University of Bolton
Academic Institution renowned for its teaching and research.

Mr Clive Chirwa
Bolton Automotive Group
The Bolton Institute; Deane Roa
UK-BL3 5AB Bolton
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 12 04 90 30 73
Fax: + 44 12 04 38 11 07
E-mail: c.chirwa@bolton.ac.uk

Cellbond Composites Ltd
Cellbond Composites Ltd in Huntingdon, UK has been involved in energy absorption and vehicle safety testing since 1988. Among other things, Cellbond has specialised in the production of crash test barriers and energy absorbers for the automotive industry and our services include consultancy, design, prototype and full-scale production. At Cellbond we are committed to providing innovative solutions in partnership with our customers and we also pride ourselves on the cultural diversity of our staff and their ability to communicate with our customers throughout the world, often in their own language. Cellbond Composites Ltd is an ISO 9001:2000 & QS 9000:1994 registered company.

Mr Petros Goutas
Cellbond Composites Ltd
5 Stukeley Business Centre
Blackstone Road
Huntingdon PE29 6EF
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 1480 444729
Fax: + 44 1480 450181
E-mail: petros.goutas@cellbond.com

Centro Ricerche FIAT S.C.p.A.
CRF operates in the field of research, innovation and consulting for a wide range of industrial sectors with the mission of developing high level innovation in order to increase the competitiveness of its Shareholders and its Clients.

Mr Roberto Puppini
Centro Ricerche FIAT S.C.p.A.
Strada Torino 50
I-10043 Orbassano (TO)
Italy
Tel: + 39 01 19 08 36 89
Fax: + 39 01 19 08 36 72
E-mail: r.puppini@crf.it

Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM)
CSM is the reference center of national and international interest for innovation in materials and in related production, design and application technologies; it serves the iron and steel, plant engineering and manufacturing industries in which traditional and advanced materials are employed, as well as small-to-medium-size firms, with special regard for the areas in which it is present with own research structures and facilities.

Mr Francesco Fattorini
Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM)
100, Via di Castel Romano
I-00128 Roma
Italy
Tel: + 39 06 5055778
Fax: + 39 06 5055452
E-mail: f.fattorini@c-s-m.it

Chalmers University of Technology AB
University department performing research and teaching in vehicle safety in general and in particular passive safety including e.g. biomechanics, modelling, dummy development, accidentology, and restraint design.

CIDAUT
CIDAUT focuses its efforts on three basic activities: Technological Research and Development, Technological Diffusion and Transfer and Specialised Training. This allows it to deal with its Research, Development and Innovation goals effectively.

Technological Research and Development is the main activity carried out by the Centre where several broad areas are covered: Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety, Products & Processes Design and Development, Materials (energy absorption foams, plastics, light alloys, …), Acoustics and Vibration Dynamics, Environment and Engines & Energy systems.

Regarding Safety expertise, CIDAUT is experienced in real world accidents and injury data, biomechanics, dummy development and test methods, virtual testing and modelling, preventive and active safety, material technologies, vehicle structural crashworthiness and restraint systems (passive safety), road furniture, HMI and ergonomics. Dealing with the means of transport, we are mainly focused to passenger cars, motorcycles, pedestrians, rail and aircraft transport safety. Both experimental and virtual testing is always used."

Mr David Pedrero
CIDAUT
Parque Tecnologico de Boecillo
Parcela 209
E-47151 Boecillo, Valladolid
Spain
Tel: +34 983 54 80 35
Fax: +34 983 54 80 62
E-mail: davped@cidaut.es

Concept Technologie GmbH
Concept Technologie provides complete development concepts for the automotive industry and its suppliers. Our special fields include the development of interior components complying with FMVSS 201, pedestrian protection according to EECV WG17 and development of complete vehicles to fulfil general crash requirements (e.g. FMVSS 208).

Mr Thomas Haid
Concept Technologie GmbH
Fischerausstrasse 13
A-8051 Graz
Austria
Tel: + 43 316 68 37 40-50
Fax: + 43 316 68 37 40-50
E-mail: thomas.haid@concept-tech.at

Cranfield Impact Centre Limited
Cranfield Impact Centre is a recognised international research organisation with expertise in the areas of structural crashworthiness, occupant protection, pedestrian safety and biomechanics. Contracts have been completed for the vehicle industry (cars, lorries, busses and coaches), the aircraft and rail industries and the Military. Working closely with the UK Department of Transport and the FIA it has provided technical expertise to support decision making on a number of international regulations.

