 | David
Raymond, Ph.D
 E-mail: draymond@vectorscientific.com
Director of Research/Senior Biomechanical Engineer
Dr. David Raymond joined VSI in June 2002 after his employment with General Motors where he played an integral role in automotive safety from 1998 to 2002. His experience in automotive safety system design ranges from vehicle crashworthiness to airbag design. He has executed numerous studies on a variety of side airbag systems and has conducted full-scale vehicle crash testing. Dr. Raymond has performed both physical testing as well as numerical methods such as finite element and rigid body modeling. He is among a small percentage of forensic biomedical engineers that have specialized training in MADYMO simulation software that is utilized regularly in Dr. Raymond's analysis of occupant kinematics and injury causation.
Dr. Raymond has published on such topics as collision-induced seat belt markings, the determination of seat belt usage in automotive collisions, biomechanical response of the head to blunt ballistic impact and skull fracture tolerance. As an active contributor towards the advancement of biomechanics, Dr. Raymond has presented at national and international conferences including the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference. His membership includes the Society of Automotive Engineers Occupant Protection Committee and he has taken leadership roles as the co-organizer and co-chair of technical sessions on rollover, rear impact, side impact and biomechanics at the annual World Congress.
Dr. Raymond received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Engineering Mechanics with an option in Biomechanics from Michigan State University. His senior thesis was completed under the supervision of the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab in conjunction with the Michigan State Veterinary Hospital investigating the biomechanical properties of normal and pathological canine cervical spines. Dr. Raymond received his Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University with an emphasis on automotive-related trauma. He achieved the advanced degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Wayne State University in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on impact biomechanics and human injury tolerance. Dr. Raymond's dissertation research investigated the biomechanical response and tolerance of the human skull to blunt ballistic impact.
Personal
Dr. Raymond was born in Flint, Michigan and continues to travel to the greater
Detroit area to visit family and friends. In his free time Dr. Raymond enjoys
an active lifestyle playing tennis, weight lifting and beach activities. Dr.
Raymond has also enjoyed playing the drums for more than 20 years.
View Dr. Raymond's Curriculum Vitae
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