Dr. Raymond's specialty is the field of injury biomechanics.  He began his career at General Motors Corporation where he specalized in crashworthiness and occupant protection.  He has experience in automotive safety system performance ranging from vehicle crashworthiness to side airbag design. Dr. Raymond has been actively involved in forensic biomechanics since 2002 and has provided expert testimony in both civil and criminal courts.  Dr. Raymond's  published research has covered such topics as the biomechanical response and tolerance of the human head to impacts,  the development of biomechanical surrogates and injury criteria, the evaluation of restraint systems for occupant protection and forensic investigation of seat belt usage.  Dr. Raymond has presented original research at the SAE World Congress, American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bioengineering Conference. Dr. Raymond has been a member of the SAE Occupant Protection Committee and past co-organizer and co-chairman of the World Congress sessions on Biomechanics, Rollover, Side and Rear Impact. He is currently an associate editor of the International Journal of Transportation Safety.

Dr. Raymond is currently a tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles where he teaches fundamental mechanical engineering courses as well as courses in biomechanics.  He is also the Director of the Applied Injury Biomechanics Laboratory where his team conducts biomechanical research in the area of impact biomechanics, occupant protection and forensic science technology development.


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Credentials

David E. Raymond, Ph.D., P.E.

Trauma Biomechanics, LLC

  • P.E. - Mechanical Engineer 
  • Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering 
  • M.S. - Biomedical Engineering 
  • B.S. - Engineering Mechanics 
  • Former GM Safety & Crash Engineer
  • Testifie​d in civil and criminal matters
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