HFES: Updating CAESAR using NHANES Data for Virtual Fit Testing (VFT)

I attended the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in Austin, TX this month.Justin Haney, a PhD student working with advisor Clive D'Souza in the Human Motion Simulation Lab, presented recent work on measurement and modeling of threading operations. I participated in a panel discussion on the use of virtual fit testing (VFT) to improve the accuracy and flexibility of accommodation assessments of office workstation designs. My colleague Matt Parkinson and I have developed a new database of US civilian anthropometry by weighting the US CAESAR data, augmented with additional high-BMI data from UMTRI research. We've built a spreadsheet for VFT around the new weighted database, providing a simple interface to obtain accurate multivariate assessments of office workstation accommodation. HFES will be making this new VFT tool available along with a revised version of the ANSI/HFES 100 office workstation design standard.