Items that didn't fit anywhere else
Useful books, reports, and websites
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Information about size and shape of U.S. population.
AnthroKids
National Institute of Standards and Technology study results on sizes, shapes, and strengths of kids.
Numerical Recipes
Home page of the popular "Numerical Recipes" books for programming numerical methods. The text of the books is available free online.
Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss
A warm illustration of some foundation principles of industrial design
related primarily through anecdotes by an ID pioneer. An excellent
example of many of the visual guidelines espoused by Tufte and a fun
read.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward
Tufte
Reading this book was a dissertation-altering experience for me. It improved
how I presented my data, which improved how I thought about my data,
which improved how I gathered data. Tufte has several other books, including
a scathing commentary on PowerPoint.
Collaborators and notable figures
Brian Jensen
Brian is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan and a new faculty
member at Brigham Young University. His work focuses on MEMS and the modeling
of related phenomena.
Panos Papalambros
Panos is well-known for his work in design optimization. He heads the Optimal
Design Laboratory at the University of Michigan and is an author of the
book Principles of Optimal Design.
Matt Reed
Matt is one of the world's experts on anthropometry and posture prediction.
He researches and publishes extensively in automotive standards and design.
Don Chaffin
Don performed some of the foundation research quantifying human capability.
He directs the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory at
the University of Michigan and is an author of the book Occupational Biomechanics.
Trevor DeVore
Trevor cofounded Blue Mango
Multimedia and is quite a hoops player.
Dave Ulrich
Dave is the "Human Resource Champion," a prolific author, and world-renown
business consultant.
