Programme

Day 1, 29 July 2025

  • 08:30, Registration open in the Design School foyer. Refreshments available.

Session 1, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 09:25, (0) Opening address, Russell Marshall
  • 09:50, (1) Assessment of Manual Forces in Assembly of Flexible Objects by the Use of a Digital Human Modelling Tool – a Use Case, Aitor Iriondo Pascual, Dan Högberg, Mikael Lebram, Peter Mårdberg, Domenico Spensieri, Dan Lämkull and Erik Ekstrand.
  • 10:15, (2) Machine Learning for Ergonomic Workload Assessments: Handled Load Estimation Based on Kinematic Data – A Case Study. Markus Peters , Wolfgang Potthast and Sascha Wischniewski.
  • 10:40, (3) Task Time Estimations in an Optimization-based Digital Human Modelling Tool - A Case Study, Peter Mårdberg, Dan Högberg, Johan S. Carlson, Dan Lämkull, Kristina Wärmefjord and Rikard Söderberg.

  • 11:05, Break, refreshments provided.

Session 2, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 11:30, (4) Human-Robot Collaboration: A Hybrid Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Approach for Ergonomic Risk and Stress Assessment. Emine Bozkus, Ella Mae Hubbard and Claire Guo.
  • 11:55, (5) Evaluating Digital Human Modelling for workers with Osteoarthritis, Elizabeth Oyemike, Yee Mey Goh and Rebecca Grant.
  • 12:20, (6) Perceived Cognitive Workload and Body Posture: Emerging Factors Affecting Work Performance of Office Chair Assembly Operator/Worker, Nurul Izzah Abd Rahman and Ahmad Farez Aqmar Azhar.

  • 12:45, Lunch and networking.

Session 3, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 14:00, (7) Minimum Clearance Distance Prediction in Manual Collision Avoidance Reaching Tasks: Perceived-Risk-Based Motion versus Steering Dynamics Model, Juan Baus, Estela Perez Luque, Maurice Lamb and James Yang.
  • 14:25, (8) Learning Multi-Mode Musculoskeletal Motion for Natural Walking and Running Gaits, Steve Chen, Neethan Ratnakumar and Xianlian Zhou.
  • 14:50, (9) Kinematics of the Wrist Movement, Esteban Pena-Pitarch, Anas Al Omar, Inaki Alcelay Larrion, Pau Catala, Hector Sanz.
  • 15:15, (10) Improving anthropometric datasets: Comparison of machine learning and statistical approaches to fill data gaps, Alexander Ackermann and Sascha Wischniewski.

  • 15:40, Break, refreshments provided.

Session 4, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 16:10, (11) The Use of Digital Human Models for Passenger Simulation in Automated Vehicles, Miriam Schäffer and Wolfram Remlinger.
  • 16:35, (12) Digital Human Modelling in Fusion Power Plants: An Early Look, Nitesh Bhatia, James Boock, Stanislas Jp Pamela, Andrew.
  • 17:00, (13) Applications of Digital Human Modelling: Applying EU direct vision regulations to North American HGV designs, Steve Summerskill and Russell Marshall.
  • 17:25, Close of day one.

  • 18:00,  Charnwood Brewery trip

 

Day 2, 30 July 2025

  • 08:30, Refreshments available in the Design School foyer.

Session 5, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 09:25, (14) Enhancing Soldier Readiness:  Biomechanical Evaluation of the U.S. Army Combat Fitness Test Using Santos Digital, Karim Abdel-Malek, Rajan Bhatt, Laura Frey Law, Chris Murhphy, Bahaa Mohammad. 
  • 09:50, (15) The effect of Saddle Height on Hip and Knee Kinematics Using a 4D Scanning Device in Cycling Biomechanics. Sofia Scataglini, Ruben De Block, Stien Mannaert, Yana Callaerts, Kiara De Backer and Steven Truijen.
  • 10:15, (16) Rough Estimation of Reaching Posture to Visualize Accessibility-Related Injury Risk. Natsuki Miyata, Rei Yamamoto and Yusuke Maeda.
  • 10:40, (17) Comparison between Wearable Inertial Measurement System and 4D Stereophotogrammetry for Ergonomics Risk Assessment. Eugenia Fontinovo, Estela Perez Luque, Alessandra Papetti, Dan Högberg, Lars Hanson, Steven Truijen and Sofia Scataglini.

  • 11:05, Break, refreshments provided.

