Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Anthropometry conference programme
We are excited to announce that the schedule will now include Kathleen Robinette from the Air Force Research Laboratory in the U.S. Kathleen will co-present a keynote talk alongside Daisy Veitch. Masaaki Mochimaru will present the other keynote talk.
The scientific programme is now available for download.
abi-anthropometry-conf-programme (184 KB PDF)
Wednesday 17th February
Conference - Oral Presentations and Welcome Reception
Thursday 18th February
Conference - Oral Presentations and Conference Dinner
Friday 19th February
Workshop - WEAR practical session
Workshop programme
The workshop will focus on a practical application of fit analysis. There will be three parts to the workshop:
- Practical session on how to conduct a fit test (Johan Molenbroek)
- Demonstration and practice of how to identify anatomical landmarks (Makiko Kouchi)
- Statistics for fit analysis and how to define a sizing system (Marion Wolff & Masaaki Mochimaru)
Kathleen Robinette
Dr Kathleen Robinette is a pioneer and technology leader in human anthropometrics, whose research and developments have positively impacted the quality of life and work of countless people around the world. Her research has literally changed the way anthropometric data is utilized in equipment design, particularly with respect to the development of technical standards. Dr Robinette is responsible for the development of the world’s first three-dimensional (3D) anthropometry scanner in 1985, (a head scanner), and the world’s first 3D whole body scanner in 1993. As the director of the Air Force’s Computerized Anthropometric Research and Design (CARD) Laboratory, she developed a new initiative to collect 3D anthropometric data that will ultimately result in a better fit between people and their tools, systems, and environments. She planned, negotiated, and directed the first successful 3D whole body human measurement survey; CAESAR, Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource. In addition, she developed the fit-mapping method which is used to effectively size products during product development. This method was first implemented for the Navy Women’s uniform, improving the percentage accommodated without alterations to 99% without increasing the number of sizes! Prior to this only 25% of Navy women were able to get a fit without costly alterations. Kathleen is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and has received many honors and awards over the years.
Daisy Veitch
Daisy Veitch, winner of Australian Wool Corporations Young Designer of the Year Award and the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Award for Young Australians has experience in all stages of garment production — from design to the finished product. Daisy is the Managing Director of SHARP Dummies that conducted the recent size survey of 1200 women across Australia. Daisy is on all the Standard Australia working committees to define measurements used for clothing sizes and is a member of ASTM D- 13 committee that defines apparel sizes in the US.
Masaaki Mochimaru
Dr Masaaki Mochimaru holds a Ph.D. (Engineering) from Keio University and is the Deputy Director, Digital Human Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. His research interests are: measurement technologies of human body shape, deformation and motion; footwear biomechanics (shoe design based on foot factors); digital human modeling for product assessment; and the application of ergonomics to product design (clothes, eyeglasses, gloves, computer mouse etc). Dr Mochimaru has received many awards for his work.
