Principal Investigator: Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Vehicle seat design parameters can significantly affect the kinematics and kinetics of pediatric occupants in crashes. However, few studies have evaluated the effect of vehicle seat geometry and stiffness on a restrained child occupant. This study begins to explore the vehicle seat design parameters that have the greatest effect on booster-seated 6-year-old and 10-year-old occupant kinematics and kinetics in frontal impacts.