[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44349-44350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12662]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Fifteenth Public Meeting of the Crash Injury 
Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Fifteenth Public Meeting of members 
of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is a 
collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at 
eight Level 1 Trauma Centers linked by a computer network. Researchers 
can review data and share expertise, which could lead to a better 
understanding of crash injury mechanisms and the design of safer 
vehicles. Seven presentations on current research based on CIREN cases 
will be presented. The agenda will be posted to the CIREN Web site 
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html three 
weeks prior to the meeting.
    Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006. This meeting will be hosted by the 
Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) CIREN 
Center.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Radisson Hotel, 2300 N. Mayfair 
Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, (414) 257-3400.
    Special Demonstration: Following the CIREN research presentations, 
a tour of the MCW's car crash facility will be given along with a 
demonstration of an oblique pole impact test and an overview of current 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards including FMVSS No. 208 and 
FMVSS No.214.
    To Register for This Event: Contact Judy Citta at (414) 266-6435 or 
e-mail [email protected] (Under score precedes WICIREN). Please provide 
name, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address. Registration is 
strongly recommended and required for parties wishing to participate in 
the special demonstration. You must register by September 5, 2006. Late 
registrations or those not registered are still welcome to attend the 
public meeting but you may not be able to attend the special 
demonstrations.
    For General Information: Dale Halloway, (414) 805-5439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIREN System has been established, and 
crash cases have been entered into the database by each Center. CIREN 
cases may be viewed from the NHTSA/CIREN Web site at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html. NHTSA has held 
three Annual Conferences where CIREN research results were presented. 
Further information about the three previous CIREN conferences is also 
available through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA held the first public 
meeting on May 5, 2000, with a topic of lower extremity injuries in 
motor vehicle crashes; the second public meeting on July 21, 2000, with 
a topic of side impact crashes; the third public meeting on November 
30, 2000, with a topic of thoracic injuries in crashes; the fourth 
public meeting on March 16, 2001, with a topic of offset frontal 
collisions; the fifth public meeting on June 21, 2001, on CIREN 
outreach efforts; the sixth public meeting (held in Ann Arbor, 
Michigan), with a topic of injuries involving sport utility vehicles; 
the seventh public meeting on December 6, 2001, with a topic of age 
related injuries (elderly and children); the eighth public meeting on 
April 25, 2002, with a topic of head and traumatic brain injuries; the 
ninth public meeting on August 22, 2002 (held at Harborview Injury 
Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington), with 
presentations highlighting the various research specialties of the 
Centers; the tenth public meeting on December 5, 2002, with a topic of 
occult injuries; the eleventh public meeting on April 3, 2003, with 
papers on the injuries sustained in crashes where vehicles are 
mismatched in terms of size or weight; the twelfth public meeting on 
December 5, 2003 (held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham), 
with presentations on various research specialties of the Centers; the 
thirteenth public meeting on November 4, 2004 (held at the University 
of Maryland/National Study Center), with presentations on various 
research specialties and the fourteenth public meeting on March 28, 
2006, in Washington, DC with presentations on various research 
specialties. Presentations from these meetings are available through 
the NHTSA Web site.
    NHTSA plans to continue holding CIREN meetings on a regular basis 
to disseminate CIREN information to interested parties. This is the 
fifteenth such meeting. The CIREN Centers will

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be presenting papers on a variety of research topics.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any other emergencies, a decision to cancel will be made 
as soon as possible and posted immediately on CIREN's Web site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html. If you do 
not have access to the Web site, you may call or e-mail the contacts 
listed in this announcement and leave your telephone number or e-mail 
address. You will be contacted only if the meeting is postponed or 
canceled.

    Issued on: August 1, 2006.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
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