MGA Expert Robert Schnorenberg
MGA Research Corporation, Burlington, WI 2006 to Present
Responsible for MGA Wisconsin Sled Group’s long-term strategic implementation and daily operations including customer relations, equipment and personnel development, and overall project management.
Areas of expertise include:
Child Restraint Testing
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 – Child Restraint Systems Compliance Testing
- Child restraint side impact testing
- Calibration of child dummies, including CRABI 12 month old, Hybrid III 3 year old, and Hybrid III 6 year old
- Inspection and analysis of physical features including labeling and impact protection
- Evaluation of restraint system performance through data analysis
- Material evaluation of child restraint components
- Support child restraint manufacturers in developing test plans and design improvements.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Dynamic, Static, and Component level testing
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- Part 23, 25, 26, 29 Requirements – Passenger seats, flight crew seats, flight attendant seats, side facing divans, bulkheads, and lavatories
- Analysis of test setup, dummy injury data, structural loadings, and static deformations, as well as test plan development, test methodologies and failure analysis.
Data Analysis
- Data processing and dummy injury criteria evaluation using the latest version of National Instruments DIAdem software for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) programs
- Creation of auto sequence scripts to provide customers with test data immediately following their test
- High speed video motion analysis using Movias and TEMA software to determine occupant kinematics
Education
University of Wisconsin Madison - B.S. Electrical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Technician Certification, 2006
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 2006-present
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 2006-present
