Robert S. Fijan, Ph.D.
Principal Consultant
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Background
Dr. Robert Fijan holds a B.S.E. degree in Engineering Science from the University of Florida and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.
Dr. Fijan’s experience has included multiple aspects of injury biomechanics and research. He has performed collaborative research with outside academic and industrial institutions. Dr. Fijan taught biomechanics to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students at the University of Michigan.
His primary areas of consulting expertise include injury consistency biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and photogrammetry. As a forensic investigator, Dr. Fijan performs biomechanical analyses on cases involving motor vehicle accidents, effects of restraint use, slips/trips and falls, workplace-related accidents, and other accidental events. He has reconstructed accidents involving low-speed accidents, fatality collisions, pedestrian accidents, vehicle rollovers, and premises liability accidents. Dr. Fijan also provides expertise in photogrammetry, particularly related to dash-cam and/or surveillance video for trucking and other cases.
Education and Certifications
- Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)
- Mechanical Engineering, M.S.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985)
- Engineering Science, B.S.E.: University of Florida (1982)
Publications
- Werner, S, Newberry, W, Fijan, R, and Winter, M, “Modeling of Bicycle Rider Collision Kinematics,” SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0765, 2001.
- Barbee, K A, Yazdi, J S, Abai, B, Croul, S, Fijan, R, and Thibault, L E, “An In Vivo Model for the Acute Response of Neural Tissue to Traumatic Loading,” Proceedings of the 1999 International Ircobi Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, September 23-24, 1999.
- Thibault L E, Fijan R S, et al, “Biomechanical Thinking: Head Injury in Roadway Crashes,” Recovery, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1996.
- Fijan, R S and Mann RW, “A 3D in vivo Knee Model: Relationships Between Geometry, Dynamics, and Kinematics,” Symposium on Modeling and Control of Biomechanical Systems, Transactions of the ASME, November 1990.
- Fijan, R S, “A Three-Dimensional Mathematical Model of the Human Knee Joint,”D. Dissertation, M.I.T., 1990.
- Hodge, W A, Carlson, K L, Fijan, R S, Burgess, R G, Riley, P O, Harris, W H, and Mann, R W, “Contact Pressures from an Instrumented Hip Endoprosthesis,” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 71A, October 1989.
- Fijan, R S, Riley P O, et al, “Determination of Joint Centers for Posture Studies,” ASME Advances in Bioengineering, December 1987.
- Fijan, R S, “Estimation of Camera Positions and Orientations Using a Control Distribution of Unknown Relative Geometry,” ASME Advances in Bioengineering, December 1987.
- Hodge, W A, Fijan, R S, Carlson, K L, Burgess, R G, Harris, W H, and Mann, R W, “Contact Pressures in the Human Hip Joint Measured In Vivo,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 1986.
- Fijan, R S, “Axes of Rotation of the Joints of the Human Lower Extremity,” Master’s Thesis, M.I.T., 1985.