From ceginfo@u.washington.edu Fri Jun 1 11:47:25 2001 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.54]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f51IlJ066638 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:47:20 -0700 Received: from homer17.u.washington.edu (ceginfo@homer17.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.17]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f51IlGA49448; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:47:16 -0700 Received: from localhost (ceginfo@localhost) by homer17.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f51IlFN51898; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:47:15 -0700 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:47:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Civil and Environmental Engineering To: , Subject: Time for Gudmundur Ulfarsson's PhD defense, 4:00 pm, 6/6/01 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The time for Gudmundur Ulfarsson's defense is 4:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 6. It is currently scheduled in the Faculty Library, 218 More Hall. We are trying to find a More Hall classroom for it. If the exam is moved, we will send a notification early next week. Carole McCutcheon for Marcia Buck Graduate Advising Office, More 201F Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Washington Box 352700 Seattle, WA 98195-2700 (206) 543-2574 email: ceginfo@u.washington.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:10:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Civil and Environmental Engineering To: Scott Rutherford Subject: Re: Abstract for Dissertation (fwd) yes. He changed it from 3:00 June 5 to 4:00 June 6th. Marcia Buck Graduate Advising Office, More 201F Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Washington Box 352700 Seattle, WA 98195-2700 (206) 543-2574 email: ceginfo@u.washington.edu On Wed, 23 May 2001, Scott Rutherford wrote: > at 4:00 PM? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Civil and Environmental Engineering" > To: ; ; > ; > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:22 PM > Subject: Abstract for Dissertation (fwd) > > > > The final examination for the PhD degree for Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson > > will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 in 218 More Hall. > > > > Title: > > > > Injury severity analysis for car, pickup, sport utility vehicle and > minivan > > drivers: Male and female differences > > > > Author: > > Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson > > > > Abstract > > > > This research explores how the factors affecting the probability of injury > > severity differ between male and female drivers in single-vehicle > accidents > > involving a car, pickup, sport utility vehicle or minivan; and in > > two-vehicle accidents involving car vs. pickup, sport utility vehicle or > > minivan. Multinomial logit probability models are estimated to predict the > > probability of four injury severity categories: No injury (property damage > > only), possible injury, evident injury, and fatal/disabling injury; > > conditional on an accident ocurring. Separate models are estimated for > male > > and female drivers for the different vehicle types. > > > > The gender-specific models for each vehicle type are compared > > statistically, showing that there are significant differences between the > > male and female driver injury severity models. The results show > differences > > in how various factors affect injury severity across vehicle types and by > > driver gender. Some factors have effects that go in opposite directions > for > > the genders or across vehicle types. For example, there is a higher > > probability of more severe injury for sport utility vehicle/minivan > drivers > > on wet roads while the opposite is true for car drivers, suggesting sport > > utility vehicle/minivan drivers do not compensate enough in speed and > > caution on wet roads. Curved road increases the probability of > > fatal/disabling injury for female pickup drivers in single-vehicle > > accidents, and defective tires or wheels are associated with higher > > probability of more severe injury for female sport utility vehicle/minivan > > drivers, possibly suggesting behavioral differences between the genders > > when responding to emergencies. > > > > The results show there are differences between the genders when > considering > > conditional models of injury severity. The reasons may be behavioral > > differences between male and female drivers, but the design of vehicles > and > > vehicle safety features may also affect the genders differently. > > > > ============================================= > > Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson, gfu@u.washington.edu > > > > > > > > .