The Stapp Association and Conference Committee are honored to invest in the future of crash injury researchers presenting at the Stapp Car Crash Conference. Awards include the John Paul Stapp Award, conferred annually to a paper presented at the previous years’ conference, as well as the John W. Melvin Student Paper Award, conferred annually to graduate students presenting at the conference in which the award is presented.
John Paul Stapp Award
The John Paul Stapp Award is offered annually for the a paper presented at the previous year’s Stapp Car Crash Conference that best meets the goals of the Stapp Association as judged by the Stapp Advisory Committee.
(What is the award [money, plaque, et cetera]? Do we have winners from the past to post? Would we like them posted?)
Winners Announced at the 67th Conference
Sahar Benadi, LAB PSA Renault/Univ Gustave Eiffel—Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Xavier Trosseille and Philippe Petit, LAB PSA Renault
Jérôme Uriot, CEESAR
Yoann Lafon and Philippe Beillas, Univ Gustave Eiffel—Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Title: Ligaments Laxity and Elongation at Injury in Flexed knees during Lateral Impact Conditions
John W. Melvin Student Awards
The John W. Melvin Student Awards of $1,500, $1,000, and $500 are presented to the three graduate students whose papers are judged by the Stapp Student Award Committee to have made the most significant contributions to the fields of injury biomechanics and injury reduction. Mentors of accepted papers that include significant contributions by a student are invited to describe those contributions in a letter for their student to be considered. The three awards are made at the end of the conference in which the papers were presented.
Winners Announced at the 67th Conference
Allison Guettler, 1st place
Title: Frontal-Crash Occupant Protection in the Rear Seat: Submarining and Abdomen/Pelvis Response in Midsized Male Surrogates
Co-authors: Danielle M. Cristino, Kerry A. Danelson, John H. Bolte IV, Andrew R. Kemper, Matthew J. Mason, John M. Cavanaugh, and Warren H. Hardy
Hollie Pietsch, 2nd place
Title: Comparison of Adult Female and Male PMHS Pelvis and Lumbar Response to Underbody Blast
Co-authors: Samuel T. Bianco, Devon L. Albert, David M. Boyle, Andrew R. Kemper, and Warren H. Hardy
(Was there a third-place winner?)