Garneau, C.J. and Parkinson, M.B. (2007). Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Las Vegas, NV.

In the design of artifacts that interact with people, the spatial dimensions of the user population are often used to size and engineer the artifact. The variability in body dimensions (called “anthropometry”) is used to indicate how much adjustability or how many sizes are required to accommodate the intended user population. However, anthropometry is not the only predictor of these kinds of interactions. Continue reading…

Garneau, C.J. (2007). Undergraduate Honors Thesis.

In the design of artifacts that interact with people, the spatial dimensions of the user population are often used to size and engineer the artifact. The variability in size is used to indicate how much adjustability or how many sizes are required to accommodate the intended user population. However, size is not the only predictor of this kind of interaction. Continue reading…