PREFACE This book provides substantial new analysis and summary data for the field of pregnant occupant biomechanics. In addition@ full-length manuscripts of selected publications are included to augment the new materials. The overall goal of this book is to provide the reader with a complete resource for issues relating to the pregnant occupant. The target audience is anyone in the broad field of automobile safety including engineers@ physicians@ and others who are dedicated to advancing automobile safety. The book is divided into six chapters that were each authored separately by individual topic experts. The first three chapters set the foundation for the pregnant occupant problem@ as the female anatomy@ injury incidence@ and case study are presented. The next three chapters present possible solutions in the form of pregnant dummies@ tissue testing@ and computational models. Each chapter begins with a summary and analysis of the research for that topic. Next@ to provide depth and additional materials@ a selection of references is followed by selected full-length paper reproductions. This book will be a critical asset to anyone in the field of automobile safety. It will be of specific interest to safety design engineers@ trauma physicians@ OEM engineers@ accident reconstruction specialists@ occupant restraint suppliers@ law enforcement officials@ impact biomechanics researchers@ and human factors specialists. Many government agencies will find this book useful@ including the Department of Transportation (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)@ the Department of Defense@ and the Federal Aviation Administration. The authors of each chapter selected the papers to include based on the significance and long-term reference value of each paper. Once the papers were selected@ permission was obtained to reproduce each manuscript. In a few cases with older papers@ full reproductions were not included due to inability to find high-quality copies of the original materials.