Dr Declan Alexander Patton Sydney, New South Wales, Australia declan@unswalumni.com

Education 2009-2014 PhD Head Impact Biomechanics University of New South Wales (UNSW)

• 2014 ITEANZ Postgraduate Award nominee • 2012 ASME PhD Paper Competition finalist • 2011 UNSW Postgraduate Research Student Support (PRSS) Travel Award • 2009-2012 Australia Postgraduate Award (APA)

2003-2008 BE (Honours) Aerospace Engineering University of New South Wales (UNSW)

• 2008 Warwick Slade Aeronautical Society Prize • 2007-2008 Biomechanics Research Scholarship

2003-2008 BSc Physics University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Academic Affiliations 2014-present Adjunct Research Fellow Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP),

Federation University Australia (FedUni) • Guest speaker at University of Calgary Musculoskeletal Seminar Series

Professional Experience 2012-2015 Biomechanics Consultant McIntosh Consultancy & Research

• Assisted with expert witness reports for over 50 civil and criminal court cases • Consumer Rating and Assessment of Safety Helmets (CRASH) Project • Safe Work Australia Quad Bike Crash Protection Device Draft Standard Development Project

2015 Visiting Research Scholar Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Engineering, Temple University

• Guest speaker at Temple University Seminars in Kinesiology 2012-2014 Research Associate Transport and Road Safety (TARS), University of New South Wales (UNSW)

• Quad Bike Performance Project (QBPP) • Naturalistic “Safe Cycle” Study

2011-2013 Research Associate Community Rugby, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) 2011 Visiting Doktorand School of Health and Technology (STH), Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 2009-2010 Assistant Lecturer/Tutor School of Risk and Safety Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

• Biomechanics for Sports Scientists (undergraduate level) • Experimental Biomechanics (masters level)

2006-2009 Research Assistant School of Risk and Safety Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Professional Memberships 2012-present Member International Rugby Board (IRB) Science Network

2014-present Member International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Research Network

2015-present Member Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Clearinghouse for Sport

2015-present Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers • Committee F08 - Sports Equipment; Subcommittee F08.53 - Headgear and Helmets

Short Courses 2015 Seminars in Kinesiology College of Public Health, Temple University

2007 ANSYS Workshop University of New South Wales

2003 Workshop Technology Southern Sydney Institute

Papers • Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Denny G (2015) A review of the anthropometric characteristics, grading

and dispensation of junior and youth rugby union players in Australia. Sports Medicine [in press]. • McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2015) Considerations for the performance requirements and technical

specifications of soft-shell padded headgear. Journal of Sports Engineering [Epub]. • McIntosh AS, Patton DA, Rechnitzer G, et al. (2015) Injury Mechanisms in Fatal Australian Quad Bike

Incidents. Traffic Injury Prevention [Epub]. • McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2015) Boxing Headguard Performance in Punch Machine Tests. British

Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(17):1108-1112. • McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2015) The Impact Performance of Headguards for Combat Sports. British

Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(17):1113-1117. • Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Kleiven S (2015) The Biomechanical Determinants of Concussion: Finite

Element Simulations to Investigate Tissue-Level Predictors of Injury During Sporting Impacts to the Unprotected Head. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 31(4):264-268.

• Krause LM, Naughton GA, Denny G, Patton DA, et al. (2015) Understanding Mismatches in Body Size, Speed and Power Among Adolescent Rugby Union Players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(3):358-363.

• McIntosh AS, Patton DA, Fréchède B, et al. (2014) The Biomechanics of Concussion in Unhelmeted Football Players in Australia: A Case-Control Study. British Medical Journal Open, 4(5):e005078.

• Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Kleiven S (2013) The Biomechanical Determinants of Concussion: Finite Element Simulations to Investigate Brain Tissue Deformations During Sporting Impacts to the Unprotected Head. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 29(6):721-730.

