Christopher Dennison, University of Victoria

Research

biomechanics instrumentation Mechanics Head and neck biomechanics Injury biomechanics impact mechanics impact mitigation analytical tools

Latest funding

NOVEL TOOLS TO STUDY IMPACT BIOMECHANICS OF PROTECTION DEVICES AND MATERIALS
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$46,000
Towards an accurate assessment of Canadian armed forces personal protective equipment under context-specific accelerative loading
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$429,500
Towards an advanced head surrogate for blunt impact assessment in defense injury scenarios
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$325,000

All 5 grants and awards

NOVEL TOOLS TO STUDY IMPACT BIOMECHANICS OF PROTECTION DEVICES AND MATERIALS

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dennison, Christopher

Keywords: mechanics; biomechanics; instrumentation; impact mechanics; impact mitigation

$46,000

Towards an accurate assessment of Canadian armed forces personal protective equipment under context-specific accelerative loading

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Dennison, Christopher CR

Keywords: head and neck biomechanics; injury biomechanics

$429,500

Towards an advanced head surrogate for blunt impact assessment in defense injury scenarios

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Dennison, Christopher CRS

$325,000

Novel instrumentation and models for biomechanical assessment of engineered protection devices

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dennison, Christopher

Keywords: analytical tools; biomechanics; blast; impact; instrumentation; Mechanics

$192,000

Minimally invasive in-fibre Bragg grating based biomedical sensors for clinical pressure measurement applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Innovation Challenge Award

Principal investigators: Dennison, Christopher

$100

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: biomechanics Dear Professor Dennison, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on biomechanics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "NOVEL TOOLS TO STUDY IMPACT BIOMECHANICS OF PROTECTION DEVICES AND MATERIALS" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]