Uwe Meissner

Research Engineer

Research and Consulting Engineer specializing in transportation collision analysis, vehicle crash performance evaluations, and accident reconstruction. Research activities include vehicle safety system evaluations, occupant kinematic analysis relative to accident reconstruction, vehicle crash and performance testing, as well as vehicle components testing including seats, child seats, door latches, fuel systems, restraint systems, airbags, and studies of occupant behavior. These activities include Court appearances as an expert witness as well as deposition testimony.

UWE CV & Pub.pdf (192.44 KB)

Experience

2011 – present Research Engineer with Collision Research Analysis, Inc.

1981 – 2010 Product Analysis Manager with Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

1979 – 1981 Product Engineering Manager with Volkswagen of America, Inc.

1972 – 1979 Senior Engineer Product Analysis with Volkswagen of America, Inc.

1969 – 1972 Senior Engineer Service Department with Volkswagen of America, Inc.

1968 – 1969 Chief Methodizing Engineer with Guenther Systems, Inc.

1965 - 1967 Research Assistant University of Aachen, Germany

Has conducted and analyzed numerous full scale automobile crash tests, and has evaluated more than two thousand crashed vehicles. Has participated in the analysis, reconstruction, and trial preparation of numerous automobile traffic collisions. Has studied the behavior of children and adults in the automobile environment. Has analyzed the impact of Regulatory Actions concerning automotive safety issues. Is continuing to mentor researchers working on injury mitigation with the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Education

Master of Science Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany 1967
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany 1963

Publications

Presentations & Publications

Presentation: Children in Restraints, Booster Seats for Children: Closing the Gap Between Science and Public Policy in the United States. Washington, D.C. - April 2001
Invited Presentation: The Abbreviated Injury Scale, Digital Innovation (DI) annual conference, Denver, CO - October 2005
Invited Presentation: Crash Injury Research Engineering Network, annual conference of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact - 2003 Graz, Austria
Invited Presentation: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies, Manufacturers Briefing Conference, Auburn Hills, MI - December 2006.
Collision Performance of Automotive Door Systems, D. Blaisdell, G. Stephens, U. Meissner, SAE 940562
Children in Restraints, U. Meissner, G. Stephens, L. Alfredsson, 38th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, 1994, Lyon, France
Usage and Effectiveness of Rear-Seat Restraints in Severe Frontal Collisions, C. Y. Warner, U. Meissner, R. Bandstra, J. Padmanaban, Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium of Automotive Technology and Automation, paper # 97SAF063, 1997
Observations Relating to Rear Seat Belt Performance in Severe Frontal Collision, Padmanaban, J., Warner, C.Y., Meissner, U., Bandstra, R., Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, paper # 98SAF058, 1998.
Seat-Belt Injuries in Medical and Statistical Perspectives, Bandstra, R., Meissner, U., Warner, C.Y., Monaghan, S., Mendelsohn, R., McPherson, D., Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, paper # 98-S6-W-25, 1998.
Performance of Rear Seat Belt Restraints, Warner, C. Y., Meissner, U., Bandstra, R., SAE (2003-01-155)
Booster Seats for Children: Closing the Gap Between Science and Public Policy in the United States. Durbin, D. R., Runge, J., Mackay M., Meissner, U. Wodzin, E., Yoganandan, N., Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol. 4, Issue 1 (pp.5-8), March 2003.
Letter to the Editor of The Journal of Trauma (Vol. 50, Number 6) Regarding “Severe Head Injury caused by Airbag Deployment”, Holland et al.
Hurwitz, D. S., Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D. L., Knodler, M. A., Menon, R., Meissner, U. (2009). Backing collisions: A study of driver’s eye and backing behavior using combined rear view camera and sensor systems. Injury Prevention 2010, 16:79 – 84.

Recognition/Awards

Recipient of the 1994 Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Best Scientific Paper award for the child safety and behavioral work presented in Lyons, France.
Recipient of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine “A. J. Mirkin Award 2001”.
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Fellow in 2003.

Professional Affiliations

Member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1973 - present
Member of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), 1981 - present
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) – Association of German Engineers, 1965 - present
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1997 - present
New York Statewide Traffic Accident Reconstruction Society, Inc. (NYSTARS), 1997 - present

Professional Appointments

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Board of Directors 1998 – 2004
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Executive Committee 2001 – 2005
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Secretary 2001 – 2003
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, President 2004
Chair of Industrial Advisory Board 2005 – 2007, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Member Industrial Advisory Board 2005 – 2010, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CHOP)
Chair: Traffic Collision Types and Associated Injuries, 2005, AAAM
Society of Automotive Engineers, subcommittee child seating/restraint systems, 2004 - present
Technical Advisor to Industrial Advisory Board, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CHOP), 2011 – present