Biography

Prof. Costin D. Untaroiu

University of Virginia, USA


Email: cdu4q@eservices.virginia.edu


Qualifications

2005 Ph.D., University of Virginia, USA

1999 Ph.D., "Politehnica" University, Bucharest, Mechanical Engineering-Rotordynamics

1996 M.Sc., University of Bucharest, Applied Mathematics


Publications (Selected)

  1. Meng, Y., Yates, K., Dahiya, A., & Untaroiu, C. D. (2025). Effects of rear seat design on occupant injury risk during frontal crashes: A parametric study using finite element analysis. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 53(1), 753-769.
  2. Surkutwar, Y., Sandu, C., & Untaroiu, C. (2024, August). Investigation of Different Snow Material Models and Simulation Techniques for Enhanced Snow-Tire Interaction Study. In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (Vol. 88339, p. V001T01A007). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  3. Jasoliya, D., Untaroiu, A., & Untaroiu, C. (2024). A review of soil modeling for numerical simulations of soil-tire/agricultural tools interaction. Journal of Terramechanics, 111, 41-64.
  4. Shenvi, M. N., Sandu, C., Untaroiu, C., & Pierce, E. (2023). Correlating tire traction performance on snow with measured parameters of ASTM F1805 using regression analysis. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 213, 103926.
  5. Grindle, D., & Untaroiu, C. (2023). Computational seated pedestrian impact design of experiments with ultralight wheelchair. Annals of biomedical engineering, 51(7), 1523-1534.
  6. Chontos, R., Grindle, D., Untaroiu, A., Doerzaph, Z., & Untaroiu, C. (2023). A Numerical Investigation of Rider Injury Risks During Falls Caused by E-Scooter–Stopper Impacts. Journal of biomechanical engineering, 145(10), 101006.
  7. Grindle, D., Balubaid, A., & Untaroiu, C. (2023). Investigation of traffic accidents involving seated pedestrians using a finite element simulation-based approach. Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering, 26(4), 484-497.
  8. Surkutwar, Y., Sandu, C., & Untaroiu, C. (2023). Review of modeling methods of compressed snow-tire interaction. Journal of terramechanics, 105, 27-40.
  9. Grindle, D., Aira, J., Gayzik, F. S., & Untaroiu, C. (2022). A validated lower extremity model to investigate the effect of stabilizing knee components in pedestrian collisions. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of engineering in medicine, 236(10), 1552-1571.
  10. Shenvi, M. N., Sandu, C., & Untaroiu, C. (2022). Review of compressed snow mechanics: Testing methods. Journal of Terramechanics, 100, 25-37.
  11. Yates, K. M., Agnew, A. M., Albert, D. L., Kemper, A. R., & Untaroiu, C. D. (2021). Subject-specific rib finite element models with material data derived from coupon tests under bending loading. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 116, 104358.
  12. Grindle, D., Pak, W., Guleyupoglu, B., Koya, B., Gayzik, F. S., Song, E., & Untaroiu, C. (2021). A detailed finite element model of a mid-sized male for the investigation of traffic pedestrian accidents. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of engineering in medicine, 235(3), 300-313.
  13. Meng, Y., & Untaroiu, C. (2020). Numerical investigation of occupant injury risks in car-to-end terminal crashes using dummy-based injury criteria and vehicle-based crash severity metrics. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 145, 105700.
  14. Decker, W., Koya, B., Pak, W., Untaroiu, C. D., & Gayzik, F. S. (2019). Evaluation of finite element human body models for use in a standardized protocol for pedestrian safety assessment. Traffic injury prevention, 20(sup2), S32-S36.
  15. Pak, W., Meng, Y., Schap, J., Koya, B., Gayzik, S. F., & Untaroiu, C. D. (2019). Finite element model of a high-stature male pedestrian for simulating car-to-pedestrian collisions. International journal of automotive technology, 20(3), 445-453.
  16. Baker, W. A., Chowdhury, M., & Untaroiu, C. D. (2018). A finite element model of an anthropomorphic test device lower limb to assess risk of injuries during vertical accelerative loading. Journal of biomechanics, 81, 104-112.


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