Location
2901 Baxter Rd.
Ann Arbor MI, 48109
Phone
Primary Website
Website:
https://kklinich.engin.umich.edu/
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=BRY6tYwAAAAJ
Biography
Dr. Klinich has 35 years’ experience in the field of occupant protection. Much of her research has addressed occupant safety for vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. She has expertise in analyzing crash and injury data to identify emerging patterns, particularly as they relate to deployment of automated vehicles and correlate with socioeconomic status factors. Dr. Klinich has served as PI or collaborating researcher on over 60 projects during her time at UMTRI. She has experience in leading and managing projects, preparing reports and presentations, literature reviews, laboratory testing with volunteers, developing test procedures, design of experiments, and statistical analysis of data. Because of her background and expertise in technical writing, she has developed UMTRI’s 508 Compliance Plan and associated trainings, and has served as quality assurance lead and technical editor on several recent projects.
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2006
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1994
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1990
- BA, English, Case Western Reserve University, 1990