Dean Sicking
| Dean Sicking | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 15, 1957 Muenster, Texas, U.S |
| Residence | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Known for | Invention of the SAFER Barrier, the first energy absorbing guardrail terminal, and other highway and racing safety advancements |
| Awards |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2005) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2005)
Pioneering and Innovation Award from Autosport Awards (2004)
Ken Stonex Award (2011)
Dean L. Sicking (born October 15, 1957) is an American inventor and safety researcher.
Born in Muenster, Texas, Sicking received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Masters of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M.
Beginning at Texas A&M, transitioning to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and now at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sicking has devoted his professional career to the application of energy management principles to reduce the risk of serious injury and death on the nation’s highways, race tracks, and more recently on football fields and ice rinks. Regardless of the view point, Sicking’s efforts have proven to be very successful. He has developed numerous lifesaving and injury reducing technologies that have been implemented around the globe. His roadside safety features have become so ubiquitous that it is difficult to drive more than a few miles on any major highway across the nation without encountering one of his designs.
Sicking holds 30 patents, the five most significant of which are: the first energy absorbing guardrail terminal, the first crash cushion without sacrificial energy absorbers, the first guardrail capable of containing large SUV’s, a trailer mounted impact attenuator, and NASCAR’s Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier. These technologies have revolutionized their respective markets. They have been adopted around the globe and produced major reductions in the number of serious injuries and fatalities along highways and race tracks.
Sicking’s innovations have produced more than $1.3 billion in sales and have prevented thousands of serious injuries and fatalities.
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