Articles archive

• On December 8, 2021, Snell presented at the International Council of Motorsport Sciences with the latest rotational impact testing research results.
• Helmet testing with Limited Drop Heights, December 2016
• IRCOBI-NOCSAE-SNELL-PDB workshop on angular head motion (September 2015)
  • Summary "THE STATE OF BIOMECHANICS OF ANGULAR HEAD MOTIONS 2015"
  • All presentations
• Helmet Exchange Program and Survey 2012-2015
  • Summary
  • Full text
• Motorcycle Helmet Impact Response at Various Levels of Severity for Different Standard Certifications by Snell’s Executive Director and Chief Engineer Edward Becker, Research Engineer Denis Anishchenko and Test Engineer Stephanie Palmer, for the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI ), Lyon, France, September 2015.
• Voluntary and Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Standards) by Edward Becker for the International Motorcycle Conference (Cologne, Germany), October 2012 (pdf, presentation (pdf)
• Snell Certification and Enforcement Testing , August 28, 2011 (pdf)
• Snell's response to New York Time Article "Sorting Out Differences in Helmet Standards", September 24, 2009.
• Snell Presentation to Motorcycle Training Instructors in Connecticut - March 2009 (PowerPoint); (pdf)
• Technical Brief by Dr. Randal Ching on Head Mass Versus Circumference
• Proceedings and Summary from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Snell meeting on HIC (Head Injury Criteria)
• StayinAlive "Use Your Head" article from Ability 2008
• Response to Motorcyclist Magazine "Blowing The Lid Off Article" (May 12, 2005)
• Technical Response to Motorcyclist Magazine "Blowing The Lid Off Article" (September 9, 2005)
• Review of Pediatric Head and Neck Injury: Implications for Helmet Standards.
  Summary of a Conference held at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• Implications of Testing, Policies and Methods Used in the Snell M2000 Testing Program.
  Information about the Snell certification and testing programs.
• Helmet Test and Development
  An Excerpt by Ed Becker From "Frontiers In Head And Neck Trauma - Clinical and Biomechanical"
• Bicycle Helmet Retention Strength Test Procedures Comparison
  Snell's new study comparing the CPSC and the Snell bicycle helmet retention tests.
• Snell vs DOT
  Motorcycle helmet standards comparison in the United States.
• Helmet Softness vs Injury Severity
  Should bicycle helmet standards be rewritten to favor softer headgear than those currently available?
• Summary Report of Harborview Helmet Studies
  The largest study conducted to date on the circumstances of bicycle injuries and the protective effect of helmets.
• Bicycle Injury Data
  From a monograph by the Johns Hopkins Injury Prevention Center.
• Snell's response to CSA Child Helmet Standard
  The CSA amendment for children's bicycle helmets may be unnecessary and burdensome to the industry and the public. Unless compelling evidence can be assembled in its support, the amendment should not be implemented.
• Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A 3-D DATABASE OF HEAD AND FACIAL ANTHROPOMETRY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
  Principal Investigator: Bruce Bradtmiller, Ph.D.
  Organization: Anthropology Research Project, Inc. Yellow Spring, Ohio
  Date: July 1992 - February 1995
• Title: HEAD IMPACT ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN SURROGATES
  Principal Investigator: Anthony Sances, Jr, Ph.D.
  Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Date: January 1993 - April 1995
• Title: OMNI-DIRECTIONAL NECK DEVELOPMENT
  Principal Investigator: Jac Wismans, Ph.D.
  Organization: TNO Road-Vehicles Research Institute, The Netherlands
  Date: April 1993 - October 1995
• Title: INJURY TO BICYCLISTS AND MOTOR SCOOTER RIDERS IN WUHAN. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  Principal Investigator: Prof. Susan Baker
  Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  Date: October 1993 - September 1994
• Tile: HEAD INJURIES IN BICYCLING AND INFORMAL RECREATION
  Principal Investigator: Prof. Susan Baker
  Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  Date: April 1993 -July 1994
• Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A FIT MODEL AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIT TEST PROCEDURES
  Principal Investigator: Bruce Bradtmiller, Ph.D.
  Organization: Anthropology Research Project, Inc. Yellow Spring, Ohio
  Date: May 1994 - December 1995
• Title: A STUDY OF LOAD LIMITING LOOPS AND ASYMMETRICAL LAP BELT LOADING AND THEIR EFFECT ON AUTOMOBILE OCCUPANTS
  Principal Investigator: William H. Muzzy, III
  Organization: ARCCA, Inc., Richboro, Pennsylvania
  Date: August 1994 - March 1996
• Title: HELMET MATERIALS EVALUATION  (Not Completed  3/3/2000)
  Principal Investigator: Rita Boggs, Ph.D.
  Organization: American Research and Testing, Inc., Gardena, California
  Date: October 1994- October 1996
• Title: DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL DATA OF THE HEAD II. MASS, CENTER OF GRAVITY AND MOMENTS OF INERTIA HUMAN HEAD-NECK ASSEMBLIES
  Principal Investigator: Dr. rer. nat. G. Beier
  Organization: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Munich, Germany
  Date: May 1995 - May 1996
• Title: THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SEVERITY OF BICYCLE INJURIES
  Principal Investigator: Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H., Diane Thompson, M.S., Robert S. Thompson, M.D.
  Organization: Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  Date: April 1992 - March 1996
• Title: SEQUELAE OF HEAD INJURY IN YOUNG BICYCLISTS - PHASE I
  Principal Investigator: Prof. Susan Baker
  Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  Date: April 1995 -June 1997