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Karthik Somasundaram, PhD
Karthik Somasundaram, PhD

Karthik Somasundaram, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Neurosurgery, 91九色视频, Milwaukee, WI, 2019鈥�2022
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2019
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2015

Biography

Dr. Karthik Somasundaram is a research assistant professor in the Marquette University and 91九色视频 Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. He received his PhD in biomedical engineering from Wayne State University in December 2019 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center Laboratories in the Biomechanics Research Program, Department of Neurosurgery at 91九色视频, where he specialized in biomechanics of the neck, spine and thorax with a focus on examining the mechanics of the orthopedic regions pertinent to different crash environments using experimental and computational techniques.

Dr. Somasundaram currently directs the Trauma Biomechanics Laboratory (TBM Lab) at ZVAMC Laboratories. His work seeks to develop vehicular models and optimized pedestrian human body models for pedestrian safety research. Dr. Somasundaram also participates in research investigating the crash mechanism of occupants in autonomous vehicles. The overall aim of this line of investigation is to elucidate human body kinetics and kinematics under varied loading scenarios using finite element models and advanced modeling techniques.

Learn more about the TBM Lab

Research Areas of Interest

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Blast Injuries
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Pedestrians
  • Trauma, Nervous System

Publications

  • (Yoganandan N, Somasundaram K, Harinathan B, Banurekha Devaraj K, Shah A, Koser J, Stemper B, Chancey VC, McEntire BJ.) J Eng Sci Med Diagn Ther. 2025 Aug 01;8(3):031009 PMID: 39664025 PMCID: PMC11629288 12/12/2024

  • (Somasundaram K, Hauschild H, Driesslein K, Pintar FA.) J Biomech Eng. 2024 Mar 01;146(3) PMID: 37295932 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184344225 06/10/2023

  • (Cronn S, Somasundaram K, Driesslein K, Tomas CW, Pintar F.) Front Public Health. 2024;12:1331313 PMID: 38560436 PMCID: PMC10978633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188905781 04/01/2024

  • (Yoganandan N, Somasundaram K, Devaraj KB, Harinathan B, Shah AS, Koser J, Stemper BD, Somberg L, Chancey VC, McEntire BJ.) Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI. 2024;Part 202371:776-777 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204454979 01/01/2024

  • (Somasundaram K, Cronn S, Banerjee A, Yoganandan N, Sun Z, Hallman J, Pintar F.) Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI. 2024;Part 202371:1009-1010 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204496346 01/01/2024

  • (Somasundaram K, Harinathan B, Yoganandan N.) ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE). 2024;4 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216777124 01/01/2024

  • (Yoganandan N, Somasundaram K, Pintar F.) Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Dec;193:107294 PMID: 37722257 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171782373 09/19/2023

  • (Somasundaram K, Hauschild H, Driesslein K, Pintar F, Richardson R, Parent D.) Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Oct;191:107185 PMID: 37429156 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164213472 07/11/2023

  • (Gerringer JW, Somasundaram K, Pintar FA.) Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Sep;190:107157 PMID: 37336050 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85162174423 06/20/2023

  • (Somasundaram K, Humm JR, Khandelwal P, Umale S, Moorcroft DM, Pintar FA.) J Biomech Eng. 2023 Feb 01;145(2) PMID: 36062977 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139376332 09/06/2022

  • (Somasundaram K, Humm JR, Yoganandan N, Moorcroft DM, Pintar FA.) International Journal of Crashworthiness. 2023;28(6):786-796 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140844863 01/01/2023

  • (Somasundaram K, Humm JR, Yoganandan N, Hauschild H, Driesslein K, Pintar FA.) Stapp Car Crash J. 2022 Nov;66:31-68 PMID: 37733821 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150993131 09/21/2023

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