Faculty

Research Associate Professor

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Jason Forman's research topics include the development and biofidelity evaluation of anthropomorphic test devices, the execution of full-scale impact biomechanics experiments with dummies and other models in simulated automobile collision environments, the development of injury risk functions...

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Vice-Chair of Research for Emergency Medicine, Assistant Medical Director, UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics

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Thomas Hartka, MD, MS is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Hartka studied Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, earning his Bachelors and Masters Degrees. He investigated structural optimization using...

Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy), Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)

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Dr. Kent is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. He has worked in the field of automobile safety for 25 years. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed books, chapters, and articles in the field and has...

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery (courtesy), Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics

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Jason R. Kerrigan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Director of UVa's Center for Applied Biomechanics. After graduating with a BS in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University in 2001, Jason joined the Center for...

Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy), Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics, MAE Director of Graduate Studies (M.E., M.S., Ph.D.)

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Dr. Panzer is an Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engieering at the University of Virginia, and serves as Deputy Director at the Center for Applied Biomechanics, and is a member of the UVA Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Center. He graduated from...

Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Research Track

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Dr. Salzar has over 25 years of experience in the field of engineering mechanics, with the last 13 years focusing on injury biomechanics. After a two year post-doctoral NRC appointment with the NASA-Glenn Research Center researching advanced aerospace composite materials, Dr. Salzar won...

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Research Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics

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Dr. Mark Sochor is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia. Dr. Sochor is a clinically active emergency medicine physician and the medical director at the Center for Applied Biomechanics...