Consultants
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Robert D. Banks, BEng, MD
- Dr. Bob Banks has degrees in Medicine and Engineering and works in the fields of Biomechanics and Injury Causation Analysis. His consulting practice currently focuses on, but is not limited to, Product Liability issues involving automobile collisions, aviation incidents, and other related issues.
- Dr. Banks joined BRC in 1997 after a career in the Canadian Forces (CF) where his work included research in aircrew systems and technologies, acceleration effects and breathing systems. His final assignment with the CF included responsibility for formulation and implementation of principal life support research programs for the Canadian Air Force. Additionally, during his career with the CF, Dr. Banks was trained in aircraft incident and accident investigations and conducted or reviewed numerous such investigations.
- Medical License, State of Alabama
- Medical License, State of Texas
- Medical License, Ontario, Canada
- Residency of Aerospace Medicine United States Navy, 1993
- MD University of Toronto, 1986
- BEng Civil Engineering, Royal Military College, 1974
- Compressive Neck Injury and Its Relationship to Head Contact & Torso Motion During Vehicle Rollover
- The Epidemiology of Facial Fractures in Automotive Collisions
- Human Head and Neck Kinematics after Low Velocity Rear-End Impacts: Understanding "Whiplash"
- Validation and Application of a Methodology to Calculate Head Accelerations and Neck Loading