Daimler AG
Daimler can look back on a tradition that stretches back over more than a hundred years and is marked by the pioneering achievements of automotive engineering. Today, the company is a leading supplier of premium passenger cars as well as the world‘s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles. With its strong brands and its comprehensive portfolio of automobiles from compact cars to heavy-duty engine trucks which are completed by tailor-made services along the automotive value chain, Daimler is active in nearly all countries in the world.

Dalphimetal/TRW
Mr Roberto Martin Manso
Dalphimetal
A TRW Automotive Company
C/Julian Camarillo 19
28037 Madrid
Spain
Tel: + 34 983 54 66 48
Fax: + 34 983 54 81 84
E-mail: Roberto.Martin@trw.com

DEKLA
DEKLA è una società di consulenza con sede in provincia di Varese che opera principalmente in Lombardia e nella provincia di Novara e Verbania, che nasce per fornire alle imprese le competenze necessarie per gli adempimenti in materia di igiene, sicurezza e normative collegate.

EnginSoft S.p.A.
EnginSoft is active in informatics applied to CAE and iDP, virtual prototyping, process simulation and optimization of design and production processes, both from a technical and from a marketing-oriented point of view, promoting multidisciplinary and multi-objective solutions.
The key guidelines to EnginSoft's approach towards problems of advanced and multidisciplinary nature, are related to:

• identification of specific, avant-garde partner software, thus ensuring quality and reliability of the service offered over time, and also the capacity to exploit grant-aided research opportunities.
• use of one proprietary package, modeFRONTIER - Integrated Platform for Multi-Objective and Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization.
• training at all levels, embracing best-on-the-market methods and content, and a commitment education in the broadest sense.
• evaluation of CAE and virtual prototyping, knowing that these are part of both the design and industrialization processes and as such must be fully integrated.Mr. Marco Perillo

EnginSoft S.p.a.
via Panciatichi, 40
I-50127 Firenze
Italy
ph. +39 055.4376113
fax +39 055.4223544
e-mail: m.perillo@enginsoft.it

ESI Group
ESI Group is a world leading provider of digital simulation for prototyping and manufacturing processes that take into account the physics of materials. Pioneer of virtual crash test simulation with PAM-CRASH and virtual stamping with PAM-STAMP, ESI Group invented the Virtual Try-Out Space. ESI Group products allow engineers to explore design and process alternatives without building physical prototypes.

Mr Pierre Culière
ESI Group
99, rue des Solets, Silic 112
F-94513 Rungis CEDEX
France
Tel: + 33 1 41 73 58 00
Fax: + 33 1 46 87 72 02
E-mail: pcu@esi-group.com

ETH - Institute for Biomechanical Engineering
The Working Group on Accident Mechanics (AGU) is an interdisciplinary research group, incorporated as a foundation with the purpose of conducting university and industrial research projects, expertises, teaching, and accident reconstructions in the field of trauma biomechanics, especially where road traffic safety is concerned.

Mr Kai-Uwe Schmitt
ETH - Institute for Biomechanical Engineering
Gloriastrasse 35
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 44 632 75 36
Fax: + 41 44 632 11 93
E-mail: schmitt@biomed.ee.ethz.ch

European Commission– DG Research
Co-funder of the EVPSN2

Maria Cristina Marolda
European Commission

CDMA 4/182 - B 1049 Bruxelles
Tel. +32 2 295 8391
E-mail: maria-cristina.marolda@ec.europa.eu

FTSS - First Technology Safety Systems Europe
FTSS

Mr. Paul Lemmen
FTSS Europe
Kleveringweg 6-8
PO Box 6045 2600 JA Delft
Tel: +31 15 219 2040
Fax: +31 15 219 2050
E-mail: plemmen@ftss.com

GDV - Institute for Vehicle Safety
German Insurance Association.

