3D body scan measurements colorfully illustrate the variability in this population.
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AnthroTools 1.1 is now available. This latest update includes interface and performance enhancements. AnthroTools is a mobile web app that contains a suite of tools for Design for Human Variability, including a multivariate accommodation calculator, proportionality calculator, and NHANES database explorer. It will run on desktop browsers (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari) or on a web browser in iOS or Android.
Open Design Lab podcasts are now available on iTunes. In addition to mirroring audio-only versions of our YouTube videos, we plan to feature shorter commentaries on our research with a more frequent update schedule. Tune in to hear Open Lab authors give insight and background for their papers, learn about new topics in the field, and hear about our research in a less technical way. Subscribe to our channel to receive regular updates!
"Who Owns Design" lecture series continues with Carnegie Mellon professor
Jonathan Cagan, George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Engineering Professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, will speak at 12 p.m. October 5 at Penn State's Stuckeman Family Building. His visit marks the second talk in the Penn State Department of Architecture "Who Owns Design?" Lecture Series.

Featured Recent Publication

Nadadur, G., Kim, W., Thomson, A. R., Parkinson, M. B., and Simpson, T. W. (2012). Strategic product design for multiple global markets. ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. DETC2012-70723.

Designing products for multiple global user populations has been the focus of numerous studies. Based on an understanding of the current state of knowledge, this paper outlines three broad top-down design strategies to satisfy varying user, business, and regulatory requirements across target markets, and to do so in a resource-efficient manner. The first strategy results in a set of optimal, robust, or reconfigurable designs for the markets. The second strategy is the [ read more ]