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Karim Abdel-Malek,
Director
Virtual Soldier Research
- Human modeling and simulation
- Virtual reality
- Biomechanics
- Control
- Optimization
- Clothing
- Human peroformance measures
- Electromyography
- Artificial intelligence
- Human kinematics and dynamics
Cognitive Systems Laboratory
- Ergonomics
- Human interaction with advanced technology and
automation
- Cognitive processing burden assessment/sensory and data input cognitive impact
- Human-machine interaction optimization for operational control and safety
- Driving simulation supporting automotive operation and warning-systems effectiveness
- Computational modeling of human performance
Operator Performance Laboratory
- Optimal aircraft instrumentation configuration
- Flight simulation supporting aircraft operation task analysis
- Warning-system effectiveness
- Roadway markings and illumination analysis
- Driver performance measurement
Reliability and Sensor Prognostic Systems
- Meshfree methods for structural analysis and design
sensitivity analysis
- Composite materials
- Probabilistic mechanics and reliability
- Reliability-based design optimization
- Topology optimization
- Multidisciplinary design optimization
- Sensor technologies
- Sensor-based process monitoring optimization
National Advanced Driving Simulator
- Highway safety and transportation efficiency
- Equipment product development effectiveness enhancement via virtual prototyping
- Vehicle dynamics and simulation
- Simulator technology and virtual reality environment and human factors
Musculoskeletal Imaging, Modeling, and Experimentation Program
- Computational modeling of anatomic structures (with emphasis on finite modeling)
Biomechanics of Soft Tissue
- Soft tissue mechanics
- Biomechanics of the heart
- Cardiovascular system
- Aneurysm formation
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Non-linear FEA