Dipl.-Ing. Axel Malczyk
German Insurance Institute for Traffic Engineering
Friedrichstraße 191
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 2020 5879
Fax: +49 30 2020 6879
E-mail: a.malczyk@gdv.org

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
From unraveling the genetic mysteries of life to waging battle against the scourges of old age, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine are in the forefront of medical science, seeking the causes and cures of human affliction. Since its inception in 1946 by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Organization, the Faculty of Medicine with its 5 Schools have ensured the training of highly skilled professionals well-versed in the latest developments in clinical medicine and biomedical research.

Mr Elihu Richter
Hebrew University-Hadassah Center for Injury Prevention
POB 12272 Jerusalem Israel
Tel: + 972 2 675 8147
E-mail: elir@cc.huji.ac.il

IDMEC
Founded within the "Programa Ciência", IDMEC is a private non-profit association of science, technology and training whose funding members are Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). IDMEC is directly oriented towards five strategic objectives: 1. To promote R&D actions. 2. To promote technology transfer. 3. To develop advanced training programmes. 4. To evaluate and audit new entrepreneurial processes. 5. To develop integrated management programmes in energetic, logistic and technical areas. Consolidated in a technological structure, IDMEC is focused on specific and specialized actions within Mechanical Engineering. Organized in two poles (IDMEC/IST in Lisbon and IDMEC/FEUP in Oporto), IDMEC has been playing a relevant role in national R&D coordination in Mechanical Engineering, the majority of the Portuguese Researchers in this area are integrated in this Institute.

Prof. Antonio Augusto Fernandes
IDMEC
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto
Portugal
Tel: +351 22 5081 491
Fax: +351 22 5081 538
E-mail: aaf@fe.up.pt

IFAM Fraunhofer
Materials development and application (incl. component design), e.g. in lightweight construction and for energy absorption purposes, including e.g. casting of light alloys, metal foams, adhesive bonding.

Mr Dirk Lehmhus
IFAM Fraunhofer
Wiener Strasse 12
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Tel: + 49 421 2246 215
Fax: + 49 421 2246 300
E-mail: dl@ifam.fhg.de

Institut fuer Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA)
Conceptual design, Crash-Simulation, Crash-Testing of automotive parts, modules and complete vehicles for OEMs and suppliers. Additional research. The services provided by the individual departments Chassis, Body, Drivetrain, Electronics, Acoustics and Traffic incorporate almost all the relevant steps of vehicle development.

Mr. Peter Urban
Institut fuer Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA)
RWTH Aachen
D-52056 Aachen
Germany
Tel: +49 241 80 27 015
Fax: +49 241 80 22 147
E-mail: urban@ika.rwth-aachen.de

Imperial College of London
Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. We foster interdisciplinary working internally and collaborate widely externally.

Mrs. Carol Meads
Research Grants and Contracts Office
Level 12, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
South Kensington Campus
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7594 6579
Fax: +44 20 7823 7072
E-mail: c.meads@ic.ac.uk

Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)
The IST, created in 1911, is the largest and most reputed school of engineering, science and technology in Portugal. IST's mission is to contribute to the development of society by promoting a higher education of outstanding quality in the areas of Engineering, Science and Technology, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and by carrying out research and development activities in accordance with the highest international standards.

Prof. Jorge Ambrosio
Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)
DMEC/IST
Av. Rovisco Pais 1
P-1049-001 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel: +351 218417680
Fax: +351 218417915
E-mail: jorge@dem.ist.utl.pt

INRETS
Research on all aspects of surface transport: planning, social & economic aspects, traffic engineering, infrastructure & vehicle technologies for safety, accident studies, driver behaviour, biomechanics, ergonomics.

Mr Philippe Vezin
INRETS
25, avenue F. Mitterrand
Case 24
F-69675 Bron Cedex
France
Tel: + 33 4 72 14 23 79
Fax: + 33 47 21 42 360
E-mail: philippe.vezin@inrets.fr

Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is the global market leader in automotive systems and facility management and control. In the automotive market, it is a major supplier of seating and interior systems.
Johnson Controls applies dedicated research resources to better understand and improve interior comfort, human factors, safety and acoustics.

Dr Jan Thunnissen
Johnson Controls
Industriestrasse 20-30
D-51399 Burscheid
Germany
Tel: + 49 21 74 65 35 03
Fax: + 49 21 74 65 38 49
E-mail: jan.thunnissen@jci.com

Co-contact:
Mr B. Kraemer
Same address
Tel:+49 2174 65 3683
E-mail: Bernd.Kraemer@jci.com

Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics (LAB)
The LAB activities are divided into three areas, which are passive safety, primary safety and comfort and ergonomy.
All three are multidisciplinary, combining the study of human behaviour and technology.

