Railway Interchange 2019

Digital Human Modeling for the Optimization of User Centered Railway Product Design (Room Exhibit Hall Booth #3058)

24 Sep 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Learning Lab

Digital Human Modeling for the Optimization of User Centered Railway Product Design

This session will explore how the use of digital human modeling can reduce cost and accelerate the pace of the ergonomic tool development for railway systems. Specifically, it will review how simulation technologies can be used to test a wide variety of ergonomic factors, including injury risk, operator comfort, reachability, line-of-sight, energy expenditure and fatigue limits.

Speaker: Eric Holton, Ph.D., CPE, Director of Safety and Risk Reduction, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services