Previous Conferences
53rd Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 53rd Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Hyatt Regency Savannah in Savannah, Georgia from November 2-4, 2009. The General Chair was Frank A. Pintar.
Technical program for the 53rd Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
52nd Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 52nd Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas from November 3-5, 2008. The General Chair was Albert I. King.
Technical program for the 52nd Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
51st Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 51st Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego, California from October 29-31, 2007. The General Co-Chairs were John W. Melvin and Alan M. Nahum.
Technical program for the 51st Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
50th Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 50th Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan from November 6-8, 2006. The General Co-Chairs were Harold J. Mertz and Priya Prasad.
Technical program for the 50th Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
Biomechanical Response of the Pediatric Abdomen, Part 1: Development of an Experimental Model and Quantification of Structural Response to Dynamic Belt Loading, authored by Richard Kent, Stephen Stacey, Matthew Kindig, Jason Forman, and William Woods, Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia; Stephen W. Rouhana, Ford Motor Company; Kazuo Higuchi, Hiromasa Tanji, and Schuyler St. Lawrence, Takata Corporation; Kristy B. Arbogast, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
49th Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 49th Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. from November 9-11, 2005. The General Chair was Rolf H. Eppinger.
Technical program for the 49th Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
48th Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 48th Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee from November 1-3, 2004. The General Chair was Rolf H. Eppinger.
Technical program for the 48th Stapp Car Crash Conference® (.pdf)
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
47th Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 47th Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Hilton San Diego Resort in San Diego, California from October 27-29, 2003. The General Co-Chairs were John W. Melvin and Alan M. Nahum.
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
46th Stapp Car Crash Conference®
The 46th Stapp Car Crash Conference® was held at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from November 11-13, 2002. The General Chair was Lawrence W. Schneider.
Winner of the John Paul Stapp Award† for the best Stapp paper:
†This award is voted on by the members of the Stapp Advisory Committee as the paper that makes the most significant contribution to the field of impact biomechanics related to the reduction of injuries in automotive transportation. The award is presented at the following year's Conference.