Dr. Matthew (Matt) Craig - Hall of Fame 2012

MSME ’99, PhDBME ’07, is the division chief of human injury research in the Office of Vehicle Crashworthiness Research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing a wide range of motor vehicle crash injury-related research ranging from crash data collection and analysis to basic biomechanical research. Previously, he worked at General Motors in vehicle safety and crashworthiness where he was a team leader for small cars with responsibilities for restraint system and structural performance in FMVSS and NCAP test conditions. A native of Michigan, he earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, and both a master’s in mechanical engineering in 1999 and a doctorate in biomedical engineering in 2007 from the Wayne State University College of Engineering.