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Recording how people sit, reach, and move, and building models to predict these behaviors.
27 posts
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
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
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
2017-10
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
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
2016-04
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
2014-05
Locating body surface landmarks on whole-body scan data is usually a time-consuming manual process. Manual digitizing is the "gold standard"…
3D surface scanning Statistical shape models Motion capture and landmark digitizing+1
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
We've completed another analysis of data from the Seated Soldier Study aimed at improving the accommodation of warfighters in military vehicles. This…
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
2010-08
The design of truck and off-highway equipment cabs (agriculture, construction, mining, and forestry) is becoming more complex due to the increase in…
Heavy trucks and buses Hand tools and protection Motion capture and landmark digitizing+1
2009-12
Truck driving is among the most dangerous occupationsin the U.S. Crashes are not the main cause of injury, though: Most occupational injuries to truck…
Heavy trucks and buses Ingress, egress, and falls Motion capture and landmark digitizing
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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