• Patton DA, McIntosh AS, Kleiven S, et al. (2012) Injury Data from Unhelmeted Football Head Impacts Evaluated Against Critical Strain Tolerance Curves. Journal of Sports Engineering, 226(3/4):177-184.

• McIntosh AS, Patton DA and Thai K (2012) Impact Assessment of Jockey Helmet Liner Materials. Journal of Sports Engineering, 226(3/4):237-243.

• McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2012) Impact Reconstruction from Damage to Pedal- and Motor-Cycle Helmets. Journal of Sports Engineering, 226(3/4):274-281.

• Patton DA and McIntosh, AS (2008) Head and Neck Injury Risks in Heavy Metal: Head Bangers Stuck Between Rock and a Hard Bass. British Medical Journal, 337:a2825.

Book Chapters • McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2015) Chapter 11 - Helmets: Technological Innovations for Safety.

Extreme Sports Medicine [In Press]. Feletti F (ed). Basel, Switzerland: Springer. • Patton DA (2013) Section 1.5 - Common Injuries. SmartRugby: A Guide to the SmartRugby Program.

Brewer, J., Tink, M., Calverley, M., et al. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australian Rugby Union, 14-18.

Conference Proceedings • Grzebieta RH, Rechnitzer G, Simmons K, Hicks D, Patton DA, et al. (2015) The Australian Terrain

Vehicle Assessment Program (ATVAP). 24th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles. Gothenburg, Sweden: NHTSA, 15-0144.

• Grzebieta RH, Rechnitzer G, McIntosh AS, Simmons K, Mitchell R, Hicks D, Patton DA, et al. (2014) The Australian Quad Bike Performance Project: Results and the Way Forward for Quads and Side by Side Vehicle Safety. National Farm Health and Safety Conference. Launceston, TAS, Australia: Farmsafe, 34.

• Grzebieta RH, Rechnitzer G, McIntosh AS, Simmons K, Mitchell R, Patton DA (2014) Road-Related Quad Bike and Side by Side Vehicle Casualties. Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference. Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

• Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Kleiven S (2012) The Biomechanical Determinants of Concussion: Kinematic and Tissue-Level Predictors of Injury. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico: ASME, 507-508.

• Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Kleiven S (2011) Injury Data from Unhelmeted Football Head Impacts Evaluated Against Critical Strain Tolerance Curves. IUTAM Symposium on Impact Biomechanics in Sport, Dublin, Ireland: UCD, 16-17.

• McIntosh AS, Patton DA and Thai K (2011) Impact Assessment of Jockey Helmet Liner Materials. IUTAM Symposium on Impact Biomechanics in Sport, Dublin, Ireland: UCD, 52-53.

• McIntosh AS and Patton DA (2011) Impact Reconstruction from Damage to Pedal- and Motor-Cycle Helmets. IUTAM Symposium on Impact Biomechanics in Sport, Dublin, Ireland: UCD, 32-33.

• Patton DA, McIntosh AS and Kleiven S (2011) Brain Loading in Concussive Head Impacts: Implications for Injury Prevention. IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport. Monte Carlo, Monaco: British Journal of Sports Medicine, 45(4):318.

• McIntosh AS, Patton DA and Thai K (2011) Development of a High Performance Jockey Helmet. IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport. Monte Carlo, Monaco: British Journal of Sports Medicine, 45(4):319.

• McIntosh AS, Patton DA, Kleiven S, et al. (2010) Patterns of Brain Loading in Concussive Impacts in Football. ASICS Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Port Douglas, QLD, Australia: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(Supplement 1):e64.

• Mclntosh AS, Thai K and Patton DA (2009) Jockey Helmet Performance. Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(Supplement 1):e181.

Invited Journal Reviews • Journal of Engineering in Medicine • Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Computer Skills Numerical: MATLAB Multi-body: MADYMO Finite element: LS-DYNA Statistical: SPSS

Community Memberships 2012-present Member City of Sydney PCYC, Woolloomooloo