Kurt Weiss CV

		Kurt Douglas Weiss Forensic Engineering and Collision Reconstruction Specialist ACTAR #1242

Curriculum Vitae

Employment:

Automotive Safety Research, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA
POSITION: Staff Engineer, Collision Reconstructionist
DATES: September 1986 to Present
DUTIES: Forensic Engineering and Collision Reconstruction. Vehicle collision damage measurements, collision site and scale mapping, seat belt forensic and compliance testing, airbag inflator tank testing, ECU collision data retrieval, photographic documentation, safety recall and product defects research, computerized collision modeling, technical report and demonstrative evidence preparation, expert testimony.

Education:

University of California at Santa Barbara

B.S., Mathmatical Sciences 1990
M.S., Mechanical Engineering 1993

Accident Reconstruction Courses:

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Forensic Physics Applied to Accident Reconstruction. August 1993
Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Evanston, IL
Traffic Accident Reconstruction I, January 1994
Traffic Accident Reconstruction II, March 1994
Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Beaverton, OR
EDC Reconstruction (EDVAP/EDCRASH), April 1994
EDC Simulations (EDSMAC/EDSVS/EDVTS), May 1994
HVE Forum, New Orleans, LA, May 2002
Institute of Police Technology and Training, Jacksonville, FL
Investigation of Motorcycle Accidents, Tempe, AZ, May 1995

Special Training and Awards:

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Forensic Engineering, April 1990
Human Anatomy Laboratory, January 1993
Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA
Injuries, Anatomy, Biomechanics and Federal Regulations
     Irvine, CA, January 1995
Low Speed Collision TOPTEC
     Richmond, B.C., Canada, August 1996
Air Bag Design and Performance TOPTEC
     Costa Mesa, CA, August 1997
Accident Reconstruction: State-of-the-Art TOPTEC
     Costa Mesa, CA, December 1999
Accident Reconstruction TOPTEC: Special Topics
     Tempe, AZ, May 2001
Passenger Vehicle Rollover TOPTEC: Causes, Prevention & Injury Prevalence
     Scottsdale, AZ, April 2002
BH₂VK Crash Testing Project
San Bernardino, CA, August, 1992
Vetronix Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA
Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Training Seminar, June 2001
ACTAR Long Term Commission Accreditation, December 2001
The Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway Company, San Bernardino, CA.
Grade Crossing Collision Investigation, April 2002
COLLISION SAFETY INSTITUTE, San Diego, CA
Crash Data Retrieval System Operator's Certification Course, Anaheim, CA, December 2003

Publications:

"Driver Usage Patterns of Non-Motorized, Door-Mounted, Passive 3-Point Seat Belts," SAE Paper No. 970119. Co-authored with William Broadhead. SAE International Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, February 24-27, 1997
"Mechanics of Injury in Frontal Restraint Systems." Co-authored with Anthony Sances, Jr. and Srirangam Kumaresan. 21^st Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Bethesda, MD, September 28-29, 2002
"Examination of Seat Belt Components in Frontal NCAP Barrier Tested Vehicles." Co-authored with William Broadhead. Presented at the 22^nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery, Charlotte, NC, September 2003
"Ananlysis of Shared Seat Belt Design." Co-authored with William Broadhead. Presented at the 2003 ASME Mechanical and Materials Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June 17-20, 2003
"Biomechanical Analysis of Late Airbag Deployment in Motor Vehicle Crashes." Co-authored with Anthony Sances, Jr., Srirangam Kumaresan and William Broadhead. 2003 Summer Bioengineering Congerence, Key Biscayne, FL, June 25-29, 2003
"Air Bag Control Module Response to Multiple Vehicle Impacts." Co-authored with Holly A. Adams. Presented at the 56^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX, February 16-21, 2004
"Forensic Testing of Shared Anchor Seat Belt Components." Co-authored with William Broadhead. Presented at the 56^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX, February 16-21, 2004
"Evaluating the Effects of Assembly Hardware on Breaking Strength of Seat Belt Webbing." Presented at the 56^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX, February 16-21, 2004

Presentations:

"Accident Reconstruction, Crashworthiness, and Biomechanics of Injury Causation." Invited speaker. Co-presented with Dr. Y. King Liu, and William G. Broadhead at the University of Northern California at Marin, Petaluma, CA, June 12-13, 1999
"AIRBAGS as they relate to Accident Reconstruction, Crashworthiness, and Biomechanics of Injury Causation." Invited speaker. Co-Presented with Dr. Y. King Liu, William G. Broadhead, and Henk Helleman at the University of Northern California at Marin, Petaluma, CA, November 6-7, 1999
"Forensic Testing and Collision Reconstruction." Invited speaker. Presented at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Professor Noel MacDonald, ME11A, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 1, April 29, 2002
"AIRBAGS as they relate to Accident Reconstruction, Crashworthiness, and Biomechanics of Injury Causation." Invited speaker. Co-Presented with Dr. Y. King Liu, William G. Broadhead, and Holly A. Adams at the University of Northern California at Marin, Petaluma, CA, October 19-20, 2002
"Forensic Testing and Collision Reconstruction." Invited speaker. Presented at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Professor Eric Matthys, ME11A, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 1, January 29, 2003
"Vehicle-to-Vehcile, Head-on Collision Reconstruction." Invited speaker. Kiwanis International Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, November 12, 2003
"Vehicle-to-Vehcile, Head-on Collision Reconstruction." Invited speaker. Presented at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Professor Anthony Evans, ME11A, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 1, March 2, 2004

Research:

"A Computer Program to Solve a System of Ten Equations that Model the Dynamics of a Two-Vehicle Collision," Master's Project, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCSB, December 1993

Conferences:

M.A.T.A.I., N.A.P.A.R.S., N.A.T.A.R.I. Combined Conference
Special Problems in Motorcycle Collision Investigations.
Atlantic City, NJ, October 1994
SAE International Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI
February 1995
March 1999
S.O.A.R., T.A.A.R.S., W.A.T.A.I. Combined Conference and Training Seminar
Charlottesville, VA, August 1995
T.A.A.R.S. 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Training Seminar
Mesquite, TX, May 1996
Stapp Car Crash Conference:
39^th - Del Coronado, CA, November 1995
40^th - Albuquerque, NM, November 1996
42^nd - Tempe, AZ, November 1998
43^rd - San Diego, CA, October 1999
44^th - Atlanta, GA, November 2000
47^th - San Diego, CA, November 2003
Annual International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
27^th - San Diego, CA, October 1999.
28^th - Atlanta, GA, November 2000
3^rd Annual CIREN Symposium
San Diego, CA, November 1999
22^nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery
Charlotte, NC, September 2003
American Academy of Forensic Scineces, 56^th Annual Meeting
Dallas, TX, February 16-21, 2004

Societies:

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Warrendale, PA. - member since 1991
Society of Accident Reconstructionists (S.O.A.R.), Denver, CO. - member since 1995
National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (N.A.P.A.R.S.), Brandywine, MD - member since 1996
California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists (CA²RS), San Jose, CA - member since 2004