David Charles Viano

Background

Viano, David Charles was born on May 7, 1946 in San Mateo, California, United States. Son of James Louis and Dorothy Marie (Clark) Viano.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, U. Santa Clara, 1968; Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, California Institute Technology, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mechanics, California Institute Technology, 1972; postdoctoral degree in biomedical science, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1974; Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 1997.

Career

Senior research engineer, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1974-1976; staff research engineer, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1976-1978; assistant department head, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1978-1987; principal research scientist, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1987-1998; leader safety research program, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1987-1992; manager global Research and Development programs, 1992-1998; technical secretary medical committee for automotive safety, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1984-1998; member accident avoidance technical committee, biomedical science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1989-1993; manager advanced body, interior and safety Saab R & D, Saab Automobile, AB, Trollhattan, Sweden, since 1998. Adjunct assistant professor department mechanic engineering Wayne State University, Detroit, 1981-1986, adjunct associate professor, 1986-1989, Adjunct Professor, since 1989. Visiting professor ChalmersU., Sweden, 1992-1998, Adjunct Professor, since 1998.

Chairman industrial advising committee Bioengring. Center, Wayne State University, 1984-1998. Member injury research grant review committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, 1986-1988, member of advisory committee for injury prevention and control, 1989-1992.

Member industrial advising committee bioengineering division University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1995. Member commission on federal trauma research, National Research Council, NAS, 1984-1985. Member committee school business safety, 1987-1989, commission on occupant restraint Research.needs, 1988-1992.

Member Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Commission to review Centers for Disease Control and Prevention injurycontrol program progress, National Research Council, 1988. Member engineering directorate review panel bioengineering National Science Foundation, 1987.

Achievements

• David Charles Viano has been listed as a notable Automotive safety research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member property tax assessment board review City of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, since 1986. Board directors, member-at-large Michigan Head Injury Alliance chapter National Head Injury Foundation, 1987-1989, Executive Committee, board directors national organization, Southborough, Massachusetts, 1987-1991, treasurer, chairman finance committee, 1988-1991. Trustee Delaware Harder Rehabilitation Fund Board, 1987-1989, president, since 1989, Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, Detroit.

Board of trustees Detroit Medical Center, clinical services advisory board rehabilitation and post-acute services, since 1989. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (member transportation safety committee 1982-1992, bioengineering honors committee 1982-1998, government relations contact bioengineering division 1980-1992, program chairman editor symposium, 1981), Society Automotive Engineers (chairman Stapp car crash advising committee, 1976-1990, passenger protection committee since 1980, safety advising committee 1985-1998, Ralph Isbrandt automotive safety engineering awards board 1987-1989, organizer, editor 18 symposia 1982-1986, member other committees, Isbrandt medals 1981, 85, 86, Forest R. McFarland Ouststanding Svc. award 1982, Arch T. Colwell awards 1982, (3) 1988, (2) 1989), Association Advancement Automotive Medicine (chairman ad hoc committee for impairment scaling, since 1985, member Executive Board 1986-1991, president-elect 1988, president 1989). Member Am.Trauma Society (board directors since 1989), Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (member biomechanics task group 1976-1984), United States National Committee on Biomechanics (Society Automotive Engineers delegate 1982-1989), International Standards Organisation (impact safety group since 1976), American Society Biomechanics, American College of Surgeons (commission on truama and burns conjoint county surgical research 1986-1998), biomedical Engineering Society (senior), American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Sharon Lynne Henderson, December 7, 1975.

Father:

James Louis Viano

Mother:

Dorothy Marie (Clark) Viano

Spouse:

Sharon Lynne Henderson