Kirsten M. Carr, Ph.D., P.E.

Director

Dr. Carr is an engineer based in Packer Engineering’s Ann Arbor, Michigan, office. Her areas of
specialization include mechanical and manufacturing engineering, with specific expertise in
electromechanical systems, signal processing, failure analysis, durability and fatigue analysis,
design of experiments, instrumentation, statistical data analysis, metal machining and cutting,
manufacturing inspection and quality control, and manufacturing simulations. She has extensive
experience in vehicular component and system testing, vehicle restraint systems, safety sensors and algorithms, ergonomics of seat belts, engines, and automatic transmissions.

Prior to joining Packer Engineering, Dr. Carr worked in occupant safety, manufacturing research,
and powertrain design at Ford Motor Company. She delivered advanced safety sensor systems
for occupant detection and rollover that are on the road today using Six Sigma methods. She
invented a four-point seatbelt system and magneto-rheological fluid dampers for use in seatbelt
retractors and seat backs. She developed and validated simulation models of metal machining
and cutting processes. She also designed algorithms to compute the dimensional accuracy of
machined surfaces using inspection data. Dr. Carr led powertrain system and component
engineers in technical design. She has experience in failure mode prediction, analysis, and
avoidance, including durability and fatigue analysis. She developed an 8-hour technical course
and taught 1400 engineers the principles of failure mode analysis.

Dr. Carr has seven U.S. and four international patents granted and four inventions pending.
She is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Michigan (No. 6201054930).