My research applies anthropometric and biomechanical methods to improve the design of products and workplaces that people interact with physically.
Protecting vehicle occupants, pilots, pedestrians, and others.
2025-09
At the IRCOBI conference this month my colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paperon the development of a parametric finite-element model of a generic…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Parametric finite-element human body models+3
2022-11
Last year, my colleagues and I published the first large-scale naturalistic study of front-seat passenger postures and behaviors using a vehicle…
Occupant protection Posture and Motion Measurement Automotive industry
2022-09
At the annual IRCOBI conference in Porto, I presented two short communications based on our work in the Biosciences group. Using data from two…
2022-08
We haven't been doing as much child passenger safety research as we did from 2005 to 2015, but we recently collaborated with CDC and Westat on a study…
2021-10
Our 3D anthropometry team, including my colleages Dr. Daniel Park andDr. Monica Jones, have published the first whole-body parametric human body model…
Vehicle Interior Design Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation+4
2021-09
Erik Brynskog, a PhD student at Chalmers University in Sweden, has just published what is currently the best-available statistical model of pevis…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Statistical shape models+1
2021-06
My colleagues Kyle Boyle, Nikki Orton, and Jingwen Hu recently published a paper describing new research aimed at improving crash protection for…
Military vehicles Occupant protection Impact and sled testing+1
2021-01
Our human modeling team, led by Dr. Jingwen Hu, published another paper documenting our application of parametric human body modeling to improving…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2020-10
At the AAAM conference this month, I presented an overview of findings from the first large-scale study of road vehicle passenger behavior. This was…
Occupant protection Seating Posture and Motion Measurement+2
2020-06
Our group has had a number of recent publications that I think are worth highlighting. Jones, M.L.H., Ebert, S.M., Manary, M.A., Reed, M.P., and…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+4
2019-11
I was pleased to have the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the NFL's Helmet Challenge Symposium this month. The goal of the Helmet Challenge is…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Laboratory Biomechanics Injury Biomechanics+1
2019-09
I attended the IRCOBI Conference in Florence this month. My colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paper describing recent simulation studies he conducted…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
Laying out interiors so that the people who use them fit, reach, see, and are comfortable.
2026-05
I gave a brief presentation to auto industry colleagues at a meeting of the semi-annual Seat Comfort Tech Club. This informal group of researchers and…
Passenger cars and light trucks Seating Statistical shape models+3
2026-03
I attended theBiomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry (BEAM) 2026 meeting in Dayton, Ohio, this week. This was the 2nd of what I hope will be a…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Design and analysis tools+1
2025-09
At the IRCOBI conference this month my colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paperon the development of a parametric finite-element model of a generic…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Parametric finite-element human body models+3
2024-11
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park has been leading work on our fast, efficient PassFit human measurement system. We recently published a paper in Sensors…
Military vehicles Design and analysis tools Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2023-06
We have been exceptionally busy even by our normally crazy standards. But we're fortunate to be able to do studies that will have major impact in…
Heavy trucks and buses Ear and hearing devices Chairs and furniture+5
2023-01
A few updates on some of many projects my colleagues and I are currently working on: Female Body Armor Fit We're wrapping up a study for the U.S. Army…
Ear and hearing devices Military vehicles 3D surface scanning+2
2022-09
At the annual IRCOBI conference in Porto, I presented two short communications based on our work in the Biosciences group. Using data from two…
2022-06
I'm very proud of the research program that we're leading for the U.S. Army that is creating a modern suite of tools for human-centered design of…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Army and ground forces
2021-10
Our 3D anthropometry team, including my colleages Dr. Daniel Park andDr. Monica Jones, have published the first whole-body parametric human body model…
Vehicle Interior Design Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation+4
2021-06
My colleagues Kyle Boyle, Nikki Orton, and Jingwen Hu recently published a paper describing new research aimed at improving crash protection for…
Military vehicles Occupant protection Impact and sled testing+1
2020-10
At the AAAM conference this month, I presented an overview of findings from the first large-scale study of road vehicle passenger behavior. This was…
Occupant protection Seating Posture and Motion Measurement+2
2020-01
I gave a talk at the SAE Government/Industry meeting in DC this month highlighting preliminary results from a large-scale study of passenger behavior.…
Products worn on or fitted to the body, where fit decides comfort and performance.
