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Testing Football Helmets

Caption: Testing the various football helmets for their ability to reduce the risk of concussions, from left to right, are: Ray Daniel, a doctoral candidate in the Virginia Tech -- Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES), Steven Rowson, an assistant professor in SBES, and Stefan Duma, the Harry C. Wyatt Professor and department head of SBES.

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