Current News

2005

SAE CONGRESS: KEVA Engineering, LLC is proud to once again have two of our senior engineers, Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, co-organizing the SAE Congress Sessions on Accident Reconstruction. The SAE Congress is the largest meeting for the Automotive Engineering industry in the United States and serves as the best forum for the significant advances in accident reconstruction technology. In addition to the presented lectures, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher worked with other members of the Occupant Protection Committee to arrange publication of a technical compendium of the Accident Reconstruction technical papers presented at this conference. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other conferences of interest to the engineering community. The SAE Congress is April 11-14, 2005.

2004

CURRENT TECHNICAL PAPER: KEVA Engineering, LLC would like to announce the publication of a new technical paper describing motorcycle lane change behavior. Published and presented at the 2004 Motorcycle Safety Conference which is organized by the Munich based Institut Fur Zweiradsicherheit e.V., the paper described a series of original tests conducted by KEVA Engineering on 3 different types of motorcycles. The paper is one in a series of research projects that will hopefully assist in the understanding of motorcycle dynamics and rider training procedures. Please see the Publications page of this web site for more information.

WE HAVE MOVED: Effective April 19, 2004 KEVA Engineering, LLC has moved to a larger location. Our new Industrial / R&D building will include a vehicle inspection area, a component test laboratory, exhibit fabrication shop as well as enhanced facilities for computer simulation analysis. Please note our new address as follows:

KEVA Engineering
840 Calle Plano
Camarillo, CA 93012
Phone: (805) 388-6016
Fax: (805) 388-6046

Please note that the Phone number, Fax number, Web Page, and all E-Mails are remaining the same. SAE CONGRESS: KEVA Engineering, LLC is proud to once again have two of our senior engineers, Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, co-organizing the SAE Congress Sessions on Accident Reconstruction. The SAE Congress is the largest meeting for the Automotive Engineering industry in the United States and serves as the best forum for the significant advances in accident reconstruction technology. In addition to the presented lectures, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher worked with other members of the Occupant Protection Committee to arrange publication of a technical compendium of the Accident Reconstruction technical papers presented at this conference. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other conferences of interest to the engineering community. The SAE Congress is March 8-11, 2004.

2003

TECHNICAL PAPERS: KEVA Engineering is proud to announce the recent publication of the following technical papers. The first paper is titled, The analysis and Determination of Tire-Roadway Frictional Drag, SAE Paper 2003-01-0887. Published in SAE Publication, Accident Reconstruction 2003, SP-1773. This paper explores the determination of analysis of the braking capability of vehicles on new and well traveled asphalt. The second paper is titled, Bulb Usage Analysis of LED-Type Automotive Lighting. This paper explores the post accident forensic determination of whether LED type automotive lights were turned on during an impact event. The third paper is titled, Crash Pulse Modeling For Vehicle Safety Research, Paper #501, To be Presented and Published at the 18^TH International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Nagoya, Japan, May 2003. This paper studies the modeling of collision acceleration pulses for use in sled tests, component tests and mathematical analysis. Please contact us to learn more about our ongoing research activities.

SAE CONGRESS: KEVA Engineering is proud to once again have two of our senior engineers, Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, co-organizing the SAE Congress Sessions on Accident Reconstruction. The SAE Congress is the largest meeting for the Automotive Engineering industry in the United States and serves as the best forum for the significant advances in accident reconstruction technology. In addition to the presented lectures, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher worked with other members of the Occupant Protection Committee to arrange publication of a technical compendium of the Accident Reconstruction technical papers presented at this conference. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other conferences of interest to the engineering community. The SAE Congress is March 3-6, 2003.

2002

SAE CONGRESS: KEVA Engineering is proud to once again have two of our senior engineers, Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, co-organizing the SAE Congress Sessions on Accident Reconstruction. The SAE Congress is the largest meeting for the Automotive Engineering industry in the United States and serves as the best forum for the significant advances in accident reconstruction technology. In addition to the presented lectures, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher worked with other members of the Occupant Protection Committee to arrange publication of a technical compendium of the Accident Reconstruction technical papers presented at this conference. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other conferences of interest to the engineering community. The SAE Congress is March 4-7, 2002.