2026-09
The initial overview journal article from YouthShape.US has been published. We are proud to be wrapping up the largest and most comprehensive…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables 3D surface scanning Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2026-03
My colleague Matt Parkinson and I have just published a paper that supports our efforts to improve the quality of anthropometric data for children.…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+2
2026-03
Our first journal article based on the YouthShape.US anthropometry study has appeared! We are delighted that this outstanding work led by our post-doc…
Footwear Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection+5
2026-02
We are excited to publicly launch HumanShape.app, a radical new approach to anthropometric analysis for design. The field of applied anthropometry is…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Footwear+9
2025-11
At the SAFE Symposium this month I presented an overview of some of our head/face related research. The current focus of the effort is the development…
Head- and face-worn devices Statistical shape models Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+1
2025-10
We launched the home website for YouthShape.US this month. This is the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric study of U.S. children in…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+3
2025-08
Our journal publication on the first iteration of our U.S. adult ear model appeared in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. This is the…
Ear and hearing devices Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2025-07
We're proud of the work we're doing with Gentex and the U.S. Navy supporting the development of new oxygen masks for U.S. and NATO fighter pilots.…
Head- and face-worn devices Statistical shape models Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+1
2025-02
The application of human body measurement to design has been stuck in the 1950s since, well, the 1950s. Nearly all applications of anthropometric data…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Sampling, weighting, and synthesis Accommodation models
2024-08
We continue to make progress on many areas of our research, including our YouthShape anthropometry survey of children ages 3-17 years (now over 550…
Head- and face-worn devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+3
2024-03
Our colleagues at SENTIR Research Labs in Dayton hosted the inaugural Biomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry Meeting (BEAM) this month. This…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
Turning scans and images into models that describe how bodies vary.
2026-09
The initial overview journal article from YouthShape.US has been published. We are proud to be wrapping up the largest and most comprehensive…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables 3D surface scanning Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2026-05
I gave a brief presentation to auto industry colleagues at a meeting of the semi-annual Seat Comfort Tech Club. This informal group of researchers and…
Passenger cars and light trucks Seating Statistical shape models+3
2026-03
Our first journal article based on the YouthShape.US anthropometry study has appeared! We are delighted that this outstanding work led by our post-doc…
Footwear Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection+5
2026-02
We are excited to publicly launch HumanShape.app, a radical new approach to anthropometric analysis for design. The field of applied anthropometry is…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Footwear+9
2026-01
We continue to make rapid progress on YouthShape.US, the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric survey of U.S. children since the…
Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+4
2025-11
At the SAFE Symposium this month I presented an overview of some of our head/face related research. The current focus of the effort is the development…
Head- and face-worn devices Statistical shape models Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+1
2025-08
Our journal publication on the first iteration of our U.S. adult ear model appeared in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. This is the…
Ear and hearing devices Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2025-07
We're proud of the work we're doing with Gentex and the U.S. Navy supporting the development of new oxygen masks for U.S. and NATO fighter pilots.…
Head- and face-worn devices Statistical shape models Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+1
2024-08
We continue to make progress on many areas of our research, including our YouthShape anthropometry survey of children ages 3-17 years (now over 550…
Head- and face-worn devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+3
2024-03
Our colleagues at SENTIR Research Labs in Dayton hosted the inaugural Biomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry Meeting (BEAM) this month. This…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
2023-06
We have been exceptionally busy even by our normally crazy standards. But we're fortunate to be able to do studies that will have major impact in…
Heavy trucks and buses Ear and hearing devices Chairs and furniture+5
Gathering body measurements from populations and creating tools from the results.
