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Research Advancement of the science of automotive engineering involves active participation in research committees and conferences. KEVA Engineering personnel are members of SAE standards committees, organize conferences, and actively perform peer review of technical publications. We also regularly attend the major automotive engineering and biomechanics conferences and meetings. KEVA Engineering personnel are members of the following organizations, have received the following honors, and have served or are serving on the following committees: SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers; AAAM: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. HFES: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. SOFES: Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists PI TAU SIGMA, National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. 1975 SAE Colwell Award for outstanding contribution to SAE technical literature. Chairman of Accident Reconstruction Session at SAE International Congress, Detroit, MI, 1993. SAE Recognition Award as Principal Organizer for Automotive Seat Design for Safety TOPTEC Conference, Marina Del Rey, CA, 1995. SAE Recognition Award as Lecturer at Automotive Seat Design for Safety TOPTEC Conference, Marina Del Rey, CA, 1995. Editorial Advisory Board (1993-1996) for Accident Analysis and Prevention, An International Journal. Official Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine and Sponsored by the International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine and the International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts. Member of SAE Transactions Selection Committees #22, #22AR, and #70 in the areas of Passenger Protection, PC Accident Reconstruction, and Safety. SAE Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Practices (SAE-AIRP) Standards Committee. Chairman of IT-9 Collision Trajectory Algorithm Task Group in the SAE-AIRP Member of IT-6 Tire-Roadway Friction Task Group in the SAE-AIRP. Member of the Ethics Task Force in the SAE-AIRP. SAE Seat Standards Committee. Chairman of J879b Update Task Force within the SAE Seat Standards Committee. Technical Publication Review Committee and Co-organizer for Safety Session at SAE Future Technology Conference, Costa Mesa California, SAE Publication Automotive Safety: Present and Future, Technology, SP-925, 1992. Partner, Co-organizer and Lecturer at BH2VK Crash Testing Project Seminar, San Bernardino, CA, 1993. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation IV, SP-1030, 1994. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation V, SP-1083, 1995. Technical Publication Review Committee for 39th Annual Proceedings of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Conference, Chicago, IL, October, 1995. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation VI, 1996. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation VII, 1997. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Frontal Collision Restraint System Evidence, Course Faculty Member at Car Crashes and Occupant Injuries: A Team Approach to Crash Investigation, presented by the Association for The Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Tempe, AZ, 1997. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Rear Impacts: Occupant Dynamics and Injuries, Course Faculty Member at Car Crashes and Occupant Injuries: A Team Approach to Crash Investigation, presented by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Tempe, AZ, 1997, 1998, 1999. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation VIII, 1998. Presentation by Michael S. Varat and John F. Kerkhoff, Assessment of Vehicle Crash Severity Delta V Analysis, presented at the Meeting of the Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists, Yosemite, CA, 1998. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Frontal Impacts: Occupant Dynamics and Injuries, Course Faculty Member at Car Crashes and Occupant Injuries: A Team Approach to Crash Investigation, presented by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Tempe, AZ, 1998. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Technology and Animation IX, 1999. SAE Recognition Awards as Organizer and Speaker for Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art TOPTEC Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Accident Reconstruction: Vehicle and Occupant Dynamics, Presentation at SAE Seminar, Injuries, Anatomy, Biomechanics and Federal Regulation, Course Director, Jeffrey Pike, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Frontal Impacts: Occupant Dynamics and Injuries, Course Faculty Member at Car Crashes and Occupant Injuries: A Team Approach to Crash Investigation, presented by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Tempe, AZ, 1999. Presentation by John F. Kerkhoff, Accident Reconstruction Overview, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Analytical Collision Pulse Modeling, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Rear Impact Collisions, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Rollover Collisions, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Technical Publication Review Committee for SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction: Analysis, Simulation, and Visualization, SP-1491, 2000. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Reconstruction and Analysis of Real World Truck Rollovers, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Heavy Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Prevention, Analysis, and Reconstruction, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2000. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Heavy Vehicle Interaction With Roadside Hardware, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Heavy Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Prevention, Analysis, and Reconstruction, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2000. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Barrier Equivalent Velocity Analysis in Accident Reconstruction, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: Special Topics, Tempe, AZ, 2001. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Motorcycle Collision Reconstruction, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Accident Reconstruction: Special Topics, Tempe, AZ, 2001. Presentation by Michael S. Varat, Assessment of Vehicle Crash Severity, Presentation at Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001. Presentation by Stein E. Husher, Rollover Collision Reconstruction, Presentation at Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001. Presentation by Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, Collision Severity in Rollover Accidents, Presentation at SAE TOPTEC, Passenger Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Causes. Prevention and Injury Prevalence, Scottsdale, AZ, 2002. |
