Enrique Bonugli, BSIE, MSBME
Mr. Enrique Bonugli is a Technical Director at Biodynamic Research Corporation (BRC), where he has worked since 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Marquette University and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering through the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has served as Technical Director since 2015, following positions as Engineering Intern, Test Engineer, and Senior Test Engineer at BRC.
Mr. Bonugli's professional work is concentrated in accident reconstruction, vehicle dynamics, crash testing, biomechanics, and the assessment of occupant response and injury risk. His technical training includes traffic accident reconstruction, heavy-vehicle crash reconstruction and dynamics, Crash Data Retrieval (CDR), heavy-vehicle event data recorders, vehicle simulation, applied vehicle dynamics, human factors, laser scanning, and analysis of crash and injury databases. He has been an Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist (ACTAR #2183) since 2009.
Professional Overview
Mr. Bonugli has contributed research and publications addressing a broad range of topics relevant to collision reconstruction and injury biomechanics, including low-speed vehicle collisions, vehicle force-deformation characteristics, event data recorders, occupant kinematics, head and neck biomechanics, rollover crashes, motorcycle helmet impacts, and injury-risk assessment. His recent work includes studies comparing crash reconstruction results with event data recorder information in the Crash Investigation Sampling System database and research validating the use of quasistatic force-deformation measurements for determining collision forces.
Mr. Bonugli has also conducted and participated in experimental research involving instrumented vehicle testing and human-subject biomechanics. His published research includes investigations of human kinematic response during low-speed truck-tractor sideswipes, whole-body accelerations, head and neck loading during everyday and vigorous activities, vehicle bumper force-deformation behavior, and motorcycle helmet impact mechanics. He is also a named inventor on a U.S. patent concerning system force-deformation modeling apparatuses and methods.
In addition to his consulting and research activities, Mr. Bonugli is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. He serves on the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Policy Committee and participates in its Motorcycle Safety Special Interest Group. He is also a reviewer for the Society of Automotive Engineers and Elsevier Publishing.
Certifications and Licenses
- Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR)
Education
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio/University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2015
- BS, Industrial Engineering, Marquette University, 2003
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