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Warren N. Hardy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
VT-WFU Center for Injury Biomechanics
Virginia Tech
100F Randolph Hall, MC 0238
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-4314
Fax: 540-231-2953
E-mail: whardy@vt.edu
EDUCATION:
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B.S., University of Michigan, Engineering Science, Bioengineering Option, 1985 |
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M.S., Wayne State University, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, 1988 |
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Ph.D., Wayne State University, Biomedical Engineering, 2007 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Impact and injury response and tolerance Properties of biological materials |
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Macro and micro mechanisms of trauma Physical and numerical surrogate development |
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Automotive crash testing |
TEACHING INTERESTS:
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Biomedical Instrumentation Design |
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Experimental Methods in Impact Biomechanics Trauma Biomechanics |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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Hardy, WN; Mason, MJ; Foster, CD; Shah, CS; Kopacz, JM; Yang, KH; King, AI; Bishop,J; Bey, M; Anderst, W; Tashman, S: A Study of the Response of the Human Cadaver Head to Impact Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 51, 2007. |
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Foster, CD; Hardy, WN; Yang, KH; King, AI; Hashimoto S: High-Speed Seatbelt Pretensioner Loading of the Abdomen. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 50, 2006. |
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Shah, CS; Hardy, WN; Mason, MJ; Yang, KH; Van Ee CA; Morgan, R; Digges, K: Dynamic Biaxial Tissue Properties of the Human Cadaver Aorta. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 50, 2006. |
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Hardy, WN; Shah, CS; Kopacz, JM; Yang, KH; Van Ee CA; Morgan, R; Digges, K: Study of Potential Mechanisms of Traumatic Rupture of the Aorta Using In Situ Experiments. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 50, 2006. |
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Zou, H; Schmiedeler, JP; Hardy, WN: Separating Brain Motion into Rigid Body Displacement and Deformation under Low-Severity Impacts. Journal of Biomechanics, 2006. |
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Siegel, JH; Yang KH; Smith JA; Siddiqi SQ; Shah CS; Maddali M; Hardy, WN: Computer simulation and validation of the Archimedes Lever Hypothesis as a mechanism for aortic isthmus disruption in a case of lateral impact motor vehicle crash. The Journal of Trauma, Vol. 60(5), 2006. |
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Mason, MJ; Shah, CS; Maddali M; Yang, KH; Hardy, WN; Van Ee, CA; Digges, K: A New Device for High-Speed Biaxial Tissue Testing: Application to Traumatic Rupture of the Aorta. Transactions of the Society of Automotive Engineers, 2005. |
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Balasubramanian, S; Beillas, P; Belwadi, A; Hardy, WN; Yang, KH; King AI: Below Knee Impact Responses Using Cadeveric Specimens. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 48, 2004. |
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Parnaik, Y; Beillas, P; Demetropolis, CK: Hardy, WN; Yang, KH; King, AI:
The Influence of Surrogate Blood Vessels on the Impact Respnse of a Physical Model of the Brain. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 48, 2004. |
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Zhang, L; Bae, J; Hardy, WN; Monson, KL; Manley, GT; Goldsmith W; Yang, KH; King, AI: Computational Study of the Contribution of the Vascular on the Dynamic Response of the Brain. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 46, 2002. |
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Kleiven, S; Hardy, WN: Correlation of an FE Model of the Human Head with Local Brain Motion - Consequences for Injury Prediction. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 46, 2002. |
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Hardy, WN; Schneider, LW; Rouhana, SW: Prediction of Airbag-Induced Forearm Fractures and Airbag Aggressivity. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol.
45, pp. 511-530, 2001. |
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Hardy, WN; Schneider, LW; Rouhana, SW: Abdominal Impact Response to Rigid-Bar, Seatbelt, and Airbag Loading. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 1-31, 2001. |
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Hardy, WN; Foster, CD; Mason, MJ; Yang, KH; King, AI; Tashman S:
Investigation of Head Injury Mechanisms Using Neutral Density Technology and High-Speed Biplanar X-ray. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 45, pp.
337-368, 2001. |
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Rouhana, SW; Elhagediab, AM; Walbridge, A; Hardy, WN; Schneider, LW:
Development of a Reusable, Rate-Sensitive Abdomen for the Hybrid III Family of Dummies. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 33-59, 2001. |
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Shah, CS; Yang, KH; Hardy, WN; Wang, HK; King, AI: Development of a Computer Model to Predict Aortic Rupture Due to Impact Loading. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 161-182, 2001. |
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Zhang, L; Yang, KH; Dwarampudi, R; Omori, K; Li, T; Chang, K; Hardy, WN; Khalil, TB; and King AI: Recent Advances in Brain Injury Research: A New Human Head Model Development and Validation. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 369-393, 2001. |
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Viano, DC; Hardy, WN; King, AI: Response of the Head, Neck and Torso to Pendulum Impacts on the Back. Journal of Crash Prevention and Injury Control, Vol. 2(4), pp. 289-306, 2001. |
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