Session 6, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 11:30, (18) Biomechanical Effects of Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid (STT) Arthrodesis: A Finite Element Analysis Study. Andres Mena, Ronit Wollstein and James Yang.
  • 11:55, (19) Analysis of Postural Change Strategy During Prolonged Seated Work considering musculoskeletal and contact loads. Akinari Hirao.
  • 12:20, (20) Comparison of Recommended Force Limits for Female Work Population Given by the Assembly Specific Force Atlas and the Arm Force Field Method. Dan Högberg, Aitor Iriondo Pascual and Mikael Lebram.

  • 12:45, Lunch and networking.

Session 7, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 14:00, (21) From Landmarks to Patterns: Optimising Garment Creation for Non-Standard Body Shapes through Digital Human Modelling, Phumza Sokhetye, Simeon Gill and Steven Hayes.
  • 14:25, (22) 3D scan technology to enhance body to pattern theory: comparing the conventional bespoke jacket method with a novel parametric method, Renhao Wang, Simeon Gill and Steven G Hayes.
  • 14:50, (23) Engineering knitwear from 3D body scanning: A Comparative study of physical products and their virtual counterparts from the customer’s perspective, Laura-Ann Kavanagh, Simeon Gill and Steven Hayes.
  • 15:15, (24) Development of a Bespoke Block Pattern Using a Body Surface Flattening Approach, Wadha Alyami, Simeon Gill, Steven Hayes and Kristina Brubacher.

  • 15:40, Break, refreshments provided.

Session 8, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 16:10, (25) Optimizing Ergonomic Product Design Through Digital Human Modelling and Deformable Cellular Metamaterials, Gregor Harih, Vasja Plesec, Blaž Hanželič and Jasmin Kaljun.
  • 16:35, (26) Simulating Visual Perception of Different Human Sizes within the Vehicle Interior using Virtual Reality–Ergonomic Evaluation, Thirumanikandan Subramanian, Julia Gritzbach and Wolfram Remlinger.
  • 17:00, Close of day two.

  • 17:15,  IEA Technical Committee Meeting

  • 19:30, Conference Dinner at Burleigh Court

Day 3, 31 July 2025

  • 08:30, Refreshments available in the Design School foyer.

Session 9, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 09:25, (27) An exploratory valuation of a seated musculoskeletal model through comparison of estimated and in-vivo measured lumbar spine loading, Feng Hu, Ilias Theodorakos, Michael Skipper Andersen,
    Raphaël Dumas and Xuguang Wang. 
  • 09:50, (28) Numerical Nonlinear Analysis of Standing Stability in an Ankle-Knee-Hip Model on a Balance Board, Zixian Qiu, Jianli Ge and Jing Wang.
  • 10:15, (29) An Exploration of Digital Human Cognition through Sensory Perception Across Real and Virtual Selves, Eda Nur Çapkan, Simone Borsci, Russell Chan, Sofia Scataglini, Steven Truijen and Funda Yıldırım.

  • 10:40, Break, refreshments provided.

Session 10, LDS0.17 Lecture Theatre

  • 11:05, (30) Designing inclusive interfaces for DHM applications addressed to fragile users. Silvia Imbesi.
  • 11:30, (31) Open-source framework for advancing data-driven digital human modelling. José M. Rojas, Begoña Mateo, Noé Fernández, Ignacio García.
  • 11:55, Closing Address.

  • 12:45, Great Central Railway Trip.

The Symposium is being held on Loughborough University Campus in the Design School Building (LDS).  This is towards the North-East corner of campus on the Campus Map.  The School is near to the base of ‘Towers’ the architecturally interesting faceted tower block.  Please enter the building via the revolving doors mid-way along the North face of the building.  

Registration will be in the foyer from 8:30am on the first day.  All sessions will be in Room LDS0.17, the lecture theatre, which is on the ground floor of the building.  Lunches and refreshments will be served nearby.  The Symposium Dinner on the 30th, will be held in Burleigh Court, further to the West of campus, about 25 minute walk from the Design School.

All presenters are advised to review the Programme for the timing of their presentation.

All presentations are scheduled for a time slot of 25 minutes, this includes change overs, and questions. Please plan your presentation to be 18 minutes long.  We will be chairing the sessions strictly and will give you a 2 minute warning and then ask you to wrap-up your presentation at the allotted time.  The preferred presentation format is MS Powerpoint .pptx, though PDF is also acceptable.

We will be pre-loading all presentations on the room computer. Please prepare your presentation to be of an appropriate length for your 18 minutes. If you are including links or video, please make sure these work / run reliably.  Label the File in the format: SessionNo_PaperNo_PresenterName.pptx  e.g.  1_1_AitorPascual.pptx.  Please deposit all presentations in the following shared folder by 12 noon UK time, on the 28th July: Folder for Presentations.