Research Support
Principal investigators at the CAB are in the enviable position of having a dedicated staff to service their design, fabrication, instrumentation, anatomical, IT and contract support needs.
Staff
Len Barker
Operations Manager
Len is responsible for staff support of research activities at CAB. This includes facilities management, contract support and personnel management.
Parker Berthelson
Mechanical Engineer
Parker provides project management and test support for various research projects pertaining to the understanding and mitigation of injuries across military and automotive environments. This includes test plan development, coordination of cross-functional teams, engineering design (CAD/Solidworks), data collection and analysis, and finite element analysis (FEA).
James Caldwell
Mechanical Engineering Technician
James is a test and data engineer specializing in data analysis and robotic testing
Pablo Gracia Cemborain
Research Engineer
Pablo is a Research Engineer supporting computational projects related to virtual testing and simulation automation.
John Paul Donlon
Lab Specialist Senior
Research Interests: Automotive/sports injury prevention, data analysis/visualization, physical/computational injury simulation.
Tim Gillispie
Administrative Assistant
Tim has worked at the CAB for over 20 years. He spends some of his time proofreading outgoing publications and test reports, assisting in searches of the academic literature for relevant publications, as well as maintaining a database of publications for CAB researchers.
Brandon Hale
Mechanical Engineering Technician
Brandon is a mechanical engineering technican supporting research in the area of injury biomechanics, automobile safety and occupant protection.
Jaehyuk Heo
Research Specialist
Jaehyuk is a research specialist supporting computational research in the area of injury biomechanics, automobile safety and occupant protection.
Ramakrishnan (Ram) Iyer
Research Engineer
Research Interests: Developing Finite Element Human Body Model, Injury prediction of occupant/pedestrian biomechanics models in a traffic accident scenario, Analysis and improvement of automobile restraint systems, Automation of Finite Element Simulation , Machine Learning...
Kevin Kopp
Test Coordinator / Data Acquisition and Sensors Specialist
Kevin provides data acquisition and instrumentation support for projects conducted at CAB.
Chris Lovenduski
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Computational modeling and simulation, mechanical behavior of materials, robotics and electronics
Mark McCardell
Computer Systems Engineer
Mark McCardell has a very diverse skill set ranging from programming to data collection/analysis. Currently his primary responsibilities include network management and overseeing various data collection systems.
Justin McMahon
Mechanical Engineering Technician
Justin has worked on projects pertaining to underbody blast biomechanics for the WIAMan Underbody Blast Manikin development and behind armor blunt trauma.
Brian Overby
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Mr. Overby’s responsibilities at the Center for Applied Biomechanics, include sled and test device design, maintenance, installation and operation.
Katarzyna Rawska
Laboratory Specialist Senior
Kasia's primary research focus is on vehicle simulation and occupant response. She has an active role in developing and simulating multi-body models of the human body.
Jeesoo Shin
Lab Specialist Intermediate
Research Interests: Injury Biomechanics, Automotive Safety, Vehicle Crashworthiness, Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Sara Sochor
Anatomical Donations Coordinator
Sara is the Anatomical Donations Coordinator for the University of Virginia’s CAB. She holds both a BS and MS in Biology with a concentration in human anatomy, a MS in Pharmacy with a concentration in forensic science, and an AAS in Mortuary Science.