H. Clay Gabler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Assistant Head
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
100-F Randolph Hall (0238)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Email address: gabler@vt.edu

Telephone: (540) 231-7190
Fax:          (540) 231-2953


H. Clay Gabler is an Associate Professor and Assistant Head of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. His research interests are in injury biomechanics, vehicle crash safety, crash injury epidemiology, crash modeling, occupant protection, and crash compatibility. He is affiliated with the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics. Dr. Gabler is a recipient of the SAE Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award (2008), SAE Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award (2005), the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award (2003), a Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship (2001), Princeton’s Luigi Crocco Prize (1995), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1992).