The Center for Injury Biomechanics

has partnered with VTTI to combine auto safety expertise with injury biomechanics expertise. The CIB performs research investigating human tolerance to impact loading with the application of this research to include automobile safety, military restraints, and sports biomechanics.

To accomplish this, the center combines experimental testing of dummy and human surrogates as well as computational modeling in order to develop human impact injury criteria.

As a member of the Mechanical Engineering Department and the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech, CIB offers an excellent opportunity for graduate student education through a wide variety of biomechanics courses and research experience.

Currently the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics has three core research facilities that include the Wake Forest University Medical Center, the Impact Biomechanics lab located at the Institute for Critical Thinking and Sciences building at Virginia Tech, and the Impact Laboratory and Crash Sled located at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. In addition to these facilities, CIB utilizes several unique collaborative research facilities for it's research which include the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute just to name a few.

For more information please visit http://www.cib.vt.edu/