Past events

The next SAFER doctor is Azra Habibovic , Department of Applied Mechanics, division of Vehicle Safety! On the 8th of June she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with development of active safety systems that reduce car-to-vulnerable road user accidents. Title: Analyzing real-world data to promote development of active safety systems that reduce car-to-vulnerable road user accidents

On Friday June 8th at 10:00, Ola Benderius, PhD Student at Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, will have his licentiate seminar. Ola Benderius is working within the SAFER project QUADRA . Title: Driver model development: Data collection, model analysis, and optimization Discussion leader: Dr. Magnus Hjälmdahl, VTI Linköping Welcome!

On Monday May 21st at 13:00, Emma Tivesten, Industrial PhD Student from Volvo Cars, at Department of Applied Mechanics, Division Vehicle Safety, Chalmers, will have her licentiate seminar. Emma Tivesten is working within the SAFER projects DREAMi and Field Data Acquisition and Analysis Methods for Car Safety Development . Title: "Real world data on driver behaviour in accidents and incidents"

NTF Väst och SAFER bjuder in till ett seminarium om den ömtåliga människan den 10 maj 2012, se bifogad inbjudan. Den ömtåliga människan Vi har kommit en bra bit på vägen när det gäller att minska antalet omkomna och allvarligt skadade i trafiken. Men det finns mer att göra. De flesta trafikskador sker främst inne i bilen men konsekvenserna är

The next SAFER doctor is Anders Lie, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, and Swedish Transport Administration! On the 4th of May he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, with the title: "Managing traffic safety : an approach to the evaluation of new vehicle safety systems " Faculty opponent: Prof Nils Petter Gregersen, Hälsouniversitetet i Linköping, Institutionen för medicin

Welcome to the SAFER seminar: "Optimal Path Recovery for Over-Speeding in Curves" Speakers: Prof Tim Gordon, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Matthijs Klomp, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, Sweden Mathias Lidberg, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, Sweden Abstract: This presentation addresses control intervention via braking as a way to address the safety issue resulting from

SAFER completed its sixth year and second stage on April 1st 2012! To present SAFER's broad competence within vehicle- and traffic safety, we have put together an interesting program for you with presentations from different projects focused on Pre-Crash Safety, Crash Safety, Post-Crash Safety or Traffic Safety Analysis. Attending the seminar is free of charge and open to everyone who

The next SAFER doctor is Anna Carlsson , Department of Applied Mechanics! On the 20th of April she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with Female Whiplash Injury Protection. Title: "Addressing Female Whiplash Injury Protection - A Step Towards 50th Percentile Female Rear Impact Occupant Models" Opponent: Associate Professor Anita Vasavada, Ph.D., Voiland School of Chemical Engineering

The next SAFER doctor is Mikael Ljung Aust , Department of Applied Mechanics and Volvo Cars! On the 13th of April he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, which deals with improvement of the evaluation process for active safety functions. Title: "Improving the Evaluation Process for Active Safety Functions. Addressing Key Challenges in Functional Formative Evaluation of Advanced Driver

The next SAFER doctor is Marianne Andersson , Department of Applied Mechanics! On the 30th of March she will present and defend her doctoral thesis, which deals with Child Safety in Car Crashes. Title: "Child Safety in Car Crashes. A Modeling Approach for Safety System Improvements" Opponent: Professor Larsgunnar Nilsson, Division of Solid Mechanics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. The defense

Welocme to the SAFER seminar: "Setting the Future Agenda for Child Occupant Protection" Speaker: Kristy Arbogast, PhD Engineering Core Director, Center for Injury Research and Prevention Co-Director, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA Research Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, USA About the seminar: The focus of

Speaker: Stephen Ridella , Director, Office of Vehicle Crashworthiness Research National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), USA Date: Monday, March 19th at 13:00-14:00 Room: Bohlin, SAFER, Lindholmspiren 3 No registration necessary – just stop by! Welcome!

The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research has decided to award its scholarship for 2011 to Professor Annika Stensson Trigell of the Royal Institute of Technology. The scholarship, which amounts to SEK 250,000, will be presented to Annika Stensson Trigell for her scientific excellence in automotive dynamics, initiating and heading the transport platform at the Royal Institute of Technology, and

Välkommen till en heldag med fokus på barns trygghet och säkerhet i trafiken. Det blir en värdefull mötesplats för dig som berörs av frågor kring barn och trafik i ditt arbete. Missa inte möjligheten att utbyta erfarenheter, uppdatera din kunskap och stärka ditt nätverk. Ur programmet: Så händer det! Om skador och olyckstillbud med barn och unga Trafiksäkerhet – en

Welcome to the SAFER seminar: Speaker: Prof Gunnar Flötteröd, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Host: Devdatt Dubhashi, Chalmers Multi-agent simulations are powerful tools to mimic the complex interactions of multiple actors in realistic environments, such as travelers in a metropolitan region. Computational facilities to simulate systems with millions of actors are by now available. This presentation discusses basic concepts and

NTF Väst och SAFER bjuder in till seminarium om Trötthet i trafiken den 18 januari, se bifogad inbjudan. Trötthet i trafiken - ett seminarium du inte bör sova dig igenom Att ha sovit för lite, att ha varit vaken för länge eller att köra sent på natten eller tidigt på morgonen ökar risken för en trötthetsrelaterad olycka. Riskgrupper är framförallt

The next SAFER doctor is Mattias Brännström , Department of Signals and Systems and Volvo Cars! On the 20th of December he will present and defend his doctoral thesis, which deals with decision-making in automotive collision avoidance systems. Title: "Decision-Making in Automotive Collision Avoidance Systems" Opponent: Dr. Steven Shladover, PhD, Program leader, California Partners for Advanced Transportation TecHnology (PATH), University

On Friday December 16th at 13:00, Josef Nilsson , Industrial PhD Student from SP, connected to Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers, will have his licentiate seminar. Josef Nilsson is working within the SAFER project System Safety through combination of HMI and Dependable Systems (SHADES ). Title: "On the interaction between driver assistance systems and drivers in situations of system

Welcome to the SAFER seminar: "Lane departure warning and lane departure prevention - comparing safety benefits of warning and intervention systems" Speaker: Prof Tim Gordon University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Department of Mechanical Engineering USA Host: Mathias Lidberg Abstract This talk describes a recent study in the US Advanced Collision Avoidance Technologies (ACAT) program. The ACAT-2 study looked at active

The Human Body Modeling group at Applied Mechanics, Chalmers, invites you to a WORKSHOP ON MEDICAL IMAGING FOR MODEL GENERATION At SAFER, Lindholmspiren 3, December 12-16, 2011 This workshop is for those interested in 3D reconstruction, generating Finite Element Models and CFD, rapid Prototyping and CAD based on image data from MRI, Ultrasound and Computed Tomography (CT). On Monday 12/12