2026-09
The initial overview journal article from YouthShape.US has been published. We are proud to be wrapping up the largest and most comprehensive…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables 3D surface scanning Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2026-03
My colleague Matt Parkinson and I have just published a paper that supports our efforts to improve the quality of anthropometric data for children.…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+2
2026-03
Our first journal article based on the YouthShape.US anthropometry study has appeared! We are delighted that this outstanding work led by our post-doc…
Footwear Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection+5
2026-01
We continue to make rapid progress on YouthShape.US, the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric survey of U.S. children since the…
Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+4
2025-10
We launched the home website for YouthShape.US this month. This is the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric study of U.S. children in…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+3
2025-02
The application of human body measurement to design has been stuck in the 1950s since, well, the 1950s. Nearly all applications of anthropometric data…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Sampling, weighting, and synthesis Accommodation models
2024-11
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park has been leading work on our fast, efficient PassFit human measurement system. We recently published a paper in Sensors…
Military vehicles Design and analysis tools Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2024-10
My colleague Dr. Monica Jones presented a paper at the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society describing the methods for our…
Survey design and data collection Strength and capability measurement Children and youth+1
2024-08
We continue to make progress on many areas of our research, including our YouthShape anthropometry survey of children ages 3-17 years (now over 550…
Head- and face-worn devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+3
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
2018-04
Our group was well represented at the SAE International World Congress this year. Pleasecontact me if you'd like copies of any of these papers. Reed…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Hand tools and protection+10
2014-09
I presented an update of our virtual seat fit assessment work at the 8th Annual Automotive Seating Innovators Summit in Detroit. This collaboration…
Statistical shape models Sampling, weighting, and synthesis Virtual fit testing+1
Recording how people sit, reach, and move, and building models to predict these behaviors.
2026-05
I gave a brief presentation to auto industry colleagues at a meeting of the semi-annual Seat Comfort Tech Club. This informal group of researchers and…
Passenger cars and light trucks Seating Statistical shape models+3
2022-11
Last year, my colleagues and I published the first large-scale naturalistic study of front-seat passenger postures and behaviors using a vehicle…
Occupant protection Posture and Motion Measurement Automotive industry
2022-10
At the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting this month, I presented a paper in an occupational ergonomics sesssion on some playing…
Hand tools and protection Motion capture and landmark digitizing Digital human models and manikins+1
2021-09
Erik Brynskog, a PhD student at Chalmers University in Sweden, has just published what is currently the best-available statistical model of pevis…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Statistical shape models+1
2021-03
NHTSA has published our report on the effects of abrupt vehicle maneuvers on front-seat passengers with a wide range of initial postures. In the first…
Motion capture and landmark digitizing Volunteer testing Standards and regulation+1
2020-10
At the AAAM conference this month, I presented an overview of findings from the first large-scale study of road vehicle passenger behavior. This was…
Occupant protection Seating Posture and Motion Measurement+2
2020-09
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park has just published a new head/face surface model that is one of only two we are aware of that includes a realistic scalp…
Head- and face-worn devices 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+6
2019-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu and I attended the 2019 ESV Conference in Eindhoven this month. Compared with the last ESV conference in 2017, this…
2019-01
We have many activities underway related to increasingly automated vehicles. Here's an overview of some of the projects. Occupant Postures, Seating…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Seating+9
2018-10
Our group presented three papers at the triennial International Ergonomics Association conference in Florence. Dr. Monica Jones presented preliminary…
2018-08
We recently completed a small study of highly reclined passenger postures. Many conceptual designs for future automated vehicles anticipate that…
Occupant protection Volunteer testing Posture and Motion Measurement+3
2018-08
I recently completed a small study for General Motors examining the distribution of knee contours. The possibility of inadvertent activation of…
Vehicle Interior Design 3D surface scanning Motion capture and landmark digitizing+1
Statistical models that morph to any body size and shape with applications in simulation, analysis, and design.
