National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA
Whitney Tatem is an experienced engineer currently serving in the Office of Crashworthiness, Vehicle Structures and Restraints Division at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) since February 2020. Prior to this role, Whitney Tatem worked as a Research Engineer at Virginia Tech from June 2015 to December 2019, focusing on injury biomechanics, vehicle crash safety, crash injury epidemiology, crash modeling, crash avoidance methodologies, and the protection of vulnerable road users. Whitney Tatem holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biomedical Engineering from Bucknell University.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA
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Our mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity. We are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety. NHTSA strives to exceed the expectations of the American traveling public through its core values of Integrity, Service and Leadership. NHTSA is committed to providing the most accurate and complete information available to the American traveling public, in a helpful and courteous fashion. In all of our activities, we will strive to meet or beat our established deadlines for providing customer service.