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Joel Stitzel, Ph.D.

Joel Stitzel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tech. Director, Center for Injury Biomechanics


Wake Forest University Health Sciences 
Medical Center Blvd. 
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1022

Phone:  336-716-5597
E-mail: jstitzel@wfubmc.edu


Virginia Tech/Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics


EDUCATION:

 

B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University



CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network
Biomechanics of trauma
Human body finite element modeling
Autmotive safety
Sports and military biomechanics



Video of impact to carotid artery [preliminary model, testing geometry, and element size]:

 

Wide angle view, WMV format (105KB)
Close view, WMV format (108KB)



RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

 

Hoth JJ, Stitzel JD, Gayzik FS, Brownlee NA, Miller PR, Yoza BK, McCall CE, Meredith JW, Payne RM. The pathogenesis of pulmonary contusion: an open chest model in the rat. J Trauma. 2006 Jul;61(1):32-44; discussion 44-5.
Kennedy EA, Ng TP, McNally C, Stitzel JD, Duma SM.  Risk   functions for human and porcine eye rupture based on projectile characteristics of blunt objects. Stapp Car Crash J. 2006 Nov;50:651-71.
Stitzel J, Cormier J, Barretta J, Kennedy E, Smith E, Rath A, Duma S. (2003) “Defining Regional Variation in the Material Properties of Human Rib Cortical Bone and its Effect on Fracture Prediction,” Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 47
Moorcroft D, Duma S, Stitzel J, Duma G.  (2003) "Computational Modeling of the Pregnant Occupant: Predicting the Risk of Injury in Automobile Crashes,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology  (Accepted for publication).
Stitzel J, Duma S, Herring I, Cormier J. (2002) “A Nonlinear Finite Element Model of the Eye with Experimental Validation for the Prediction of Globe Rupture,” Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 46, pp. 81-102
Stitzel J, Pawlowski K, Wnek G, Simpson D, Bowlin G. (2001) “Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation on a Novel Biomimicking, Biodegradable Vascular Graft Scaffold.” Journal of Biomaterials Applications,  Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 22-33
> Home > People
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> Primary Faculty
> Berry, Joel
> Bourland, Daniel
> Davalos, Rafael
> Devita, Raffaella
> Duma, Stefan
> Freeman, Joseph
> Gabler, Clay
> Gatenholm, Paul
> Ge, Yaorong
> Goldstein, Aaron
> Granata, Kevin
> Hamilton, Craig
> Hardy, Warren
> Holzbaur, Katherine
> Kraft, Robert
> Lee, John
> Lee, YongWoo
> Lockhart, Thurmon
> Love, Brian
> Madigan, Michael
> Munley, Michael
> Nussbaum, Maury
> Puri, Ishwar
> Rajagopalan, Padma
> Robertson, John
> Rylander, Christopher
> Rylander, Nichole
> Saul, Justin
> Socha, Jake
> Sparks, Jessica
> Stitzel, Joel
> Vlachos, Pavlos
> Wang, Ge
> Wang, Yue
> Wicks, Alfred
> Wyatt, Chris
> Xuan, Jason

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