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Performance Evaluation of Dual Stage Passenger Air Bag Systems
William T. Hollowell, Lori K. Summers, Aloke Prasad, Gopal Narwani, and Tadayuki Ato,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 234, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

NHTSA's Research Program for Vehicle Aggressivity and Fleet Compatibility
Stephen Summers, Aloke Prasad, William T. Hollowell,
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 249, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Effects of Seat Back Force-Deflection Properties on Injuries for Both Front and Rear Seat Occupants in Rear Impacts
James W. Saunders III, Louis N. Molino, and Emily Sun,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 250, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

NHTSA's Crashworthiness Modelling Activities
Stephen Summers, William T. Hollowell,
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 251, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Analytical Evaluation Of An Advanced Integrated Safety Seat Design In Frontal, Rear, Side, And Rollover Crashes
Mostafa Rashidy, Balachandra Deshpande, Gunasekar T.J., Russel Morris, Robert A. Munson, Jeffrey A. Lindberg, and Lori Summers, Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 305, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Effects of Angles and Offsets in Crash Simulations of Automobiles with Light Trucks
John C. Brewer,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 308, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Simulations of Large School Bus Safety Restraints - NHTSA
Linda McCray and Aida Barsan-Anelli,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 313, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Development of An Occupant Position Sensor System to Improve Frontal Crash Protection
David S. Breed, Lori Summers, Jan Carlson, and Michel Koyzreff,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 325, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Evaluation of Injury Risk from Side Impact Air Bags
Aloke Kumar Prasad, Randa Radwan Samaha, and Allison E. Louden,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 331, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Analysis of Occupant Protection Provided to 50th Percentile Male Dummies Sitting Mid-Track and 5th Percentile Female Dummies Sitting Full-Forward in Crash Tests of Paired Vehicles with Redesigned Air Bag Systems
Lori K. Summers, William T. Hollowell, and Aloke Prasad,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 338, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Large School Bus Safety Restraint Evaluation
Jeffrey C. Elias, Lisa K. Sullivan, and Linda B. McCray,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 345, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

A Systems Modeling Methodology For Estimation of Harm in the Automotive Crash Environment
Alexandra C. Kuchar,
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 354, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Evaluation of Frontal Offset/Oblique Crash Test Conditions
Carl L. Ragland, Osvaldo Fessahaie, and Daniel Elliott,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 385, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Lower Extremity Response and Trauma Assessment Using the THOR-Lx/HIIIr and the Denton Leg in Frontal Offset Vehicle Crashes
Shashi Kuppa, Mark Haffner, Rolf Eppinger, and James Saunders III,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 456, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Evaluation of the ES-2 Dummy In Representative Side Impacts
Randa Radwan Samaha, Matthew R. Maltese, and John Bolte,
Seventeenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 486, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Air Bag Technology in Light Passenger Vehicles
John Hinch, William T. Hollowell, Joseph Kanianthra, William D. Evans, Terry Klein, Anders Longthorne, Sabrina Ratchford, John Morris, Rajesh Subramanian,
Revision 2, June 27, 2001.

NHTSA’s Supporting Role in the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
William T. Hollowell and Stephen M. Summers,
First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, June 2001.

NHTSA's Compatibility Research Program Update
Stephen Summers, Aloke Prasad, and William T. Hollowell,
Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 2001-01-1167, Detroit, March 2001.

A Systems Modeling Methodology For Estimation of Harm in the Automotive Accident Environment
A.C. Kuchar, R. Greif, and G.W. Neat,
Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 2001-01-1172, Detroit, March 2001.

Vehicle Design versus Aggressivity
Hans C. Joksch, University of Michigan Transportation Institute,
Report No. DOT HS 809 194, April 2000.

The Crash Compatibility of Cars and Light Trucks
Hampton C. Gabler and William T. Hollowell,
Journal of Crash Prevention and Injury Control, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 19-31, March 2000.

NHTSA's Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility Research Program
S. Summers, A. Prasad, and W.T. Hollowell,
Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 1999·01·0071, Detroit, March 1999.

NHTSA's Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility Research Program
H.C. Gabler and W.T. Hollowell,
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 98-S3-O-01, Windsor, Canada, June 1998.

Determination of Frontal Offset Test Conditions Based on Crash Data
Sheldon L. Stucki, William T. Hollowell, and Osvaldo Fessahaie
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 98-S1-O-02, Windsor, Canada, June 1998.

Assessment of Advanced Air Bag Technology and Less Aggressive Air Bag Designs Through Performance Testing
Glen C. Rains, Aloke Prasad, and Lori Summers,
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 98-S5-O-06, Windsor, Canada, June 1998.

NHTSA'S Advanced Air Bag Technology Research Program
Lori Summers and William T. Hollowell,
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 98-S5-W-29, Windsor, Canada, June 1998.

The Aggressivity of Light Trucks and Vans in Traffic Crashes
H.C. Gabler and W.T. Hollowell, Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 980908, Detroit, February 1998.

Vehicle Aggressivity: Fleet Characterization Using Traffic Collision Data
H. Joksch, D. Massie, and R. Pichler, University of Michigan Transportation Institute,
Report DOT HS 808 679, February 1998.

Air Belt Revisited Final Report
David J. Romeo
Contract Number DTNH22-94-H-07108, April 1997

Advanced Integrated Structural Seat Final Report
Vikas Gupta, Rajiv Menon, Sanjeev Gupta, A. Mani, and Ilango Shanmugavelu
Contract Number DTNH22-92-D-07323, February 1997.

NHTSA's Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility Research Program
W.T. Hollowell and H.C. Gabler,
Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 96-S4-O-01. Melbourne, Australia, May 1996.

Determination of the Significance of Roof Crush on Head and Neck Injury to Passenger Vehicle Occupants in Rollover Crashes

Glen C. Rains and Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 950655, Detroit, March 1995.