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RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Principal Investigator: Rachel Myers, PhD
The goal of this study is to create a unique source of epidemiologic crash data that enables novel description of use and installation patterns of child restraints among crash-involved children and— following linkage with hospital discharge and death certificate data—novel description of child occupant injury outcomes based on restraint use and installation (rear- vs. forward-facing).
2013-2014
- Pediatric Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Joel Stitzel, PhD
This project’s goal is to create scoring systems to better classify motor vehicle crash-related injuries in children. A second goal is to use these scoring systems to develop a refined advanced automatic crash notification (AACN) algorithm and to evaluate its benefit to society. This algorithm is intended to serve as a part of a comprehensive trauma system to deliver children to appropriate treatment facilities. Year 4 of the project will further refine…- Pediatric Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Ashley Weaver, PhD
This project’s goal is to create scoring systems to better classify motor vehicle crash-related injuries in children. A second goal is to use these scoring systems to develop a refined advanced automatic crash notification (AACN) algorithm and to evaluate its benefit to society. This algorithm is intended to serve as a part of a comprehensive trauma system to deliver children to appropriate treatment facilities. Year 4 of the project will further refine…- Quantifying CRS Fit in the Vehicle Seat Environment – Digitization Approach (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Aditya Belwadi, PhD
Automotive interior design optimization must balance the design of the vehicle seat and occupant space for safety, comfort and aesthetics with the accommodation of add-on restraint products such as child restraint systems (CRS). Important to this balance is understanding the breadth of CRS dimensions, especially as CRS design is constantly changing. Year 2 efforts will build on previous work by creating virtual surrogates of additional CRS types. The…- Pediatric Brain Injury Assessment in Real World Crashes (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the leading pediatric injury in motor vehicle crashes, and an ever-expanding array of safety systems are being developed that have the potential to mitigate TBI. Human body computer models are under development and have the potential to guide the development of such safety systems, but pediatric human body models are limited. In this project, investigators are developing a family of pediatric finite element (FE) brain…- Understanding and Predicting Human Driving Behaviors via Machine Learning Models (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD
Poor speed management is a key factor in teen driver crashes. In order to inform new training and technology to reduce teen crash risk due to poor speed management, a more complete understanding of this complex driving behavior is needed. Early results from our current CChIPS work indicate that machine learning techniques can be used to model drivers’ speed management behaviors. These techniques have the potential to become part of in-vehicle monitoring…- Quantifying Children’s Posture in the Rear Seat: A Naturalistic Study (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Kristy Arbogast, PhD
The long-term goal of this research is to improve test conditions and optimize restraint systems to mitigate injury to actual child occupants in real world crash scenarios. The objective is to quantify the positions and postures that rear seat child occupants assume while riding in vehicles in order to provide data for development of both technological and educational interventions to mitigate injuries due to sub-optimal positioning. The specific aim…- Side Air Bag Interaction with Children Seated in the Vehicle Environment (Multiple Year Project)
- The long-term objective of this research is to assess whether side air bags (curtain and/or torso) provide a protective benefit for pediatric occupants in the rear seat environment in automobile crashes. The research should provide insight into the injury risk and causation of common injuries sustained by children involved in side impacts with a deploying side air bag.
- Dynamic Strength of Top Tether Anchorages in Various Anchor Locations(Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Yun Seok Kang, PhD
Principal Investigator: Yun Seok Kang, PhD,Ohio State University
- Dynamic Comparison of Pediatric and the Small Female ATDs to Size-matched Pediatric Volunteers (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Thomas Seacrist, MBE
The goal of this research is to quantify the dynamic differences between pediatric and 5th percentile female ATDs and matched pediatric volunteers in low-speed lateral and oblique crashes and apply that knowledge towards improved ATD biofidelity requirements. Through synthesis of existing data and collection of new data, this project builds on several previous and current projects at the Center.- Comparison of Q3s ATD Biomechanical Responses to Pediatric Volunteers
Principal Investigator: Yun Seok Kang, PhD
The long-term goal of this study is to assess the biofidelity of the Q3s, a dummy developed specifically for lateral side impact testing in children, using existing human volunteer data such that safety tools for children can be designed and evaluated by using the biofidelic child ATD. This goal includes evaluation of the difference between the Q3s and the Hybrid III 3 year old ATD by comparison of kinematics and kinetics of the Q3s with those of the…- Anthropometry Update: Is the 6-year old ATD Representative of Age-matched Children?
Principal Investigator: Amanda Agnew, PhD
This study investigates whether the quality of anthropometric data, as it pertains vehicle safety, will improve when direct methods are used to collect it, and whether current ATDs can be improved with CRS-specific anthropometric data bases. The objective of this project is to determine whether currently-accepted anthropometric data, upon which pediatric ATDs are designed, are an accurate representation of children ages 4-7 years sitting in booster seats…- Exploration of the Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Teen Driving Behavior(2013-2014)
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using sled…- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using…- An Assessment of Injury for Pediatric Motor Vehicle Occupants with Premature or Delayed Graduation from Forward-facing to Booster Restraint
Principal Investigator: Caitlin Locey, BS
The broad long-term goal of this research is to assess whether forward-facing harness-based child restraints provide a greater protective benefit than belt-positioning boosters for children of similar age or size in motor vehicle crashes. A secondary goal is to identify patterns of injury and injury causation scenarios for this population.- Comparing FMVSS 213 Sled Test to the Full-scale Vehicle Crash Environment (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The long-term goal of this study is to determine the effect of geometric and material modifications to the FMVSS 213 bench on the ability of the bench, used in regulatory sled testing, to replicate a real vehicle seat in a crash.- Motor Vehicle Crash-related Injury Causation Scenarios for Disabling Injuries in Children
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
In the United States, injury is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In children, long term disability from trauma is far more common than death. Spinal cord injuries, either alone or in combination with other injuries, result in the most physical disability in children. The goal of the proposed line of research is to mitigate disabling crash-related spinal injuries in children by investigating the injury causation scenarios for…- Linking Adolescents’ Medical and Traffic Data: Creation of a Unique Database
Principal Investigator: Allison Curry, PhD
This study’s long-term goal is to create a unique longitudinal database of adolescents’ medical information and their traffic outcomes as drivers, and utilize this database to investigate driving outcomes for adolescents with relevant medical conditions (e.g., developmental disabilities).