The SCARS organization has hosted several
major conferences in order to learn about accident reconstruction and to
present live tests.
Some of the locations of previous
conferences include, Myrtle Beach, SC Charelston, SC and Biloxi, MS
Selected Previous Conference Summary
The Annual SCARS/Southeastern Conference - 2011
July 24-29, 2011 in the Charleston/Mt Pleasant South Carolina
The speakers for the conference:
- Jeff Muttart - Human Factors
- Ralph Cunningham - Crash Reconstruction Physics
- Billy Patterson - Rule 26 Issues
- Tommy Sturdivan - Commercial Vehicle Inspection
- Carmen Daecher - Liability Issues
- Greg Russell - Crash Reconstruction using CDR
- Brad Muir - CDR Update / 2011 Crash testing data summary
The Annual SCARS/Southeastern Conference - 2010
July 25-29, 2010 in the Charleston/Mt Pleasant South Carolina
The speakers for the conference:
- Bruno Schmidt - PDOF and delta-v
- Brad Muir - CDR
- Jeff Muttart - Human Factors issues "As much as can be packed into a half day"
- Tommy Sturdivan - Spin Analysis: Speed Determination with Rotating Vehicles
- Ralph Cunningham - Basic Physics, Linear Momentum, Critical Speed Yaw, and Circular Motion
- Daniel Vomhof III - Manual Stiffness Coefficient Research and Calculation
The Annual SCARS/Southeastern Conference - 2008
July 20-24, 2008 at the Sheraton Gateway Atlanta Airport Hotel.
The speakers for the conference:
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Rusty Haight - Crash Testing
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Jeff Muttart - Human Factors
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Bill Messerschmidt - Commercial vehicle ECM's
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Ward Holton - Spin Analysis
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Chris Stewart - Rollover Crash Analysis
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Joe DiGregorio - Motorcycle Collision Investigation
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Tommy Sturdivan - Reconstructing PIT manuvers
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Lee DeChant - Close-Range Photogrammetry
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Mickey Zimbalis - Tire Failure Analysis
The Annual SCARS Conference - 2007
July 22 - 26, 2007 at the Ramada, North Charleston.
The speakers for the conference:
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Rusty Haight - Crash test data summary, mini CDR update (maybe), plus other interesting information topics
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Bruno Schmidt, Ph.D. - Post impact trajectories and other important items to consider in speed calculations
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Dave Stopper - Calculating speeds for ABS and ABS/conventional combination airbarked commercial motor vehicles
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Daniel Vomhof, Ph.D. - Human factors considerations
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Rick Tyrell, Ph.D. - Pedestrian conspicuity
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Fred Rice - Drag Sled vs. Skid Testing
The Annual
SCARS Conference - 2005
July 24 -
28, 2005 at the Clarion, North Charleston.
The speakers for the conference:
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Rusty Haight for crash
testing
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Jeff Muttart for human factors
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Mike Reade for pedestrian
crashes
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John Daily for narrow object impacts
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John Meserve for insurance
fraud investigations
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Steve Breland and David Hill for conducting mechanical
examinations.
Here are some photographs and downloadable
video clips from our previous conferences.
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Photos:
2001 Conference
2002 Conference
2003 Conference
2004 Conference