Name

TAMURA Atsutaka

Affiliation

Faculty of Engineering , Mechanical and Physical Engineering

Title

Professor

Web Site

http://www.mech.tottori-u.ac.jp/dynamics/

Research areas, keyword

Injury Biomechanics

Degree

• Ph.D. , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Coursework , 2008.03

• M.Sci. , Nagoya University , Coursework , 1998.03

External Career

• Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.Researcher , 1998.04 - 2013.07

• Nagoya Institute of TechnologyResearcher , 2011.10 - 2013.07

History of Going Abroad to Study

• Wayne State University, Bioengineering Center ,UNITED STATES , 2000.09 - 2002.08 , Visiting Scholar

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Center for Injury Biomechanics ,UNITED STATES , 2008.04 - 2009.12 , Visiting Scholar

Acceptable Theme for Cooperative Research

• Injury biomechanics

• Mechanical characterizaion of biological materials

• Human modeling, Injury analysis using a mathematical model

Consultation field

• Injury biomechanics

Research Achievement (Published Thesis)

• Parametric computational analysis of head restraint design using a neuromuscular head–neck model , Atsutaka Tamura and Sota Tachibana , Proceedings of ASME 2026 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (accepted) , 2026.11 , There is Review , The Multiple Authorship , English

• Biomechanical mechanisms of whiplash injury: Effects of impact severity, initial posture, and muscle activation on cervical S-shaped deformation in rear-end collision , Atsutaka Tamura, Haruki Kamimura and Sota Tachibana , ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy , vol.9 (4) (p.041206-1 - 041206-11) , 2026.11 , There is Review , The Multiple Authorship , English

• Biomechanical simulation of the head–neck complex with active muscle control for whiplash injury assessment , Haruki Kamimura and Atsutaka Tamura , Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing , vol.64 (2) (p.685 - 699) , 2026.02 , There is Review , The Multiple Authorship , English

• Mechanoadaptive collagen fiber reorientation in the spinal dura mater under biaxial stretch: Implications for protective mechanisms , Soichiro Nishikawa and Atsutaka Tamura , Clinical Biomechanics , vol.130 (p.106688-1 - 106688-11) , 2025.12 , There is Review , The Multiple Authorship , English

• Innovative approaches to whiplash injury prevention: Optimizing neck muscle control for improved safety systems , Atsutaka Tamura and Haruki Kamimura , Proceedings of ASME 2025 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition , 2025.11 , There is Review , The Multiple Authorship , English

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Oral Presentation

• ASME 2025 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition , Innovative approaches to whiplash injury prevention: Optimizing neck muscle control for improved safety systems , 2025.11 , The International Conference , The Oral (generality)

• ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition , Mechanical failure mode of spinal dura mater under pressurized loading conditions , 2024.11 , The International Conference , The Oral (generality)

• ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition , Computational modeling of an aortic medial wall: Effect of residual stresses on a mechanical behavior of the aortic ring , 2023.10 , The International Conference , The Oral (generality)

Updated on 2026/07/18