Stefan Duma is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and the Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS). In this position Dr. Duma leads faculty across the College of Engineering and the College of Science involving large-scale interdisciplinary research activities.

Dr. Duma is the founding Director of the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab and has personally been awarded over $55 million in research funding from the NIH, NSF, DOD, DOT, and a range in industrial sponsors. His research includes automobile safety, military restraints, and sport biomechanics applications. He has published over 600 technical papers, including over 200 peer reviewed journal papers, and 11 books.

Dr. Duma is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, and a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.