Head and Brain Injuries in Auto vs. Cyclist Accidents: Helmet Protection Capabilities

DATE: Friday, 22 August 2025
TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EDT (GMT-4, or 9am-11am Pacific Time)
COST: Free for NAPARS members;  $6 for non-members
ACTAR: This event will be submitted to ACTAR for CEU consideration. If approved, accredited attendees should be prepared to sign in with i-Attend app on a phone during the presentation.

All attendees will be able to request an attendance certificate during the show.

The show will be recorded and put in the Reference Library along with various supporting material.

SUMMARY: Not available yet.

Our Speaker:  Kevin Adanty, Ph.D., is a biomechanics and engineering consultant at Biomechanical Consultants Inc., a firm serving California, Nevada, and Oregon. Before his current role, Dr. Adanty spent nearly a decade researching head injury biomechanics. His master's research focused on evaluating the effectiveness of cycling and equestrian helmets in preventing concussions, while his doctoral work examined the mechanics of the human skull and designing surrogates of the skull.  https://www.seanshimada.com/home

Dr. Adanty remains actively engaged in head injury biomechanics research. Over the past eight years, he has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and conference proceedings in biomechanics. Some of them can be found online with a little Googling. He has presented at numerous international conferences and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria and the University of Alberta in Canada