Cody Stolle
Research Associate Professor Midwest Roadside Safety Facility University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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WHIT 130K
Lincoln, NE 68583-0853 - Phone
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402-472-4233 On-campus 2-4233
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cstolle2@unl.edu
Experience
16 years experience at MwRSF, contributing to projects including:
- NCHRP Project 17-22 (NCHRP Report No. 665)
- Development of simple, robust, wire rope model for use in finite element analysis codes
- Design of passive safety elements (barriers, road design, speed tables, chicanes) for military Entry Control Facilities
Education
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2012)
- M.S.M.E., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2010)
- B.S.M.E., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008)
Certifications
- Ph.D.
Areas of Research and Professional Interest
- Vehicle dynamics research:focused on evaluating performance handling and cornering, suspension reactions, path prediction, transient control asynchronicities, impact, crashworthiness, occupant safety, and stability
- Crashworthiness evaluation of roadside hardware using In-Service Performance Evaluations (ISPEs), crash statistics and reconstruction, engagement with law enforcement and crash scene investigators, federal standards for crash reporting and investigation, and evaluation and determination of federally recommended criteria for conducting crash testing
- Sports safety, impact attenutaion, structure, and component design
- Military passive safety transportation design, anti-ram barrier design, system anaylsis, crash testing, threat mitigation
- Finite element analysis, material characterization, fracture analysis, impact plasticity
- Wire rope behavior and modeling, cable barriers, impacts involving low-mass tension elements