Advances in Side Airbag Systems

Donald E. Struble, Ph.D. Donald E. Struble holds BS, MS, and Phi) degrees from California Polytechnic State University, Stanford University, and Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively, all in engineering with an emphasis on structural mechanics. He was an Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Cal Poly, Manager of the Research Safety Vehicle Program and Senior Vice President of Engineering and Research at Minicars, Inc., and President of Dynamic Science in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been working in automotive safety since 1972, including occupant crash protection and crashworthiness at the highest crash seventies (50 mph barrier crashes, for example), and has been reconstructing accidents since 1983. He has published numerous papers in this area, one of which received the SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award in 2001. Dr. Struble has given invited presentations at two ESV conferences, and is co-holder of a patent on a side impact airbag. He has been an SAE instructor on air bags, high-speed rear impacts, and accident reconstruction. Dr. Struble is a member of SAE, AAAM, and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Formerly Senior Engineer at Collision Safety Engineering in Phoenix, Arizona, he is now President of Struble-Welsh Engineering in San Luis Obispo, California.