Ms Francois Brun-Cassan
Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics
132, rue des Suisses
F-92000 Nanterre
France
Tel: +33 14 77 73 555
Fax: +33 14 77 73 589
E-mail:francoise.cassan@lab-france.com

LMS
LMS has a large expertise in various fields of virtual prototyping in the automotive and aerospace sectors. LMS has developed an integrated software platform (LMS Virtual.Lab) for the functional performance engineering and optimisation of critical design attributes in mechanical product development, such as noise and vibration, dynamics, comfort, durability and others. LMS Virtual.Lab offers an open environment with seamless links to the CAD, CAE and Test worlds.
Of particular importance is the reduction of the overall time, effort and cost to come to a full virtual modelling of complete vehicles across the boundaries of different applications. This involves coordination with other Virtual Testing applications, such as crash and occupant safety simulation, investigation of new CAE model building/assembly methods that allow single system models to be built up that can be adapted / trimmed / but not redone for the different engineering attributes, provision of an upfront engineering capability in which CAE model morphing plays an important role, global multi-attribute optimisation etc. Breaking through the borders of individual design criteria will be essential for streamlining the future vehicle design process with a much greater influence from engineering in the overall process.

Mr Herman Van der Auweraer
LMS
Researchpark Z1
Interleuvenlaan 68
B-3001 Leuven
Belgium
Tel: +32 16 384200
Fax: +32 6 384 350
E-mail:herman.vanderauweraer@lms.be

Institut for Forensic Medicine Munich University
Ludwig Maximilian's University

Dr Erich Schuller
Ludwig Maximilian's University - Institut for Forensic Medicine Munich University
Nußbaumstr. 26
80336 München
Germany
Tel: +49 89 2180 73 370
Fax: +49 89 2180 73 009
E-mail: erich.schuller@rechts.med.uni-muenchen.de

National Technical University of Athens Technical University
The National Technical University (NTUA) is the oldest and most prestigious educational institution of Greece in the field of technology, and has contributed unceasingly to the country's scientific, technical and economic development since its foundation in 1836.

Mr V. Kefalas
National Technical University of Athens
H. Polytechniou 9
G-15700 Athens (Zografos)
Greece
Tel: + 30 17 72 13 64 / 12 32
Fax: + 30 17 72 13 02
E-mail: vkefalas@central.ntua.gr

National University of Dublin
University College Dublin UCD is a dynamic, modern university. It is committed to becoming one of the top thirty research universities in the European Union, where cutting-edge research and scholarship will create a stimulating intellectual environment, the ideal surroundings for learning and discovery. UCD provides excellent facilities to support teaching and learning. University College Dublin UCD is a dynamic, modern university. It is committed to becoming one of the top thirty research universities in the European Union, where cutting-edge research and scholarship will create a stimulating intellectual environment, the ideal surroundings for learning and discovery. UCD provides excellent facilities to support teaching and learning.

Mr M. Gilchrist
National University of Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: + 35 317161890
Fax: + +35 312830534
E-mail: michael.gilchrist@ucd.ie

PIMOT: information to be provided by organisation

Mr Witold Opasewicz
Jagiellonska 55
03-301 Warszawa
Poland
Tel: +48 22 811 24 70
Fax: +48 22 811 60 28
E-mail: wopasewicz@pimot.org.pl

Politecnico di Milano
Technical University.

Mr Vittorio Giavotto
Politecnico di Milano
Via la Masa, 34
I-20158 Milano
Italy
Tel: + 39 02 23 99 8330
Fax: + 39 02 23 99 8334
E-mail: vittorio.giavotto@polimi.it

SKODA Research - VYZKUM s.r.o.
SKODA VYZKUM s.r.o. is a research, development and testing organisation. The company has two main divisions: Accredited Laboratories and Materials and Mechanical Engineering Research.