2025-09
At the IRCOBI conference this month my colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paperon the development of a parametric finite-element model of a generic…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Parametric finite-element human body models+3
2022-10
At the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting this month, I presented a paper in an occupational ergonomics sesssion on some playing…
Hand tools and protection Motion capture and landmark digitizing Digital human models and manikins+1
2022-09
The IRCOBI conference in Porto marked our first public presentation of the new Hermes™ finite-element human body model developed in our group. Led by…
Parametric finite-element human body models Public datasets and dissemination
2021-10
Our 3D anthropometry team, including my colleages Dr. Daniel Park andDr. Monica Jones, have published the first whole-body parametric human body model…
Vehicle Interior Design Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation+4
2021-01
Our human modeling team, led by Dr. Jingwen Hu, published another paper documenting our application of parametric human body modeling to improving…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2020-06
Our group has had a number of recent publications that I think are worth highlighting. Jones, M.L.H., Ebert, S.M., Manary, M.A., Reed, M.P., and…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+4
2019-11
I was pleased to have the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the NFL's Helmet Challenge Symposium this month. The goal of the Helmet Challenge is…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Laboratory Biomechanics Injury Biomechanics+1
2019-09
I attended the IRCOBI Conference in Florence this month. My colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paper describing recent simulation studies he conducted…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2019-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu and I attended the 2019 ESV Conference in Eindhoven this month. Compared with the last ESV conference in 2017, this…
2019-01
We have many activities underway related to increasingly automated vehicles. Here's an overview of some of the projects. Occupant Postures, Seating…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Seating+9
2018-03
My colleagues and I have recently published a number of new journal articles on a range of topics. The influence of pre-existing rib fractures on…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+5
2018-02
We reported on the development of a new physical manikin representing a two-year old child. The primary application for the manikin is the measurement…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+2
Measuring what bodies can do with volunteers in the laboratory.
2025-10
We launched the home website for YouthShape.US this month. This is the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric study of U.S. children in…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+3
2025-05
Over the past six years, we've completed the world's largest, most thorough survey of functional strength for children ages 12 months through 11…
Strength and capability measurement Design and analysis tools Children and youth+1
2024-10
My colleague Dr. Monica Jones presented a paper at the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society describing the methods for our…
Survey design and data collection Strength and capability measurement Children and youth+1
2024-08
We continue to make progress on many areas of our research, including our YouthShape anthropometry survey of children ages 3-17 years (now over 550…
Head- and face-worn devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+3
2023-11
Last month at the HFES annual meeting, Dr. Monica Jones presented an overview of our methods for gathering data on child strength. In the past year we…
2022-09
At the annual IRCOBI conference in Porto, I presented two short communications based on our work in the Biosciences group. Using data from two…
2021-03
NHTSA has published our report on the effects of abrupt vehicle maneuvers on front-seat passengers with a wide range of initial postures. In the first…
Motion capture and landmark digitizing Volunteer testing Standards and regulation+1
2020-09
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park has just published a new head/face surface model that is one of only two we are aware of that includes a realistic scalp…
Head- and face-worn devices 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+6
2020-06
Our group has had a number of recent publications that I think are worth highlighting. Jones, M.L.H., Ebert, S.M., Manary, M.A., Reed, M.P., and…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+4
2019-11
I was pleased to have the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the NFL's Helmet Challenge Symposium this month. The goal of the Helmet Challenge is…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Laboratory Biomechanics Injury Biomechanics+1
2019-09
I attended the IRCOBI Conference in Florence this month. My colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paper describing recent simulation studies he conducted…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2019-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu and I attended the 2019 ESV Conference in Eindhoven this month. Compared with the last ESV conference in 2017, this…
Studying how injuries occur and how to prevent them using crash test dummies and post-mortem human subjects.
2025-09
At the IRCOBI conference this month my colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paperon the development of a parametric finite-element model of a generic…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Parametric finite-element human body models+3
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
2022-09
At the annual IRCOBI conference in Porto, I presented two short communications based on our work in the Biosciences group. Using data from two…
2021-06
My colleagues Kyle Boyle, Nikki Orton, and Jingwen Hu recently published a paper describing new research aimed at improving crash protection for…
Military vehicles Occupant protection Impact and sled testing+1
2021-01
Our human modeling team, led by Dr. Jingwen Hu, published another paper documenting our application of parametric human body modeling to improving…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2020-06
Our group has had a number of recent publications that I think are worth highlighting. Jones, M.L.H., Ebert, S.M., Manary, M.A., Reed, M.P., and…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+4
2019-11
I was pleased to have the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the NFL's Helmet Challenge Symposium this month. The goal of the Helmet Challenge is…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Laboratory Biomechanics Injury Biomechanics+1
2019-09
I attended the IRCOBI Conference in Florence this month. My colleague Kyle Boyle presented a paper describing recent simulation studies he conducted…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2019-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu and I attended the 2019 ESV Conference in Eindhoven this month. Compared with the last ESV conference in 2017, this…
2019-01
We have many activities underway related to increasingly automated vehicles. Here's an overview of some of the projects. Occupant Postures, Seating…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Seating+9
2018-04
Our group was well represented at the SAE International World Congress this year. Pleasecontact me if you'd like copies of any of these papers. Reed…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Hand tools and protection+10
2018-03
My colleagues and I have recently published a number of new journal articles on a range of topics. The influence of pre-existing rib fractures on…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+5
Using population data to decide who a design fits and who it excludes.
