Research

Active Funded Projects

  • Investigating the Effect of Head-Torso Coupling in Helmet-to-Helmet Football Impacts.

  • Lumbar Spine Loads in Low-Speed Over-ride Rear-End Automotive Impacts.

Journal Publications

  • Crawford, G., Raymond, D.E., Bir, C. Biomechanical Response of the Forehead and Zygoma to High-Rate Projectile Impacts, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, (In Prep).

  • L'Abbe, E.N., Symes, S.A., Raymond, D.E., Ubelaker, D.H. The Rorschach Butterfly: Understanding Bone Biomechanics Prior to Using Nomenclature in Bone Trauma Interpretations, Forensic Science International, June, Vol. 299, 187-194, 2019.

  • Johnson, D.J., Raymond, D.E., Chen, C., Quon, M., Lis, J., Choi, M.R., Han, A., de Leon, R.D., Bir, C.A.  A Molecular Method to Detect Wound Cells in Bloodstains Resultant of Sharp Force Injuries for Crime Scene Reconstruction, Journal of Forensic Sciences, May, Vol. 63(3): 842-848, 2018.

  • L'Abbe, E.N., Symes, S.A., Pokines, J.T., Cabo, L.L., Stull, K.E., Kuo, S., Raymond, D.E., Randolph-Quinney, P.S., Berger, L.R. Evidence of Fatal Skeletal Injuries in Malapa Hominins 1 and 2, Scientific Reports, 5:15120, Oct. 2015.

  • Raymond, D.E., Bir, C.A. A Biomechanical Evaluation of Skull-Brain Surrogates to Blunt High-Rate Impacts, Journal of Forensic Sciences, March, 60(2): 370-373, 2015.

Conference Papers

  • Curran, J. and Raymond, D. Blunt Impact: The Role of War Clubs in Prehistoric California Warfare, Proceedings of the Society for American Archeology 81st Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 2016.

  • Huang, J., Raymond, D., Shen, W., Stuhmiller, J., Crawford, G., Bir, C. Development and Validation of a Subject-Specific Finite Element Model for Skull Fracture Assessment, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Denver, CO, November, 2011.

Abstracts,  Posters and Presentations

  • Curran, J.B., Lee, Y., Curran, T., Raymond, D.E.  The Impact of War Clubs: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Conflict, Proceedings of the Society for American Archeology 82nd Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 29-30, 2017.

  • Ibarra, C., Mashhour, T., Sunna, F., Chan, A., Peters, N., Johnson, D., Raymond, D., Nye, T., Vallalta, R., Bir, C., Gonzalez, C. On the Development of a Human Head Surrogate for Ballistic Blood Spatter Research, California Association of Criminalists Spring 2016 Seminar, N. Hollywood, CA, May 3, 2016.

  • Curran, J.B., Raymond , D.E, The Effect of War Clubs: The Experimental Archaeological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Ontario, CA, March 2016.

  • Johnson, D.J., Raymond, D.E., de Leon, R. Investigations on the Use of Tissue MicroRNA Markers to Correlate Bloodstains with Wounds for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2016.

  • Roberts, K.A., Johnson, D.J., Raymond, D.E. Planning Grant Award for an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, California Association of Criminalists Spring 2015 Seminar, Ventura, CA, May 6, 2015. 

  • Rushton, H., Wu, A., Rodriguez, J., Negrete, J., Tepas, K., Johnson, D., Raymond, D. Development of an Imaging System for the On-Site Determination of the Area-of-Origin of Blood Spatter, California Association of Criminalists Spring 2015 Seminar, Ventura, CA, May 6, 2015. 

  • Lis, J., Quon, M., Raymond, D., Johnson, D. Evaluation of the Effect of Force on the Generation and Detection of Tissue Specific miRNA, California Association of Criminalists Spring 2015 Seminar, Ventura, CA, May 6, 2015. 

  • Khalil, A., Raymond, D., Miller, E. An Analysis of Butterfly Fracture Propogation, 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015. 

  • Covarrubias, E., Pascual, M., Rodriguez, N., Sanchez, M., Khalil, A., Ruiz, P., Raymond, D. Biomechanical Tolerance of Human Tibia Models Under Dynamic Latero-Medial Bending, SACNAS Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. [Best Undergrad Poster Award]

  • L’Abbé, E.N, Symes, S.A., Chapman, E.N., Pinheiro, J.E., Kull, K.E., Raymond, D.E. The Rosarch Butterfly: The use of nomenclature in lieu of kinetic energy and its components in bone trauma interpretations, 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February, 2014. 

  •  Lauren, A., Abundis, H., Aguilar, R., Rosas, B., Tovar, M., Raymond D. Development and Validation of a Trauma-Indicating Biomechanical Headform, Proceedings of the Measurement Science Conference, Anaheim, CA, March, 2013.

  • Raymond , D.E., Bir, C.A., Crawford, G.S., Van Ee, C.A. Biomechanical Evaluation of Frangible Skull Surrogates to Blunt Ballistic Temporo-Parietal Head Impact, Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington D.C. February, 2013. 

  • Greb, J.M., Bir, C.A., Raymond, D.E. Investigation of Real-World Blunt Head Trauma Using a Commercial Skull/Brain Surrogate, Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington D.C. February, 2013. 

  • Symes, S.A., L’Abbé, E.N, Stull, K.E., Wolff, I., Raymond D.E. A Return to the Basic Principles of Biomechanics to Interpret Blunt Force Traumain Long Bones, Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington D.C. February, 2013. 

  • Symes, S.A., Wolff, I., L’Abbé, E.N, Raymond, D.E. What do anthropologists miss when tension and compression are the only modes considered in bone failure?, Latin American Forensic Anthropology Association Congress, Antigua, Guatemala, 2012.  

  • Schwenke, M., Scholvinck, M., Chica, X., Pereira, C., Hsu, J., Raymond, DE., Smith TA. Development of Portable Impact Test System for the Evaluation of Padded Surfaces and the Improvement of their Safety Standards, Measurement Science Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 19-23, 2012.