School staff
Professor Serpil Acar
Professor of Design for Injury Prevention
Tel +44 (0)1509 635700
Email b.s.acar@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 2.07
Teaching
- COP503 Research Methods
- COB132 System Design and HCI
- DSC021 Dissertation
Research
Research group: Biomechanics & Injury Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Group.
Principal research activities and interests
- Design for Injury Prevention, Engineering Design, Modelling and Simulation for Injury Prevention
- Design for Women: system design, mathematical interpretations
- Clinical Systems: Spine modelling and associated engineering design
Featured publications
- Acar, B.S. and Van Lopik, D., ''Pregnant Occupant Model Expecting for Crash Simulations'', Journal of Automobile Engineering (Journal of IMechE, Part D), 223(7), 2009, pp.891-902, ISSN:0954-4070. DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1072.
- Acar, B.S. and Weekes, A.M., ''Design Guidelines for Pregnant Occupant Safety'', Journal of Automobile Engineering (Journal of IMechE Part D), 219(7), July 2005, 857-867, ISSN 0954-4070. DOI: 10.1243/095440705X28402.
- Acar, B.S. and Weekes, A.M., ''Measurements for Pregnant Drivers' Comfort and Safety'', International Journal of Vehicle Design, 42(1), Jan 2006, pp 101-118, ISSN 1741-5314. DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2006.010180.
- Acar, B.S. and Esat V, “Pregnant Driver Injury Investigations through Modelling and Simulation of Full-frontal Crashes with and without Airbags”, International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation, 2(1/2), 2011, pp3-13, ISSN 1742-5549.DOI: 10.1504/IJHFMS.2011.041634.