With more than 12 years of professional experience, Ms. Le specializes in accident reconstruction and injury biomechanics. Her specific areas of expertise include motor vehicle accident reconstruction, as well as slip, trip and fall analysis and evaluation of incidents involving recreational activities. She has demonstrated technical experience in two- and three-dimensional computer simulation for reconstruction of vehicle collisions. Ms. Le has conducted numerous volunteer studies for analyzing human kinematics and biomechanical reconstruction. She is also experienced in vehicle testing, including surrogate inversions, sled tests, and drop tests, for the purpose of understanding vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection. Her additional testing capabilities include measurements of elevator acceleration, slip resistance of walkway surfaces, and seat loading or vibration for bus/railroad operators. She is also experienced with analysis of test results by using the instrumentation data and analytical modeling. Her previous research in orthopedic biomechanics focused on mechanical testing, as well as stereological and histomorphometric analysis, of bone specimens.
Raphael E, Piziali R, Le H, Hinger J, Cooper E, Croteau J. Physical evidence associated with seatbelt entanglement during a collision. SAE Paper No. 7007-01-1501, 2007.
Lauritzen DB, Balena R, Shea M, Seedor JG, Markatos A, Lee HM, Toolan BC, Myers ER, Rodan GA, Hayes WC. Effects of combined prostaglandin and alendronate treatment on the histomorphometry and biomechanical properties of bone in ovariectomized rats. Journal of Bone Mineral Research 1993; 8(7).
Le H. Planar motor vehicle collisions. Biomechanical investigation of human injury. Lecture, 52nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, San Diego, CA, 2008.
Presentations and Lectures
Le H. Injury biomechanics in forensic investigations. Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012.
Le H. Planar motor vehicle collisions. Biomechanical investigation of human injury. 52nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, San Diego, CA, 2008.