Call for Papers/Presentations

SAE Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference
June 17 -19, 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The 11th annual Digital Human Modeling for Design & Engineering Conference (DHMC) will held in June of 2008. The conference will be administered by the SAE International with primary support coming from SAE’s Human Modeling and G-13 Committee on Human Modeling Technology. The conference will provide an international forum for the exchange of new and significant technical information about the development and the application of digital human models. In addition, the event will provide an environment for critical discussion and sharing of information among scientists, industry users and developers of digital human models. Papers from international organizations are welcome and encouraged.

The Program Committee will accept abstracts through November 9, 2007. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Research, Design and Application of Digital Human Models:

• Human Anatomy, Shape, Volume, Body Proportion, and Anthropometry
• Sensory Systems, Vision, Perception, Cognition, and Information Process
• Motion, Behavior, Action, and Performance
• Joint Structure, Muscle Strength, Kinematics, Physiology, and Biomechanics
• Prediction and Assessment of Posture and Comfort
• Physics Based, Finite Element, and Other Computational Modeling
• Human-Clothing, Equipment, Workplace, and Environment Interfaces
• Advanced Measuring Methods
• Success Stories and Reports of Experience in using Digital Human Models
• Verification and Validation of Digital Human Models
• Databases in Anthropometry, Performance, Motion, Impact, and Behavior
• Virtual Training, Medical, Entertainment, Sport, Crash Simulation Applications
• Product Design, Testing and Manufacturing
• Human Models Systems Interfaces (GUI, VE, manual, tutorial)
• Human Body, Organ and Tissue Shape and Material Modeling
• Digital Human Modeling for Information Visualization
• Prediction and Assessment of Injuries (such as crash, fall, exertion, blast, etc.)
• Pre and Post Processing Methods and Tools
• Shape Modeling, Mesh Generation and Bio- material modeling

Authors who wish to contribute a paper please submit an abstract of 150 to 400 words for consideration, with information including title, authors, objectives, background, methods, results, conclusions, and applications (Please see the format and example below.) On-line submission is preferred. The conference organizers are interested in expanding the conference topics; new application and topics are welcome.

Please submit abstracts on-line by November 9, 2007.

Please go to the Digital Human Modeling web page for more information: www.sae.org/dhmc

Contact:

John R. Miller 755 W. Big Beaver Rd. Suite 1600 Troy, MI 48084

Phone: (+1) 248/273-2464 Fax: (+1) 248/273-2494 jrmiller@sae.org

Format for the DHM 2008 Abstracts
Prepare a one-paragraph abstract of 150 to 400 words, with information including title, authors, objective, background, method, results, conclusion, and application.

Example:	[modified from Human Factors 49(3), 2007, pp447-464]
Title:	[use no more than 80 characters, including spaces] Fall Arrest Harness Sizing Schemes
Authors:	[list first name, last name, degree acronym, affiliation for each author, and email] Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, hxh4@cdc.gov; Jennifer Whitestone, Total Contact, Inc., Germantown, Ohio, jen@totalcontact.com; and Tsui-Ying Kau, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, kauy@med.umich.edu.
Objectives:	[use 1 or 2 sentences to describe the goals of the study] This paper evaluated harness sizing schemes and anthropometric criteria for harness design applications.
Background:	[specify problems, previous related work, and new issues studied (i.e., compared to what others have done)] Anthropometric sources for commercial harness sizing are based on dimensions that were derived from military population databases collected in the 1970s and 1980s. Updated harness sizing systems are needed to accommodate diverse populations in the current workforce.
Methods:	[present independent variables, dependent variables, sample size, study procedure, instrumentation, etc. as appropriate] Three-dimensional torso scan data and human-harness interfaces from 108 women and 108 men were digitally captured. A bounding box approach was employed to quantify the effect of torso shape and size on fall harness fit.
Results:	[present key findings] A logistic regression model with eight equations was developed and tested to classify more than 96% of participants to the best-fitting size.
Conclusions:	[summarize the most important outcomes corresponding to study objectives] Study outcomes suggested an alternative system of two sizes for women and three sizes for men over the current four-size unisex system. In addition, thigh strap angle and back D ring location could be utilized along with current harness static fit test criteria to further enhance postfall harness fit predictions.
Applications:	[describe potential applications or impact of this research to specific industries or digital human modeling community] This research could help reduce the risk of worker injury resulting from poor fit, improper size selection, or failure to don the harness properly.
Study Type (Please select one category):	Review Paper, Model Development, Case Study, Investigative Research, Applied Research, Other (Please specify) Applied Research
Keywords for Session Consideration (Please select no more than 3 keywords):	Advanced Measurement, Anthropometry, Comfort, Biomechanics, Human Performance, perception and cognition, Medical Applications, Motor Behavior, Motion Capture, Safe-by-design Applications, Special Populations, Workplace Safety, Other (Please provide your keywords as appropriate). Anthropometry, Advanced Measurement, Safe-by-design Applications
Remarks:	[The format may be a bit awkward for papers that use nontraditional methodologies such as review, model development, or industrial observation, but we encourage the authors to do their best to adapt to this structure. If any of these criteria does not apply to the work you want to present, you could provide a few words in this Remarks area to help the conference committee classify your paper.] None