Kevin Lister,

Corvid Technologies11:45 Neck Injury Response in High Vertical Accelerations and its Algorithmical Formalization to Mitigate Neck Injuries Julie Klima, Jian Kang, AnnMarie Meldrum, Steven Pankiewicz, Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center12:15 - 2:00 LUNCH2:00 JOHN PAUL STAPP BEST PAPER AWARD – The John Paul Stapp Award for the best paper of the 2016 conference and journal will be

presented by Guy S. Nusholtz to Anicet Le Ruyet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, UMR_T9406, LBMC, Lyon, France; Fabien Berthet, Transpolis SAS, Lyon Saint-Exupéry Aéroport, France; Frédéric Rongiéras, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, UMR_T9406, LBMC, Lyon, France/Service Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie – Hôpital Desgenettes, Lyon, France; Philippe Beillas, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, UMR_T9406, LBMC, Lyon, France for Effect of Abdominal Loading Location on Liver Motion: Experimental Assessment Using Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging and Simulation with a Human Body Model.

INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS – General Chair, Warren N. Hardy, Virginia Tech Center for Injury Biomechanics 62nd Stapp Car Crash Conference, The Catamaran, San Diego, CA, November 12-14, 2018

ATDS, HUMAN BODY MODEL AND CRASH DATA ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIESCo-Chairs: Annette L. Irwin, General Motors Company Xavier Trosseille, LAB PSA Peugeot-Citroën Renault2:15 Biofidelity Evaluation of the THOR and Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male Frontal Impact Anthropomorphic Test Devices Daniel Parent, Matthew Craig, Kevin Moorhouse, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration2:45 Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility Standards of ATD Response for the Correlation Method Lan Xu and Guy S. Nusholtz, FCA US LLC USA3:15—3:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 3:45 SC: Multi Directional THOR Testing Comparison to an Updated FE THOR Model Derek A. Jones, Kyle P. McNamara, James P. Gaewsky, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University; Jacob B. Putnam, KBRwyle; Ashley A.

Weaver, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University; Jeffrey T. Somers, KBRwyle; Joel D. Stitzel, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University4:00 SC: Leveraging Human Body Models of Varying Complexity for Computational Efficiency Berkan Guleyupoglu, Bharath Koya and F. Scott Gayzik, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics4:15 Application of Extreme Value Theory to Crash Data Analysis Lan Xu and Guy Nusholtz, FCA US LLC USA4:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS


Wednesday, November 15


In Hibernian Hall - 2nd FloorTechnical Program

BIOMECHANICS OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST INJURIES

Co-Chairs: Philippe Beillas, Université de Lyon; IFSTTAR, LBMC; Université Lyon 1, France Priya Prasad, Prasad Engineering, LLC9:00 New Reference PMHS Tests to Assess Whole-Body Pedestrian Impact Using a Simplified Generic Vehicle Front-End Eric Song, Philippe Petit, Xavier Trosseille, LAB PSA Renault; Jerome Uriot, Pascal Potier, Denis Dubois, CEESAR; Richard Douard,

Université Paris René Descartes9:30 Association of Impact Velocity with Serious-Injury and Fatality Risks to Cyclists in Commercial Truck–Cyclist Accidents Yasuhiro Matsui, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan; Shoko Oikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan; Kazuhiro

Sorimachi, Akira Imanishi and Takeshi Fujimura, Isuzu Advanced Engineering Center, Ltd., Japan

10:00 – 10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30 SC: Pedestrian Flex-PLI Legform Test Performance for Seven Early 2000s’ Small Cars Becky C. Mueller and Joseph M. Nolan, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)10:45 Optimal Specifications for the Advanced Pedestrian Legform Impactor Takahiro Isshiki, Jacobo Antona-Makoshi, Atsuhiro Konosu, Japan Automobile Research Institute; Yukou Takahashi, Japan Automobile

Manufacturers Association11:15 JOHN W. MELVIN BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDS Albert I. King11:30 ADJOURNMENT General Chair, Guy S. Nusholtz, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC USA


STAPP

Abstract Submission Deadline – March 19, 2018

The Stapp Conference Advisory Committee invites abstracts of prospective papers for consideration in planning the 62nd Stapp Car Crash Conference and Journal. Papers are desired on research in impact/injury biomechanics and related fields, including analyses of real-world

crash and injury data and development of injury assessment tools, that advance knowledge pertaining to human injury causation and lead to improved countermeasures for injury and fatality reduction. In addition to research and developments concerned with injuries to motor vehicle occupants and pedestrians, papers on studies dealing with sports-related injuries and injuries in military environments are welcome. Papers are also invited on crash avoidance technologies that offer potential to further enhance occupant crash protection.

Abstracts may be submitted at anytime and, if approved, invited papers will be reviewed throughout the year and presented at the appropriate Conference upon receiving final approval by the reviewers. Early submission of abstracts is strongly

encouraged. Prospective authors will be notified within two weeks of receipt of their abstract as to whether their paper is invited for review, thereby allowing authors to submit manuscripts early. Doing so will allow more time for authors to comply with reviewer comments.

