The National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) is a successful collaborative effort among the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The George Washington University (GWU). Chartered in 1992 at GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the NCAC primarily supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) strategic goal to reduce fatalities and injuries on the Nation's roadways, but has served to enhance efforts to improve safety worldwide. The missions of the NCAC include:
- improving safety by expanding researchers' knowledge about crashes,
- developing and sharing the detailed vehicle and hardware models, and
- leading efforts to apply computer simulation tools to enable researchers to study the complex interactions associated with crashes.
| RECENT HIGHLIGHTS | |
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| We are pleased to assist in offering the next ASE Seminar in Stuttgart, Germany on June 22 & 23, 2009. Registration closes May 18, 2009. (4/9/2009) | |
| A new finite element model of the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado is now available for download. (2/27/2009) | |
| SEAS Researchers and Graduate Students Present Papers at the 2008 SAE World Congress. (6/18/2008) | |
| New finite element models of the 2001 Ford Taurus and 1997 Toyota Rav4 are now available for download. (5/12/2008) | |
| Five Labs That Make Going to Class the Best Part of College - Popular Science, August 2007. (9/28/2007) | |
| A new finite element model of the 2006 Ford F250 is now available for download. (6/1/2007) | |
| An update to the 2003 Ford Explorer finite element model is now available for download. The model now works with Ls-dyna 971. (3/19/2007) | |
| New finite element models of the Cable Median Barrier, W-Beam Guardrail, Plate Transition and Thrie-Beam Transition are now available for download. (1/20/2007) | |
| UPCOMING EVENTS & SEMINARS |
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