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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Stefan Duma talks about the impact of the Helmet Lab , articleDuma shared how a military research conference led him to study helmets as well as the critical role the lab’s relationships with the Virginia Tech football and sports medicine programs have played in advancing its pioneering research.
Date: Apr 08, 2024 -
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Michael Bartlett, Steve Rowson named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors , articleThe award recognizes Bartlett and Rowson as rising leaders in their fields with success in patents, licensing, and commercialization and for producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society.
Date: Mar 08, 2024 -
Video ItemBiomechanical industry researchers tour Virginia Tech labs , video
Representatives from the Joe Gibbs Human Performance Institute toured several of Virginia Tech's research facilities and biomechanical labs in preparation of completing their own facility in North Carolina in 2024. They met with students to talk about recruiting top talent from Virginia Tech for internships once the facility is complete.
Date: Oct 26, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings expand to include equestrians , articleAfter two years of research, the Virginia Tech's nationally renowned helmet lab has released ratings for equestrian sports — which are responsible for more emergency room visits for head injury than any sport in the U.S.
Date: Dec 06, 2022 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Helmet Lab develops rating system for equestrian helmets , video
The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab is renowned for their independent ratings of helmets for football, hockey, cycling, and other sports. Now they're adding equestrian helmets to the mix.
Date: Dec 05, 2022 -
Video ItemHelmet Lab puts whitewater helmets to the test , video
The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has released their ratings for whitewater helmets, evaluating how effectively headgear protects against head injuries like concussion. This is the eighth major ratings release for the lab, which has been redefining sports safety since they first published ratings for varsity football helmets in 2011. (Rafting and kayaking footage courtesy of Graham Copeland, RVA Paddlesports.)
Date: Jul 29, 2022 -
Video ItemHelmet Lab puts snow sport helmets to the test , video
The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has released ratings for snow sports helmets, the first to evaluate how effectively headgear worn by skiers and snowboarders protects against head injuries like concussion. The researchers, led by associate professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics Steve Rowson, combed through hours of footage to study how these athletes hit their heads in real-world events, and then recreated those impacts in the lab to measure how 35 helmets on the market stack up against each other. This is the seventh major ratings release for the lab, which has been redefining sports safety since they first published ratings for varsity football helmets in 2011.
Date: Feb 10, 2022 -
Video ItemHelmet Lab research will have big impact on equestrians , video Date: Nov 03, 2021
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Video ItemHelmet Lab research will have big impact on equestrians , video
Stefan Duma and the Helmet Lab team at Virginia Tech are developing a system to evaluate equestrian helmets. Ultimately, they want to reduce injuries for riders by providing helmet manufacturers with a blueprint for how they can develop the best helmets.
Date: Nov 02, 2021 -
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Ten years of five-star ratings , articleA 2009 phone call from the football team's equipment manager led an injury biomechanics expert to launch a helmet ratings program that, 10 years later, would expand to include six sports and give players, parents, and coaches the power to select the most effective safety equipment.
Date: Sep 02, 2021