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The University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics, which just celebrated its 35th anniversary, is the largest university-based injury biomechanics laboratory in the world. The 30,000 square-foot facility, located in the University of Virginia’s North Fork Research Park, boasts several state-of-the-art pieces of equipment, as well as custom resources and capabilities that are unique to the

laboratory. This includes servo-hydraulic and electro-mechanical materials testing machines, a Seattle Safety Systems servo-controlled reverse-acceleration sled, a VIA Systems deceleration sled, a 16-camera high-speed motion capture system, and the world’s first university-based full-scale rollover sled system, which is capable of rolling a sport-utility vehicle at 400-deg/s and dropping it onto a moving roadbed. The Center is a joint venture of the Schools of Engineering and Medicine and houses researchers with a diversity of backgrounds, including mechanical, biomedical, electrical, and civil engineers, a biostatistician, an epidemiologist, orthopedic surgeons, ER doctors, radiologists, and a pathologist.

NBC29 interview with Dr Jason Forman
03/31/2026

NBC29 interview with Dr Jason Forman

There’s a lot of safety testing for each new part used in a car, and a lot of that research goes on at the University of Virginia.

We are hiring for open rank tenure-ineligible position at the University of Virginia-Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin...
01/30/2025

We are hiring for open rank tenure-ineligible position at the University of Virginia-Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering!

Application reviews start soon!

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09/19/2024

We’re excited to announce that 21 current and former faculty, staff and students from the Center for Applied Biomechanics attended the 2024 IRCOBI Conference in Stockholm, Sweden!

The International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) is the world’s leading conference focused on advancing injury biomechanics and prevention. We're especially proud to have Professors Matt Panzer and Jason Kerrigan serve as council members, contributing their knowledge and expertise to this prestigious global forum.

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Who knew there was so much to designing turf? The researchers at CAB! ESPN's Stephania Bell brought her camera crew to f...
02/09/2024

Who knew there was so much to designing turf? The researchers at CAB! ESPN's Stephania Bell brought her camera crew to find out about carpets, infill, robotic simulations and more.

Way to go Bronek Gepner, Ben Koerber and James Caldwell (and Jason Kerrigan in absentia)!

Way to go Jason and Cori!
09/26/2023

Way to go Jason and Cori!

Vehicle collisions are a leading cause of trauma for pregnant individuals in the U.S. - Assoc. Prof. Jason Forman & Ph.D. student Cori Espelien at the University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics together w/ Asst. Prof. Pavel Chernyavskiy at the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia joined forces to try to remedy this. Some of their work was recently published here: https://at.virginia.edu/I7yROe

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Congratulations CABbies!
05/03/2023

Congratulations CABbies!

Way to go Matt and Sebastian!!
05/01/2023

Way to go Matt and Sebastian!!

Did you know that most studies on traumatic brain injury (TBI) neglect normal anatomical variations present within the population? A new study from the University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics using subject-specific models found a strong linear relationship between brain size and brain strain for the same head impact scenario. This is crucial for developing personalized protective equipment and aiding clinical diagnostics of TBI. Learn more about our findings here." https://at.virginia.edu/Gw8Evh UVA Radiology & Medical Imaging

04/13/2023
It’s not every day that we get to welcome the Acting Administrator of NHTSA into our laboratory! It was truly an honor t...
03/03/2023

It’s not every day that we get to welcome the Acting Administrator of NHTSA into our laboratory!

It was truly an honor to be able to show off a few of our ongoing projects, and have meaningful discussions with NHTSA leadership about road safety and injury prevention research.

Are you interested in touring our space and hearing more about our projects? Feel free to reach out!

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10/18/2022

Please join us in welcoming Richard W. Kent, internationally recognized in the field of injury biomechanics, as the new chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. https://2ogp.short.gy/gEtEJT University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics

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