Mr Miloslav Kepka
SKODA Research - VYZKUM s.r.o.
Tylova 57
CZ-316 00 Plzen
Czech Republic
Tel: + 42 03 78 13 36 57
Fax: + 42 01 97 73 38 89
E-mail: miloslav.kepka@skoda.cz

TOFAS

Mr Orhan Alankus
Yalova Yolu 10 km
13369 Bursa
Turkey
Tel: + 90 224 2610350 (13000)
Fax: + 90 224 2610412
E-mail: orhana@tofas.com.tr

Technische Universitaet Berlin
Technical University.

Mr Volker Schindler
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Sekr. TIB 13
Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25
D-13355 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 314 72970
Fax: +49 30 314 72505
E-mail: volker.schindler@tu-berlin.de

Technical University of Prague

Prof. Petr Moos
Technical University of Prague
Faculty of Transportation Sciences; Konviktska 20; 1; CR
CZ - 110 00 Prague
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 22421 33 69
Fax: +420 22421 33 69
E-mail: moos@fd.cvut.cz

TNO Automotive
TNO Automotive mission is to make vehicles and traffic safer, cleaner and more efficient, concentrating on vehicle dynamics , powertrains, crash safety , advanced transport systems, and homologations. TNO Automotive is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). TNO is an independent contract R&D company, with fourteen specialised research institutes and a highly professional workforce totaling more than 5,000. Within TNO, synergetic relationships between the various research groups are highly valued. This ensures that TNO Automotive clients have privileged access to the broad multidisciplinary skills base of the organisation.

Ms Carolien Buter
TNO Automotive
Steenovenweg 1
5708 HN Helmond
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 15 275 4003
Fax: + 31 15 275 4005
E-mail: carolien.buter@tno.nl

Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
TRL is an internationally recognised centre of excellence providing world-class research, advice and solutions for all issues relating to land transport. TRL generate sustainable solutions and create new opportunities across a wide range of transport-related issues for our clients throughout the world. TRL Limited is part of the Transport Research Foundation group of companies.

Universidad Politéctica de Madrid - INSIA-UPM
Technical University.

Dr Luis Martinez Saez
Universidad Politéctica de Madrid - INSIA-UPM
Camino de la Arboleda S/N
Carretera de Valencia, KM 7
E-28031 Madrid
Spain
Tel: + 34 336 53 27 00
Fax: + 34 91 33 65 302
E-mail: luis.martinez@upm.es

Universita' degli Studi di Firenze
University. Member of the academic community with an established reputation for higher education and research. The Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Industriali (DMTI) works closely with business and industry and is involved in research activities dealing with machine design, vehicle design, mechanical characterisation of material.

Prof. Renzo Capitani
Universita' degli Studi di Firenze
Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Industriali
via S.Marta, 3
I-50139 Firenze
Italy
Tel: +39 055 4796294
Fax: +39 055 4796394
E-mail: renzo.capitani@unifi.it

Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP) - Strasbourg (Laboratoire des Systemes Biomechaniques)
Identification and modelling of biomechanical tissue and systems. Injury mechanisms and tolerance limits. Optimisation of protective systems.

Mr Remy Willinger
Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP) - Strasbourg
2, rue Boussingault
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Tel: + 33 3 88 41 65 85
Fax: + 33 3 88 61 43 00
E-mail: willi@imf.u-strasbg.fr

University of Birmingham
The centre’s main interests are the study of real world traffic crashes, biomechanics of injuries, kinematics of occupants, mathematical modelling of pedestrians and occupants involved in traffic crashes.

Dr Ahamedali M. Hassan
University of Birmingham
P.O. Box 363
UK-B15 2TT Birmingham
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 121 414 73 84
Fax: + 44 12 14 14 41 80
E-mail: hassanam@barc.bham.ac.uk

University of Eindhoven
Research and education on mechanics of materials, vehicle passive safety and biomechanics. Expertise in design, numerical simulation and experimental testing of new materials and structures.

