The Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute is proud to have as part of its cohort of faculty members one College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences representative from the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences.
Greg Batt, Ph.D.
Having earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. from Clemson University, Batt is an associate professor in the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences.
Batt began his work at Clemson in 2001 and has since been the Director of the Sonoco Package Testing Laboratory and Co-Director of the Clemson Headgear Impact Performance (CHIP) Lab at Clemson. Batt’s primary research interests are in the areas of experimental test development and dynamic modeling.
Batt and RHBSSI Interim Director, John DesJardins, recently won a patent at the Clemson University Research Foundation’s (CURF’s) Innovation Awards ceremony on April 17 for their mask/face shield work that is sponsored by RHBSSI. In 2023, the pair conducted a study comparing the head impact mechanics between cadaveric specimens and a synthetic hybrid III model.
Batt has been an engaged fellow for many years and is the co-director of the Clemson Headgear Impact Performance (CHIP) Lab with DesJardins. In the 2021-22 academic year, Batt received funding from RHBSSI for his work with the efficacy of bull-riders’ helmets to prevent face trauma. Preceding that, Batt received funding from RHBSSI for quantifying the impact performance of football helmet facemasks in the 2017-18 academic year.
His CHIP Lab student, Bianca Henline, was featured in RHBSSI’s 2023 Annual Report.
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