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Dinesh Mohan is an Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was previously the Coordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme and Head, W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Safety Technology at IIT Delhi.〔http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in/〕 == Biography == Dinesh Mohan is one of the world’s leading experts on traffic safety issues and human tolerance to injury. His work has significantly advanced motorcycle helmet design, pedestrian and bicyclist safety and child restraint regulations, and helped develop safer ways for various modes of transportation to safely share the roadways. While a graduate student at University of Delaware (UD) in mechanical and aerospace engineering between 1967 and 1970, he studied under JL Nowinski, Jack Vinson, Herbert Kingsbury and Barry Schneider, who, he said, each left an indelible mark on the importance of fundamental understanding of engineering principles. He credits the foundation he gained at UD in solid mechanics for influencing his career in biomedical engineering, especially his work on the mechanical properties of hard and soft tissues. Both, he underscores, require strong background in non-linear anisotropic materials and dynamic impacts. From the University of Delaware he moved to the University of Michigan to obtain a PhD in Bioengineering. While there he worked at the Highway Safety Research Institute (now University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute) with pioneers Professor Don Chaffin in ergonomics, Dr. John Melvin and Dr. Richard Stalnaker in impact biomechanics and was influenced on science and society issues by Professor John Platt. Mohan, who is now the Volvo Chair for Transportation Planning and Safety, professor emeritus, with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, launched his career as a senior bioengineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Washington D.C. He came under the influence of the Institute’s President Dr. William Haddon, widely considered the guru of injury control and safety science. There, he conducted and published the first real-world assessment of airbag effectiveness in frontal crashes of General Motors cars. His work there also impacted the evolution of regulations requiring children to be secured in a back seat. He moved to India in 1979 to join the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he served as State Bank Chair for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation between 1981–1991; became professor in 1985, and headed the Centre for Biomedical Engineering between 1991–1996. He then served as the Henry Ford Chair for Traffic Safety Biomechanics until assuming his current position in 2007. He was in Rajiv Gandhi's batch at Doon School.〔http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-dinesh-mohan-112040300025_1.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dinesh Mohan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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