Hans Hauschild

Mr. Hauschild has over 30 years experience working in the vehicle safety field and snow sports industries. He is a mechanical engineer emphasizing in mobility and transportation safety and risk management. He obtained his MS in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health in 2012 and earned his BS in Mechanical engineering prior. His master thesis examined the injury potential of rear facing child occupants in child restraint systems located in a center seating position. He has also worked as a vehicle and winter sports equipment mechanic while in college and after. 

He has authored or been a co-author on over 30 technical papers and published articles, many of which are peer reviewed. He has also made presentations in areas related to vehicle safety research, child restraint systems, testing procedures, ski resort risk management, and boater safety. His hands on experiences in the field give him a unique and better understanding of automotive safety testing and risk management. Mr. Hauschild's background includes over 30 years working in a sled and crash lab doing vehicle and component testing. He has designed and built many fixtures used for testing in the crash laboratory. He has written many technical papers related to child restraint system safety and crash test dummy response. Part of Mr. Hauschild's experience included being a major contributor to the CIREN team at the Medical College of Wisconsin which did in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of vehicle crashes. Investigation included review of AAAM AIS coding, and injury causation within the vehicle. 

Mr. Hauschild is a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Research Engineer in the structures and restraints group. He was responsible for projects related to the THOR and child crash test dummies, crash injury causation, crash test data analysis, and updated signal analysis tools.  He was also the team representative for CIREN case reviews, front over pedestrian incident reviews, bike and scooter front over crash reviews, children in ambulances, updated FMVSS 213 testing standard, and research related to FMVSS applicable to autonomous vehicles. Mr. Hauschild has worked in two different crash and sled labs overseeing many projects related to FMVSS, restraint component development, crash test ATD development, child restraint systems, FAA compliance and seat research, and vehicle crashworthiness performance. He was also part of the CIREN team doing crash case analysis and review, including AIS coding and EDR review. 

Project time is available for consult and contract related to vehicle engineering projects involving safety, FMVSS, performance, testing, and research. Additional work includes investigation, examination, preservation, and photography of evidence after vehicle crashes including EDR/CDR analysis or other transportation accidents. Other work includes risk management consulting and audits; workplace regulation compliance; designing, fabricating, and building full scale and partial scale exhibits or prototypes; vehicle testing, vehicle research and appraisal; lubricant consulting, AMSOIL lubricants, vehicle maintenance programs, and alternative fuels research.