2026-03
I attended theBiomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry (BEAM) 2026 meeting in Dayton, Ohio, this week. This was the 2nd of what I hope will be a…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Design and analysis tools+1
2026-03
Our first journal article based on the YouthShape.US anthropometry study has appeared! We are delighted that this outstanding work led by our post-doc…
Footwear Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection+5
2026-02
We are excited to publicly launch HumanShape.app, a radical new approach to anthropometric analysis for design. The field of applied anthropometry is…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Footwear+9
2026-01
We continue to make rapid progress on YouthShape.US, the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric survey of U.S. children since the…
Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+4
2025-02
The application of human body measurement to design has been stuck in the 1950s since, well, the 1950s. Nearly all applications of anthropometric data…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Sampling, weighting, and synthesis Accommodation models
2024-03
Our colleagues at SENTIR Research Labs in Dayton hosted the inaugural Biomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry Meeting (BEAM) this month. This…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2022-06
I'm very proud of the research program that we're leading for the U.S. Army that is creating a modern suite of tools for human-centered design of…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Army and ground forces
2021-01
Our human modeling team, led by Dr. Jingwen Hu, published another paper documenting our application of parametric human body modeling to improving…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models+4
2018-10
Our group presented three papers at the triennial International Ergonomics Association conference in Florence. Dr. Monica Jones presented preliminary…
2018-09
Since 2012, we have been working with the U.S. Army TARDEC on a set of new tools for vehicle interior design. Our goal is to use extensive data on…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Army and ground forces
2018-04
Our group was well represented at the SAE International World Congress this year. Pleasecontact me if you'd like copies of any of these papers. Reed…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Hand tools and protection+10
2017-11
Our group was well represented at the annual European meeting of theInternational Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury. We presented two…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Statistical shape models+7
Bringing data and advanced methods to designers and engineers.
2026-05
I gave a brief presentation to auto industry colleagues at a meeting of the semi-annual Seat Comfort Tech Club. This informal group of researchers and…
Passenger cars and light trucks Seating Statistical shape models+3
2026-03
I attended theBiomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry (BEAM) 2026 meeting in Dayton, Ohio, this week. This was the 2nd of what I hope will be a…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Design and analysis tools+1
2026-03
Our first journal article based on the YouthShape.US anthropometry study has appeared! We are delighted that this outstanding work led by our post-doc…
Footwear Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection+5
2026-02
We are excited to publicly launch HumanShape.app, a radical new approach to anthropometric analysis for design. The field of applied anthropometry is…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Footwear+9
2026-01
We continue to make rapid progress on YouthShape.US, the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric survey of U.S. children since the…
Statistical shape models Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+4
2025-10
We launched the home website for YouthShape.US this month. This is the first large-scale, publicly accessible anthropometric study of U.S. children in…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Survey design and data collection Sampling, weighting, and synthesis+3
2025-08
Our journal publication on the first iteration of our U.S. adult ear model appeared in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. This is the…
Ear and hearing devices Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2025-05
Over the past six years, we've completed the world's largest, most thorough survey of functional strength for children ages 12 months through 11…
Strength and capability measurement Design and analysis tools Children and youth+1
2024-11
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park has been leading work on our fast, efficient PassFit human measurement system. We recently published a paper in Sensors…
Military vehicles Design and analysis tools Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
2024-03
Our colleagues at SENTIR Research Labs in Dayton hosted the inaugural Biomechanics and Engineering Anthropometry Meeting (BEAM) this month. This…
Head- and face-worn devices Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+2
2024-01
At the SAE Government/Industry meeting this month I had the opportunity to give an overview of our occupant anthropometry research, including a…
Ear and hearing devices Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Survey design and data collection+6
2022-10
At the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting this month, I presented a paper in an occupational ergonomics sesssion on some playing…
Hand tools and protection Motion capture and landmark digitizing Digital human models and manikins+1