3d Online Body Shape Model Development – UROP Spring Symposium 2021

3d Online Body Shape Model Development

Shreya Mani

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Research Mentor(s): Byoung-Keon Park, Assistant Research Scientist
Research Mentor School/College/Department: University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, College of Engineering
Presentation Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Session: Session 6 (4pm-4:50pm)
Breakout Room: Room 17
Presenter: 5

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Abstract

In the automotive industry, there have been an increasing number of fatalities, easily preventable by building safer vehicles. In the medical field, it is almost impossible to thoroughly test accuracy of medical technology without using a physical model, which are oftentimes very expensive. This study involves the development of realistic user-manipulated 3D body models for usage in the medical, automotive, and engineering fields. Along with my mentor and fellow researcher, we have been building a nuanced body model application using Unity to be put out on the apple store and google play store. While results are inconclusive so far, as the application has not been released yet, it hopefully will facilitate the lives of engineers, researchers, and manufacturers working in a number of industries.

Authors: Byoung-Keon Park, Shreya Mani, Tanushree Parasramka
Research Method: Computer Programming

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