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Mats Svensson

Professor at Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology

About me

Professor Mats Svensson, has more than 30 years of experience in in Injury Prevention, He finalised his PhD-thesis on neck injury biomechanics, including animal testing, dummy development and seat design. He participated in the EU-Whiplash 2, EU-ADSEAT, EU_SafeEV, EEVC WG12 and WG20 (chair.) projects. In 2016 he was awarded the Håkan Frisinger award for outstanding achievements in whiplash injury biomechanics. Prof. Svensson is the Director of Transport Safety at the Chalmers Area of Advance Transport and in this role also the Profile Director of Traffic Safety at the SAFER Centre (www.saferresearch.com).