Advisor
Matt Parkinson
parkinson@psu.edu
Assistant Professor, Engineering Design & Mechanical Engineering
213 Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-9079
Fax: (814) 863-7229
Website: www.mattparkinson.com
Current Members
Chris Garneau
cjg212@psu.edu
Ph.D. candidate (Mechanical Engineering)
Years in the Open Design Lab: 3
Research interests:
Allocation of adjustability, product sizing, shape optimization, visualizing accommodation
Thesis:
- Undergraduate honors: A comparison of methodologies for designing for human variability
- Masters: Considering censoring in the application of user accommodation prediction models (tentative)
Publications:
- Garneau, C. J. and Parkinson, M. B. (2009). Including Preference in Anthropometry-Driven Models for Design. Journal of Mechanical Design.
- Garneau, C. J. and Parkinson, M. B. (2009). Optimization of tool handle shape for a target user population. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences.
- Garneau, C.J. and Parkinson, M.B. (2008). Optimal product sizing through digital human models. SAE Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference.
- Garneau, C.J. and Parkinson, M.B. (2007). Including preference in anthropometry-driven models for design. Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences.
Website: www.cjgarneau.com
Jillian Haldaman
jmh5045@psu.edu
M.S. candidate (Mechanical Engineering)
Years in the Open Design Lab: 1
Research interests:
reconfigurability, multivariate and univariate assessment
Ketki Manjrekar
kxm459@psu.edu
M.S. candidate (Mechanical Engineering)
Years in the Open Design Lab: 1
Research interests:
Optimizing accommodation offered by products through adjustability, product sizing, and re-configurability
Thesis:
- Masters: Estimating the commonality and distinctiveness required in product families based on human variability to ensure maximum accommodation (tentative)
Gopal Nadadur
gzn103@psu.edu
Ph.D. candidate (Mechanical Engineering)
Years in the Open Design Lab: 2
Research interests:
Integrating the objectives of product development and marketing processes, using anthropometric data to estimate user satisfaction
Thesis:
- Masters: A comparison of utility-estimation methodologies using target population anthropometry. (tentative)
Publications:
- Nadadur, G. and Parkinson, M. B. (2009). Using designing for human variability to optimize aircraft seat layout. SAE Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference.
- Nadadur, G., Chiang, J., Parkinson, M. B., and Stephens, Allison (2009). Anthropometry for a North American manufacturing population. SAE Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference.
- Nadadur, G. and Parkinson, M.B. (2008). Extrapolation of anthopometric measures to new populations. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Electronic Systems.
Website: www.gopalnadadur.com
Alumni
Andrew Baranak
asb5033@psu.edu
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
Year Graduated: 2009
Thesis:
- Undergraduate honors: Utilizing traditional packing methodologies to examine human variability design problems
Rob Fromuth
rcf5002@psu.edu
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
Year Graduated: 2009
Thesis:
- Undergraduate honors: Predicting anthropometric segment lengths from population stature and BMI
Publications:
- Fromuth, R.C. and Parkinson, M.B. (2008). Predicting 5th and 95th percentile anthropometric segment lengths from population stature. Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences.
Gloria King
ggk5001@psu.edu
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
Year Graduated: 2009
Thesis:
- Undergraduate honors: Disproportionate disaccommodation of subpopulations based on anthropometry
Hugo Palaez
SROP summer student
Year Graduated: 2008
Ignasi Pi Ferrer
ixp123@psu.edu
Industrial Engineering, Ramon Llull University (Barcelona)
Year Graduated: 2009
Thesis:
- Masters: Maximizing amount of variability with few anthropometric measures involved.