Dr W.J. Witteman
University of Eindhoven
Den Dolech 2 - WH 4.122
WH 4.122
P.O. Box 513
NL-5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
Tel: + 31 40 2472353
Fax: + 31 40 2447355
E-mail: w.j.witteman@tue.nl

University of Technology Graz
Target one is the development of software for the reconstruction of vehicle accidents. (PC-Crash and PC-Rect) and they allow to simulate all kinds of accidents including rollovers and to calculate the forces on the involved passengers. In addition, the Institute has gained significant experience in numerical simulations of occupant kinematics and kinetics for several years by using MADYMO and PAM-Crash. The second main research target within the Institute is the biomechanical research. The main interest within this type of research is focused on seat and restraint system development to reduce the injury risk of vehicle occupants. Several studies have been published to show the importance of well developed restraint systems (e.g. regarding rear end impacts). These studies have been performed by running sled tests with human subjects and dummies. From these test series, the Institute gained knowledge about some weak points of current restraint systems and seat constructions.

Prof. Hermann Steffan
Graz University of Technology
VSI - Vehicle Safety Institute
Inffeldgasse 21B
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel: + 43 316 873 9400
Fax: + 43 316 873 9402
E-mail:: h.steffan@tugraz.at

Uniresearch BV
Uniresearch was set up in 1994 and is a fully independent company, who's profession is to offer advise, project management and consultancy services in the field of national and EU R&D grants/subsidies.

Uniresearch
Elektronicaweg 16-C
2628 XG Delft
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 15 275 2000
Fax: +31 15 275 2005
E-mail: e.feenstra@uniresearch.nl

University of West Bohemia

The University of West Bohemia in Pilsen is the only institution of higher education in this part of the country which prepares students for career in engineering (electrical and mechanical), science (computer science, applied mathematics, physics, mechanics), education (for both primary and secondary school teachers in a wide range of subjects), fine arts, economics, humanities (philosophy, sociology, foreign languages, social and cultural anthropology, archaeology), law and public administration.

New Technologies - Research Centre in the Westbohemian Region was founded under the research and development program of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic as a centre of applied research on July 3, 2000. The key competencies of the centre are testing and prediction of material properties during the process of exploitation and the research focused on development of algorithms for designing the composites strongly
resistant to shock loads, simulation of the component behavior under extreme loading conditions and computer model of a human body for industrial applications including inner organs.

Mr Ludek Hyncik
New Technologies - Research Centre in the Westbohemain Region
University of West Bohemia
Univerzitni 8
CZ-30614 Plzen
Czech Republic
Tel.: +420377634709
Fax: +420377634702
E-mail: hyncik@ntc.zcu.cz

University of Zilina

The University of Zilina is a modern university providing a full range of technological, economic, management, and a limited range of humanistic and natural science education at under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. During its existence the University has become a reputable institution within the university educational system of the Slovak Republic.

The focus of the University research capacity lies mainly in participation in research projects and scientific technological projects. Research activities take place within grant-aided projects, institutional research, unspecified research and international projects. They are concentrated in departments of a respective faculty or in the institutes; some research teams are involved in inter-faculty or multi-departmental cooperation with a clearly defined field of priority in research and technology. Nowadays, virtual units of research are being taken into consideration. One of the main aims of research is to develop practical applications designed for industries and business in Slovakia.

Prof. Gustav Kasanicky
Institute of Forensic Engineering
University of Zilina
Ul. 1. Maja 32
SK-01026 Zilina
Slovakia
Tel.: +421 41 72 478 51
Fax: +421 41 52 538 31
E -mail: apsn@usi.sk

Volkswagen AG
Automotive manufacturer.

Dr. Mirko Junge
PO.-Box 1777
38436 Wolfsburg
Phone:  +49 5361 9-86994
Fax:    +49 5361 9-30194
E-Mail: mirko.junge@volkswagen.de

Vehicle Safety Research Centre (VSRC) - Loughborough University
The VSRC is part of the newly formed Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute within Loughborough University. The Institute brings together a broad range of expertise in the area of safety engineering and human factors.

Ms Rachel Grant
VSRC - Loughborough University
Holywell Building
Holywell Way
UK-LE11 3UZ Loughborough Leics.
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 15 09 28 33 57
Fax: + 44 15 09 28 33 60
E-mail: r.h.grant@lboro.ac.uk

Warsaw University of Technology
The VISEB Lab group originates from the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics of Warsaw University of Technology – the largest technical university in Poland.
Activity profile in a field of Biomechanics and Safety Engineering: Accident statistics, Accident virtual reconstruction and computer simulation analyses, Engineering training and education /MSc and PhD level, Road and Air Crashworthiness, Biomechanics of Impacts, Biomechanics of Sport