Dr. Kang is an Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University (OSU) School of Health & Rehabilitation Services at the College of Medicine, Director of the Injury Biomechanics Research Lab (IBRL) at OSU, and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Yun Seok Kang, PhD is an Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University (OSU) School of Health & Rehabilitation Services at the College of Medicine, Director of the Injury Biomechanics Research Lab (IBRL) in the Injury Biomechanics Research Center at OSU, and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Kang's research focus in the injury biomechanics field is human injury tolerance and assessing how well anthropomorphic test devices (ATD) replicate the response of a human (i.e., biofidelity of ATD) in motor vehicle crashes and sports activities. He has become an expert in quantifying the response of the human body, identifying the mechanisms of human injury, and defining injury tolerances using post-mortem human subjects (PMHS) by applying the principles of mechanics to injuries of the human body in severe impacts.
Dr. Kang's research has been funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Science Foundation through the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), and Infoscitex.
PhD, The Ohio State University (Mechanical Engineering), 2011
MS, Kookmin University (Automotive Engineering), 2005
BS, Kookmin University (Mechanical and Automotive Engineering), 2003
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University (OSU) School of Health & Rehabilitation Services at the College of Medicine
Director, Injury Biomechanics Research Lab (IBRL), Injury Biomechanics Research Center at OSU
Associate Fellow, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Kang Y, Stammen J., Moorhouse K., Bolte J., 2016. PMHS Lower Neck Load Calculation Using Inverse Dynamics with Cervical Spine Kinematics and Neck Mass Properties. International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury.
Kang Y, Goldman S, Moorhouse K, Bolte J, 2015. Measurement of Head Kinematics in Impact Conditions Using a Coplanar 6aw Configuration, Proceedings of the 43th International Workshop on Human Subjects in Biomechanics Research.
Agnew A, Schafman M., Moorhouse K, White SE., Kang Y, 2015. The Effect of Age on The Structural Properties of Human Ribs. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.