An Integrated Human Test Surrogate to Assess Injury Risk and Measure Non-Lethal Exposure Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Topic No.: N132-084 Topic Title: An Integrated Human Test Surrogate to Assess Injury Risk and Measure Non-Lethal Exposure Proposal No.: N132-084-0255 Firm: CFD Research Corporation 215 Wynn Dr., 5th Floor Huntsville, Alabama 35805 Contact: D. Sedberry Phone: (256) 726-4800 Web Site: www.cfdrc.com Abstract: The goal of this project is to design, develop, and delivery a human test surrogate for non-lethal testing, injury risk assessment, and validation of software inputs at the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program for the Navy. An existing CFDRC surrogate will be used as a starting point to create a modular design capable of measuring exposure sources such as blast overpressure, light, RF/EM, chemical, and kinetic energy impact over a time period. In phase I, a modular design will be integrated with a wide range of sensors to be used in the experimental testing on the human surrogate. The electronics layout and sensor suite will be designed for "plug and play" use. A modular instrument-ready surrogate head will be delivered at the end of Phase 1 for feedback, feasibility, and initial evaluation by JNLWP. Phase II will consist of improving on the original design for the modular test surrogate and integrate a full torso and neck capable of housing a wide range of sensors for experiments. This test surrogate will feature the very latest in sensor technologies and modular design to allow for rapid testing of non-lethal weapons and sources. The aim is to keep costs of the test surrogate low by using a modular approach and allow for multiple test surrogates to be used during future testing. Benefits: Non-lethal weapon systems are commonly used in law enforcement and they would benefit the most from this Non-Lethal Weapon testing surrogate. Second, this surrogate could be used to better protect military and industrial personnel that are often exposed to RF electromagnetic energy from radar, communication, navigation, sensors, jamming, medical imaging and broadcast systems. In general we believe that such a device could be used to test the safety of commercial products, designed for any purpose. In addition, this technology can benefit from and contribute to advancements in crash test dummies. Return