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Protecting vehicle occupants, pilots, pedestrians, and others.
69 posts
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
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…
2019-04
Our group was well-represented at the SAE Congress in April. My colleage Dr Monica Jones presented a paper on sensations reported by participants in a…
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
My colleagues and I presented two papers at the IRCOBI conference in Athens. Dr. Jingwen Hu presented an evaluation of a novel four-point belt system…
2018-08
I gave an invited talk at the 12th Annual IQPC Seating Innovation Summit on safety considerations in the design of future automated road vehicles. I…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Vehicle Interior Design Automated vehicles+2
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
2018-05
I was honored to receive the Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award from SAE International this month. This endowed award is named…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Automotive industry
2018-04
We recently published a report on an extensive study of passenger responses to abrupt and unexpected vehicle maneuvers. Currently, around half of…
Occupant protection Posture and Motion Measurement Automotive industry+1
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
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
2017-12
Designing vehicles to be used in multiple markets is challenging in part due to differences in the body sizes across nations. Yet, little research has…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Occupant protection 3D surface scanning+4
2017-11
My colleagueDr. Jingwen Hu presented a paper at the Stapp Car Crash Conference on our extensive collaboration with ZF on rear-seat occupant…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance Standards and regulation
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
2017-10
I attended the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine in Las Vegas, NV this month. I presented a paper comparing…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation 3D surface scanning+2
2017-08
We've gathered a large set of data on the responses of front-seat passengers to unexpected hard braking and other abrupt vehicle maneuvers. These data…
Occupant protection Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Motion capture and landmark digitizing+4
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 colleagues Dr. Monica Jones and Dr. Daniel Park represented our group at the International Digital Human Modeling Symposium in Bonn, Germany this…
Occupant protection Statistical shape models Digital human models and manikins+2
2017-07
The cervical spine is of considerable interest in biomechanics research due to its complexity and its importance as a site of both low-severity and…
Injury risk and tolerance Medical imaging and skeletal geometry Public datasets and dissemination
2017-06
Several faculty from the Biosciences Group participated in the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) conference in Detroit this month. Hu, J., Klinich…
Occupant protection Parametric finite-element human body models Impact and sled testing+2
2017-06
A new paper on our work modeling child body shape has appeared in Traffic Injury Prevention. My colleague Dr. Daniel Park led the development of the…
2017-04
The Biosciences Group was well represented at the SAE Congress this month. My colleagues presented three papers on a range of topics. Jones, M.L.H.…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks Seating+5
2017-04
We recently completed an interesting study looking at upper-extremity activities in driving. We coded nearly 10k snapshots from videos of over 100…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Volunteer testing
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
2016-11
In early October an had the opportunity to visit Chalmers University and SAFER in Gothenburg, Sweden to participate in a dissertation defense. While…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Parametric finite-element human body models+1
2016-11
Dr. Eunjoo Hwang, who recently completed a post-doc fellowship in our group at UMTRI, presented a paper at the Stapp Car Crash Conference this month.…
Injury risk and tolerance Parametric finite-element human body models Volunteer testing+1
2016-11
I gave two presentations at the NHTSA-hosted biomechanics workshop preceding the Stapp Car Crash Conference. Developing Anthropometric Targets for…
ATD design and evaluation Statistical shape models Motion capture and landmark digitizing+3
2016-09
My colleagues Kathy Klinich and Lauren Zaseck and I participated this month in the annual conference of the International Research Council on the…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Injury risk and tolerance+3
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
2016-02
Anthropometric data on children are scarce, and anthropometric data on toddlers and infants are even more rare. My colleagues and I just wrapped up a…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+3
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
2015-11
My colleagues and I attended the Stapp Car Crash Conference in New Orleans this month. During the sessions, we received an award for the best paper at…
Injury risk and tolerance Impact and sled testing Female occupants
2015-11
AutoBeatDaily has a nice piece on recent work we did with ZF TRW aimed at improving occupant protection in rear seats. My colleagues Jingwen Hu, Steve…
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…
2015-04
Analyses of crash data in the field have shown that obese occupants are at higher risk in frontal crashes than occupants of normal weight. Improving…
Occupant protection Parametric finite-element human body models Volunteer testing+1
2015-02
My collaborator Matt Parkinson, his student Brian Pagano, and I have just publishedthe first updated assessment of U.S. child anthroometry in a…
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
2014-11
I presented a short communication at the 2014 IRCOBI conference in Berlin this month addressing driver knee locations. In modern vehicles, the…
2014-05
The UMTRI Biosciences Group was featured in an article in Mechanical Engineering, the monthly magazine of ASME. The work of my colleague Dr. Jingwen…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning Statistical shape models+1
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
2013-11
I gave a talk at the Stapp Car Crash Conference in Orlando this month. My paper examined the effects of driver characteristics on seat belt fit. We'd…
2013-11
I presented a short communication at the IRCOBI annual conference in Lyon, France. A substantial part of our current research focuses on measuring and…
Occupant protection 3D surface scanning High BMI and obesity
2013-10
I participated in an informative symposium hosted by SAFER in Gothenburg Sweden. With a focus on occupant protection for children 4-12 years old, the…
Injury Prevention and Safety in Dynamic Events Children and youth
2013-04
We have measured the interior geometry of dozens of vehicles over the past few years for a wide range of safety and ergonomics applications. One…
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
2012-09
Wired Autopia covered some of our recent work on body shape modeling. We're using a range of technologies to measure posture and body shape in…
Occupant protection Statistical shape models Automotive industry
2012-09
Presentation from a special session at the Stapp Car Crash Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Recent research, including studies by my colleagues at…
Occupant protection Injury risk and tolerance 3D surface scanning+2
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
2011-09
The prevalence of obesity among US adults has plateaued over the past few years, but still remains at historical highs. Analysis of crash data has…
2011-07
We are conducting a major study of child posture and body shape. This is the first study to gather three-dimensional data on child posture in…
Occupant protection Passenger cars and light trucks 3D surface scanning+1
2011-03
Three-dimensional anthropometry is a part of many of my current research projects. Using data from UMTRI's whole-body laser scanner, medical imaging…
Chairs and furniture ATD design and evaluation 3D surface scanning+2
2008-01
The performance of belt-positioning booster seats used by children who are too small to achieve good belt fit with vehicle belts alone, and no longer…
Occupant protection ATD design and evaluation Medical imaging and skeletal geometry+1
2003-03
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) amended Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 202 to require higher and…
Occupant protection Seating Posture and Motion Measurement+2
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