The development of crash test dummies has played a vital role in terms of car safety. Astrid Linder, Research Director at VTI, realized at an early stage of her research that women run considerably higher risk than men of being affected by whiplash in the neck, and that there was no model for an average woman which coluld be used to test and develop car safety. Astrid Linder therefore developed a female crash dummy to improve the protection of all passengers in vehicles. Tomorrow she is awarded, together with Professor Mats Svensson, the 2015 Håkan Frisinger Foundation scholarship.
”Astrid Linder and Mats Svensson have contributed vital efforts to developing biomechanical research for the benefit of the Swedish automotive industry. Moreover, the implications of this research have led to a drastic reduction in human suffering”, the Scientific Council outlines in its motivation.
The scholarship will be awarded by the Håkan Frisinger Foundation at a seminar held in the afternoon on April 6, 2016 in the Virtual Development Laboratory at Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo Research & Educational Foundations (VREF), the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers will organize a seminar in connection with the scholarship award ceremony.
Source: AB Volvo