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Gathering body measurements from populations and creating tools from the results.
14 posts
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
2014-01
We've completed another analysis of data from the Seated Soldier Study aimed at improving the accommodation of warfighters in military vehicles. This…
2012-11
At the 2012 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in Boston, I presented an overview of the methods for our recent large-scale child…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning Anthropometric Surveys and Population Data+1
Nothing matches that combination.