TOPTEC CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering personnel made a joint presentation at the SAE TOPTEC Conference, Passenger Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Causes, Prevention and Injury Prevalence, held in Scottsdale, Arizona in April, 2002. The presentation by Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, was called, Collision Severity in Rollover Crashes. KEVA Engineering would like to thank the Society of Automotive Engineers for inviting us to this conference and giving us the opportunity to share ideas and engineering knowledge with our peers in the engineering community.

2001

TOPTEC CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering is pleased to once again be organizing an SAE TOPTEC conference on Accident Reconstruction. The TOPTEC is to be held May 22-25, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona. The TOPTEC will include lectures by leading Accident Reconstruction experts, a staged crash test, and a practical introduction to vehicle dynamics through the Bob Bondurant Racing School at Firebird Raceway. In addition to organizing this event, KEVA Engineering personnel will also be lecturing on Collision Severity Assessment as well as on Motorcycle Collision Reconstruction. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other TOPTEC conferences of interest to the engineering community.

SAE CONGRESS: KEVA Engineering is proud to have two of our senior engineers, Michael S. Varat and Stein E. Husher, co-organizing the SAE Congress Sessions on Accident Reconstruction. The SAE Congress is the largest meeting for the Automotive Engineering industry in the United States and serves as the best forum for the significant advances in accident reconstruction technology. In addition to the presented lectures, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher worked with other members of the Occupant Protection Committee to arrange publication of a technical compendium of the Accident Reconstruction technical papers presented at this conference. KEVA Engineering continues to provide a commitment to advancing the state of the art in Accident Reconstruction through our active involvement in this and other engineering conferences. Please check the Society of Automotive Engineers web site at www.sae.org for additional information regarding this and other conferences of interest to the engineering community. The SAE Congress is March 5-8, 2001.

SATAI CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering personnel made two presentations at the SATAI (Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona in July, 2002. The presentation by Michael S. Varat addressed Collision Severity and the analysis of Delta V and Barrier Equivalent Velocity. The Presentation by Stein E. Husher addressed the Reconstruction of Rollover Collisions. KEVA Engineering would like to thank SATAI for inviting us to this conference and giving us the opportunity to share ideas and engineering knowledge with our peers in the accident reconstruction community.

2000

TOPTEC CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering personnel made two presentations at the SAE TOPTEC Conference, Heavy Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Prevention, Analysis, and Reconstruction held in Vancouver, Canada in July, 2000. The first presentation by Stein E. Husher, was called, Reconstruction and Analysis of Real World Truck Rollovers. The second presentation, by Michael S. Varat, was called, Heavy Vehicle Interaction With Roadside Hardware. This conference also involved a staged heavy truck rollover. KEVA Engineering would like to thank the Society of Automotive Engineers for inviting us to this conference and giving us the opportunity to share valuable ideas and engineering knowledge with our peers in the engineering community.

AAAM CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering continued our involvement with the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine with lectures by Mr. Michael S. Varat and Mr. Stein Husher at the course, Crashes & Injuries - A Team Approach to Crash Investigation. This interesting course was held in Miami, Florida in conjunction with the Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami. This two day course illustrates the complexities involved in understanding how people get injured in car crashes and the need for a multidisciplinary approach. It provides a unique framework for professionals working in motor vehicle safety and injury control to interact through lectures, discussions and examination of real world crashed vehicles. Further information about AAAM is available from www.carcrash.org.

1999

TOPTEC CONFERENCE: KEVA Engineering personnel made three presentations at the SAE TOPTEC Conference, Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art held in Costa Mesa, California in December, 1999. The first, by firm founder, John F. Kerkhoff, was called, Accident Reconstruction Overview. The second presentation, by Stein E. Husher, was called, Rear Impact Collisions and Rollover Collisions. The third presentation by Michael S. Varat, was called, Analytical Collision Pulse Modeling. Additionally, Mr. Varat and Mr. Husher were the organizers and chairman of this TOPTEC which was the first SAE TOPTEC devoted solely to advancing the state of the art in Collision Reconstruction and combined presentations from over a dozen leading accident reconstruction and vehicle safety experts.