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Bringing data and advanced methods to designers and engineers.
23 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
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
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
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
2018-10
Our group presented three papers at the triennial International Ergonomics Association conference in Florence. Dr. Monica Jones presented preliminary…
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
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
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…
2017-01
A broad collaboration at U-M several years in the making has produced an innovative tool for visual assessment of child body shape. The lead…
3D surface scanning Statistical shape models Design and analysis tools+3
2016-03
Thanks to the great work of my colleague Dr. Daniel Park, we have launched a beta version of our new web portal, HumanShape.org. HumanShape will…
Statistical shape models Design and analysis tools Public datasets and dissemination+1
2015-05
Daniel Park and I have just published the first parametric body shape model for children. The model is based on laser scans of 137 children ages 3-11…
3D surface scanning Statistical shape models Public datasets and dissemination+3
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