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25 posts
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
2022-06
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
2021-06
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
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
2017-08
The US Army has taken delivery ofthe first batch of "Gen 1" Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan) ATDs. This is a major milestone in this…
ATD design and evaluation Digital human models and manikins Army and ground forces
2017-07
My colleague Dr. Daniel Park and I recently completed a research project for the U.S. Army that tackled an array of cutting-edge problems relating to…
Design of Consumer Products including Wearables Statistical shape models Virtual fit testing+2
2017-01
My colleagues Dr. Lauren Zaseck and Dr, Jingwen Hu have led thepublication of recent work aimed at improving crash protection for soldiers. Vehicle…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Military vehicles+2
2016-07
I'm honored to have been named the Don B. Chaffin Collegiate Research Professor by approval of the U-M Board of Regents. The Collegiate Research…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Vehicle Interior Design Army and ground forces+1
2016-06
My colleague Dr. Jingwen Hu led a case-study presentation at the annual review meeting of the Automotive Research Center, an Army funded center of…
Occupant protection Military vehicles Impact and sled testing+1
2016-06
I joined my UMTRI colleagues Dr. Monica Jones and Dr. Daniel Park at the Digital Human Modeling Conference in Montreal. Our hosts at ÉTS did a…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+6
2016-04
The Biosciences Group had a big presence at the SAE Congress in Detroit this month. We presented research on a broad range of topics from seat shape…
Occupant protection Heavy trucks and buses Military vehicles+9
2016-01
My colleagues in the Biosciences Group and I are heavily involved with other researchers across the country in a program to develop a new…
ATD design and evaluation Impact and sled testing Army and ground forces
2015-08
The Biosciences Group is conducting a broad range of research for the U.S. Army, including a large-scale study focused on improving protection for…
2014-12
The final report for the Seated Soldier Study conducted by UMTRI for the US Army TARDEC is now available. The report describes the methods and results…
ATD design and evaluation Military vehicles 3D surface scanning+3
2014-05
TheBBC did a great piece on our work over the past few years to improve accommodation and safety for soldiers in vehicles. This work was funded by…
Military vehicles Accommodation models Army and ground forces
2014-05
The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan held its Annual Review this month, celebrating 20 years of research in modeling and…
Occupant protection Military vehicles Strength and capability measurement+2
2014-01
My colleages Gale Zielinkski and Frank Huston from the U.S. Army TARDEC presented some of our joint work at the annual Ground Vehicle Systems…
Military vehicles Head- and face-worn devices Posture prediction models+2
2014-01
I gave a briefing at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center this month on our Seated Soldier Study. In close…
Military vehicles 3D surface scanning Army and ground forces
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…
2014-01
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to present an overview of our research on tactical vehicle occupant protection at the U.S. Military Academy at…
2013-10
I gave a short talk at the IRCOBI conference in Gothenburg Sweden last month. My paper focused on our work measuring and modeling seated occupant body…
Parametric finite-element human body models Strength and capability measurement Children and youth+2
2013-06
My colleagues and I presented an update on our work on soldier posture, position, and body shape at the 19th annual meeting of the Automotive Research…
2012-05
We collaborated with Anthrotech on a large-scale study of soldier anthropometry, focusing on seated postures and body shapes with a range of clothing…
ATD design and evaluation Posture prediction models Digital human models and manikins+1
2012-05
We've just completed development of anthropometric specifications for the Army's new WIAMan blast dummy. The new anthropomorphic test device (ATD)…
ATD design and evaluation Military vehicles Army and ground forces
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