SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety

Warren Hardy, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, USA
Hardy is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, is part of the core faculty of the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, and also has appointments in the Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics on the VT campus. After earning his bachelor’s degree in engineering science (bioengineering option) from the University of Michigan, Hardy received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering (biomechanics) and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Wayne State University. Hardy was a Ford Graduate Fellow and is currently a College of Engineering Faculty Fellow. His research interests focus on traumatic brain injury, aortic rupture, abdominal injury, and combat-related trauma. He consistently organizes and chairs sessions for the SAE World Congress and the World Congress of Biomechanics, and is a former chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. He is a member of the Stapp Advisory Committee, and also holds membership in SAE International, ASME, IEEE, AAAM, and BMES.