Dr Peter Hillard - Researcher Profile

Biography

Peter has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Accident Research Centre (MUARC), part of the Monash Injury Research Institute at Monash University, since 2003. Peter is attached to the Traffic Engineering stream and his work has principally involved crash and injury event investigation, industrial traffic management and mobile plant safety, and the design of safety systems for speciallist vehicles. More recently he has also been working on the development of OH&S management systems and improved techniques for quantifying cumulative biomechanical loading during manual handling activities.

Keywords

active safety, crash, serious injury, investigation, motor vehicle, road safety, passive safety, veh

Qualifications

BIOMECHANICS

Institution: University of Bristol

Year awarded: 1999

MINING ENGINEERING

Institution: Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine

Year awarded: 1993

ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES

Institution: Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine

Year awarded: 1993

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Logan, D.B., Hillard, P.J., Fildes, B.N., 2006, Enhanced crash investigation - translating research into action, Proceedings of the 22nd ARRB Conference research into practice, 29 October 2006 to 2 November 2006, ARRB Group Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-12.

Hillard, P.J., Logan, D., Fildes, B.N., 2006, Tackling the causes of serious injury crashes, Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference 2006, 25-27 October 2006, Able Video & Multimedia Pty Ltd, Qld Australia, pp. 1-9.

Other

Curcio, P., De Bono, A., Hillard, P.J., Randall, S.B., Wang, S.J., 2007, Preliminary Review of LHD Operator Canopy, Maintenance Technology Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, pp. i-12.

Dayawansa, P.H., Curcio, P., Randall, S.B., De Bono, A., Allen, J.L., Coxon, S.C., Hillard, P.J., 2006, Safe Personnel Transport Vehicles for Underground Mining: ACARP Project C14037, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 7-86.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Effectiveness of Motorcycle Helmet for Preventing Craniomaxillofacial Injuries..

Supervisors:

Mcclure, R (Joint-co), Oxley, J (Joint), Hillard, P (Associate).