Ms. Moralde has spent her career analyzing motor vehicle accidents and accidental injuries. She is experienced in the reconstruction of motor vehicle accidents, including the investigation and reconstruction of low and high severity planar impacts, roll-overs, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, and pedestrian impacts. Her analyses have addressed issues of impact severity, impact speed, potential for avoidance, and causation. She has experience using traditional methodologies as well as computer programs and simulations in accident reconstruction analyses. Ms. Moralde’s education, experience, and training also allow her to address issues related to occupant dynamics, injury biomechanics, and occupant crash protection. She has significant experience researching injury mechanisms and injury potential in these various accident scenarios, including analysis of restraint systems to determine probable usage.
Ms. Moralde’s specialized training has included traffic accident reconstruction coursework through Northwestern University. She is also a certified as a Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) system operator.
Davee D, Van Arsdell WW, Raasch C, Moralde M. Seat belt buckle release by inadvertent contact. SAE 2008-01-1236, 2008.
Kuzel M, Krauss D, Moralde M, Kubose T. Comparison of subjective ratings of slipperiness to the measured slip resistance of real-world walking surfaces. Proceedings, International Conference on Slips, Trips and Falls 2007—From Research to Practice, Hopkinton, MA, August 23–24, 2007.