Abstracts for paper offers must include the following:1. a tentative title for the paper2. author information (name, affiliation, address, phone, fax, and e-mail)3. a one-page abstract submitted as a Microsoft Word file (.docx) or PDF

file that clearly • defines the problem that the study addresses • states the objective of the study • outlines the methodology used • states explicitly the data to be included in the paper, and • summarizes the key results and conclusions of the study

Submit Abstracts to: Leda L. Ricci, Executive Director, Stapp Conference Advisory Committee, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150. Authors may also submit abstracts by fax to (734) 647-3330 or by e-mail to [email protected]. If you have questions regarding abstract or paper submission, please call (734) 936-1114.

Summary of Submission Deadlines Abstract March 19, 2018Initial Manuscript May 31, 2018Final Manuscript September 24, 2018

Technical Paper AwardsThe John Paul Stapp Award is offered annually for the Stapp paper presented at the previous year's Conference and Journal that best meets the goals of the Stapp Car Crash Conference and Stapp Journal as judged by the members of the Stapp Advisory Committee.

The John W. Melvin Student Awards of $1,500, $1,000, and $500 are presented to the three graduate students whose papers are judged by the Stapp Student Award Committee to have made the most significant contributions to the fields of injury biomechanics and injury reduction. Mentors of accepted papers that include significant contributions by a student are invited to describe those contributions in a letter for their student to be considered. The three awards are made at the end of the Conference in which the papers were presented.

4 Invitation of a paper for review is based solely on the abstract so it is important that authors provide clear, descriptive, and specific information by which the paper offer can be evaluated.

4 All papers submitted for review must include new data and results that will not have been submitted or published elsewhere prior to the Conference.

4 If a paper on a similar topic has recently been published or submitted for publication, the authors must clarify what is new in the proposed paper that warrants publication in Stapp.

4 For papers reporting on research involving human or animal subjects, a statement that the methods used have been approved by a properly constituted institutional review board (IRB) must be provided with the abstract. Abstract submissions and paper offers that do not provide this information will not be invited for review by the Stapp Advisory Committee.

4 Papers offered for consideration at the Stapp Conference and in the Stapp Journal must be written in an objective, scholarly, and scientific manner, and must be free of commercialism, advertisement, and product identification.

4 Papers must be prepared in clear English, and all data must be presented using SI units.

4 Papers that are judged to meet the standards and requirements of the Stapp Journal will be accepted for publication and presentation, and must be presented at the Conference.ST

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Short Communications Submission Deadline – June 15, 2018

62nd STAPP CAR CRASH CONFERENCE®The Catamaran

San Diego, CaliforniaNovember 12-14, 2018


Call for Short CommuniCationS

DESCRIPTION: The Stapp Advisory Committee invites Short Communications for presentation at the 2018 Stapp Conference. A Short Communication is not considered a terminal publication (i.e., a completed study) and is most appropriate for quickly reporting on novel and important findings from research studies, and new and novel research methodologies and/or technologies. Short Communications contain only essential references and minimal tables and figures. Authors of Short Communications will be allotted 10 minutes of presentation time and 5 minutes for questions. Short Communications will be included in a separate file from the Stapp Journal on the USB drive that is available at the Stapp Conference. However, submission of a Short Communication does not preclude the future submission of a full-length paper for the Stapp Journal on the same topic with expanded background, methods, data, results, discussion, and references.

TOPICS: Submissions of Short Communications for Stapp are desired on the same wide range of topics as for full papers. Appropriate topics include but are not limited to:

■ research and developments in impact/injury biomechanics including analyses and results of laboratory and real-world injury and crash data that advance knowledge and understanding pertaining to injury causation and that lead to improved countermeasures and injury assessment tools, such as crash-test dummies, signal-processing techniques, and computational models that help to reduce injuries and fatalities to occupants of motor vehicles and vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists,

■ studies related to sports-related injuries, blast/military injuries, aviation injuries, ■ research and developments in crash-avoidance technologies, driver-assist technologies, and objective test procedures and

assessment methods for these technologies,■ research and developments related to driver distraction and human machine interactions that affect driver behavior related to

increasing the potential for vehicle crashes, and■ research related to autonomous vehicles, particularly with regard to improving safety for occupants of autonomous vehicles.

SUBMISSION: Abstracts are not required for Short Communications. Rather the full Short-Communication must be submitted in the final format described below and in the attached template file by JUNE 15, 2018. Short Communications should be submitted to Leda Ricci at UMTRI, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2150; email: [email protected].

REVIEW: Each Short Communication will be reviewed by two members of the Stapp Advisory Committee and will receive only one round of comments. Comments will be sent to authors with a rating of Accept, Accept with Suggested Modifications, Accept with Required Modifications, or Reject. For Short Communications receiving a rating of Accept with Required Modifications, the authors must respond with a revision and other appropriate responses to reviewer comments. The authors will then receive a final decision as to whether the revised Short Communication is accepted or rejected.

FORMAT: Short Communications submitted to Stapp must be between 1 and 3 pages including figures, tables, and appendices. Initial submissions must be in final format and should include a short abstract (150 words or less). The body of Short Communications must follow the two-column format of the attached template file for font size and type (Times New Roman 10 pt), and margins. The headings of Introduction, Methods, etc. are suggested but the authors may substitute other headings as appropriate for their submission.


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