Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UVA

Richard W. Kent

Research Assistant Professor
Telephone: (434) 296-7288
Office: CAB
E-mail: rwk3c@virginia.edu

Richard Kent joined the faculty in April 2002. He earned a B.S. (1994) in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. (1997) in Mechanical Engineering both from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and a Ph.D. (2002) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Kent leads the Automobile Safety Research Group of the Center for Applied Biomechanics. Dr. Kent's current research interests are in injury biomechanics, e.g., loading condition effects on injury tolerance, and characterization of biological structures, e.g., load distribution-specific quasilinear viscoelastic structural behavior of the thorax.

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