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Dr. Tara Khatua is a Principal Engineer and Practice Director of Exponent's Biomechanics practice. Dr. Khatua specializes in occupant kinematics vehicle dynamics and crashworthiness of automobiles trucks forklifts and motorcycles computer simulation of accidents and injury assessment. His research and development expertise is in the areas of heavy truck crashworthiness crash simulations restraint system optimization Hybrid III dummy properties evaluation human head and spine modeling multi-layer sandwich and other complex composite constructions. He has also participated in the development of special-purpose computer programs for stress and dynamic analysis. Dr. Khatua's research further includes analysis of nuclear power plant structure piping and pipe support systems seismic and probabilistic analysis evaluation of soil-structure and fluid-structure interactions accident analysis of pressurized water and boiling water reactor plants and analyses of steam generator tubes and tube supports. Dr. Khatua holds a Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics from the University of Calgary Canada and is a registered professional civil engineer in the state of California. | 