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BMES-5174: Biomechanics of Crash Injury Prevention

Description: Principles of design and analysis of crash injury prevention methods in vehicle crashes. The course encompasses three major focus areas for occupant protection in crashes: crash energy absorption in (1) the vehicle structure, (2) the occupant, and (3) the occupant restraints. Topics include the biomechanics of impact injury, analysis of occupant response in crash tests, vehicle crash kinematics, modeling of vehicle impact response, modeling of human impact response, and occupant restraint design. Graduate standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: ME-5174

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.66 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 47.04%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.56%

Joseph Albert202470.4%20.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%3.7%3.593
Hampton C Gabler201985.7%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.1%3.881

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W