INTERVIEWS

Email interview: Dr. Balakumar Balachandran, Ph.D. Acting Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Dr. Balachandran�s areas of interest are in nonlinear phenomena, dynamics and vibrations, and control. Communicated: December 15, 2010.Contact information: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/fac-profiles/balachandran.html (Email interview with Dr. Balachandran courtesy of Dr. Anand Davinder, Professor and Director of the Center for Energetics Concepts Development, University of Maryland.)

Email interview: Dr. William Fourney, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Dr. Fourney�s current research includes the study of mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury) due to the accelerations of a vehicle, in which a soldier is riding, when a buried mine detonates beneath it. Communicated: December 5, 2010. Contact information: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/fac-profiles/fourney.html

Email interview: Mr. William Hinckley, Program Manager, Energetics Technology Center, La Plata, MD. Communicated: December 15, 2010. Contact information: http://www.etcmd.org/(Email interview with Mr. Hinckley courtesy of Dr. Anand Davinder, Professor and Director of the Center for Energetics Concepts Development, University of Maryland.)

Email interview: Dr. Elaine Peskind, MD. Director of Clinical Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Dr. Peskind�s current research involves studying the changes in the brains of veterans who are exposed to multiple blast concussions. Communicated: December 20, 2010. Contact information: http://www.uwpsychiatry.org/ResultsDetail.aspx?EmployeeID=66