Karthik Somasundaram, PhD

91大香蕉

Research Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

ksomasundaram@mcw.edu

Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 91大香蕉, Department: Neurosurgery, Milwaukee, WI, 2019鈥�2022
PhD, Wayne State University, Department: Biomedical Engineering, Detroit, MI, 2019
MS, Wayne State University, Department: Biomedical Engineering, Detroit, MI, 2015

Biography

Dr. Karthik Somasundaram is a Research Assistant Professor in the Marquette University and 91大香蕉 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 Zablocki VA Medical Center Laboratories in the Biomechanics Research Program, Department of Neurosurgery at MCW, 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’s current 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.

Research Areas of Interest

Accidents, Traffic
Pedestrians
Trauma, Nervous System

(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, 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
(Somasundaram K, Cusick JF, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA.) Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2022 Jul;97:105688 PMID: 35661894 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131117739 06/07/2022
(Somasundaram, K., Humm, J.R., Hauschild, H., Driesslein, K., Pintar, F..) Journal of Stapp Car Crash, 66. 11/07/2022
(Sherman D, Somasundaram K, Begeman P, Foley S, Greb J, Bir C, Demetropoulos CK, Cavanaugh JM.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2021 Nov;49(11):3046-3079 PMID: 33723705 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102794954 03/17/2021
(Maiman DJ, Somasundaram K, Yoganandan N, Pintar F.) Traffic Inj Prev. 2021;22(sup1):S140-S142 PMID: 34714690 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118439033 10/30/2021