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Technical Discipline: Crash Dynamics

Crash dynamics is an emerging science. As such, the discipline requires considerable innovative engineering research and development, that is used as a basis for many FAA regulatory initiatives to enhance the crash survivability and cabin safety of civil aircraft.

Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor – Joseph Pellettiere, PhD

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