Mr. Peterson manages projects involving the design and conduct of vehicle crash tests, rollover tests, barrier tests, sled tests, and quasi-static strength tests, as well as vehicle occupant inversion and airbag deployment demonstrations. He is experienced with accident vehicle inspections, and he is skilled in several vehicle and scene modeling techniques including three-dimensional metrology, photogrammetry, and 2D/3D video motion analysis. Mr. Peterson has also conceived and built several tools to assist testing and documentation.
Beaudoin B, Peterson D, Hoover R, Newberry W, Smyth B. Restraint load marks in sled testing conducted with the Hybrid III 3-year-old and 6-year-old anthropomorphic test devices. Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, 2008.
Prange M, Moore T, Newberry W, Peterson D, Smyth B, Corrigan C. Inertial neck injuries in children involved in frontal collisions. Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, 2007.