Engineering Safer Gear: Inclusive Safety Course
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A groundbreaking undergraduate course at UBC addresses the issue of gender bias in safety gear design. Students learn about injury biomechanics from an inclusive perspective, focusing on how biological differences affect protection for everyone. The course covers topics like seatbelts for pregnant women, higher concussion risks, and knee injuries in women, as well as effects from menopause, transgender biomechanics, and violence-related harms. Researchers like professor Peter Cripton are working on better computer models to test fixes, aiming to turn findings into real vehicle changes and close safety gaps for good.
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