Human Modeling - Program - Empowering Engineers

October 30 – 31, 2025 | Shanghai, China

Thursday, October 30, 2025

09:00	Welcome & Introduction Rainer Hoffmann - carhs gmbh
Injury Assessment/Criteria, Material/Tissue Modeling Chair: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Bir - Wayne State University
09:10	Injuries with Long-Term Consequences and their Assessment for Different Road User Groups Dr. Christoph Klein - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH; Dr. Caroline Deck - University of Strasbourg
09:35	Development of a Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Function and Its Implementation in Agent-Based Virtual Testing Assistant Dr. Kui Li - Chongqing Medical University
10:00	Age-Related Variability of Cerebrospinal Fluid Volumes and Its Impact on Brain Injury Risk Claudia Sbriglio, Dr. Mariusz Ptak, Artur Kwiatkowski - Wroclaw University of Technology
10:25	Person-to-Person Variability: Implications for Occupant Protection, and Potential for Human Body Models Jason L. Forman - University of Virginia
10:50	Coffee Break
General: Methods, Theory, Tools Chair: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Bir - Wayne State University
11:20	Advanced Oasys Tools for Positioning and Injury Assessment for AC-HUMs Qiu-Rui Zai, Gavin Newlands, Jia-yi Zhong, Dong-ling Li - ARUP
11:45	Bridging Perception and Simulation: From Human Body Model to SMPL Dr. Jisi Tang - Chongqing University
12:10	Pre- and Post-Processing of Human Body Models in ANSA and META Lambros Rorris - BETA CAE Systems International AG
12:35	Virtual Autopsy in HBMs: Advanced Injury Analysis and Post-Processing with Metriks Dr. Nicholas White, Dr. Zachary Hostetler - Elemance, LLC
13:00	Lunch Break
Passive Models Safety
14:00	Scaling of VW Group HBM from AM50 to CM50 Using ANSA’S Scaling Tool Fenna Neumann - Volkswagen AG; Dr. Priti Yadav - VAIVA GmbH; Dr. Debasis Sahoo, Christoph Vieler - Volkswagen AG
14:25	Diverse Population Protection Research Based on AC-HUMs Huida Zhang - CAERI - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. Ltd.
14:50	SAFER HBM for Advanced Product Development Prof. Dr. Bengt Pipkorn - Volvo Cars Corporation et al.
15:15	Coffee Break
15:45	Advancing Virtual Testing and Product Development with Euro NCAP Qualified HBM Connect® Family George Hu - Humanetics China Co., LTD 首美安全系统设备商贸（上海）有限公司; Dr. Chirag Shah - Humanetics Group
16:10	Development and Validation of PRIMUS Nithesh Acharya, Paula Kassab-Bachi - EDAG Engineering GmbH
16:35	Reimagining Vehicle Safety with Computational Human Body Models Dr. Bronislaw Gepner - University of Virginia

Friday, October 31, 2025

Passive Models Safety ctd.
09:00	Comparative Analysis of Kinematics and Injury Prediction between THUMS vs. AC-HUMS (China-Optimized) Model Comparisons for Car-Pedestrian Collision Dakei Chen, Yong Han - Xiamen University of Technology
09:25	A Finite Element Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction Framework Using Simplified Human Body and Generic Vehicle Models Dr. Karan Devane - Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University et al.
09:50	Simulation of the Freedom of Motion during the Wearing of Garments with Rigid Protective Elements Attached Niklas Schmidt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Math. Yordan Kyosev - Technical University Dresden
10:15	Coffee Break
Seats & Restraint Systems (AVs)
10:45	Replacing the WS Dummy with the THUMS HBM in the Side Pole Impact Huangwei Dai - Yanfeng Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd.
11:10	Influence of Spinal Curvature Variations on Driver Kinematics and Injury Risk in Frontal Impact Prof. Dr. Haiyan Li - Tianjin University of Science and Technology
11:35	Virthuman Model Validation in: Low-speed Frontal Impact and Reclined Postures Dr. Abbas Talimian - University of West Bohemia et al.
12:00	Lunch Break
13:00	Comparative Research on the Responses of HBM and ATD in Reclined Seating Position Jing Fei - CAERI - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd.
13:25	Behavior of Variant Human Body Models on Different Restraint Systems Thanassis Fokylidis - BETA CAE Systems S.A.
13:50	Investigation on Active Seatback Reset Countermeasure for Reclined Occupants Safety Jingjun Su - Tianjin University of Science and Technology et al.
14:15	Coffee Break
Virtual Testing Chair: Ass. Prof. Dr. Corina Klug - Graz University of Technology
14:45	Virtual Testing with Human Body Models – Qualifications and Applications in Euro NCAP Ass. Prof. Dr. Corina Klug - Graz University of Technology
15:10	Comparing Performance of Hybrid III 50th, THOR, HBM-C, THUMS in Euro NCAP 2026 Frontal Virtual Test Yunquan Xia, Xu Jing, Mutaz Shkoukani - Joyson Safety Systems
15:35	Evaluation of ATD and Human Body Model Responses in Rear Impact Scenarios Simona Roka, Pablo Lozano Gil, Xufeng Li, Sergio Crespo - Applus IDIADA
16:00	Challenges for the Application of Human Body Models in Virtual Testing Procedures Dr.-Ing. Andre Eggers - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute; Prof. Dr. Steffen Peldschus - LMU University of Munich
16:25	Young Scientist Award - Summary & Farewell Rainer Hoffmann - carhs gmbh

Program subject to change.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

09:00

Welcome & Introduction

Injury Assessment/Criteria, Material/Tissue Modeling

09:10

Injuries with Long-Term Consequences and their Assessment for Different Road User Groups

09:35

Development of a Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Function and Its Implementation in Agent-Based Virtual Testing Assistant

10:00

Age-Related Variability of Cerebrospinal Fluid Volumes and Its Impact on Brain Injury Risk

10:25

Person-to-Person Variability: Implications for Occupant Protection, and Potential for Human Body Models

10:50

Coffee Break

General: Methods, Theory, Tools

11:20

Advanced Oasys Tools for Positioning and Injury Assessment for AC-HUMs

11:45

Bridging Perception and Simulation: From Human Body Model to SMPL

12:10

Pre- and Post-Processing of Human Body Models in ANSA and META

12:35

Virtual Autopsy in HBMs: Advanced Injury Analysis and Post-Processing with Metriks

13:00

Lunch Break

Passive Models Safety

14:00

Scaling of VW Group HBM from AM50 to CM50 Using ANSA’S Scaling Tool

14:25

Diverse Population Protection Research Based on AC-HUMs

14:50

SAFER HBM for Advanced Product Development

15:15

Coffee Break

15:45

Advancing Virtual Testing and Product Development with Euro NCAP Qualified HBM Connect® Family

16:10

Development and Validation of PRIMUS

16:35

Reimagining Vehicle Safety with Computational Human Body Models

Friday, October 31, 2025

Passive Models Safety ctd.

09:00

Comparative Analysis of Kinematics and Injury Prediction between THUMS vs. AC-HUMS (China-Optimized) Model Comparisons for Car-Pedestrian Collision

09:25

A Finite Element Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction Framework Using Simplified Human Body and Generic Vehicle Models

09:50

Simulation of the Freedom of Motion during the Wearing of Garments with Rigid Protective Elements Attached

10:15

Coffee Break

Seats & Restraint Systems (AVs)

10:45

Replacing the WS Dummy with the THUMS HBM in the Side Pole Impact

11:10

Influence of Spinal Curvature Variations on Driver Kinematics and Injury Risk in Frontal Impact

11:35

Virthuman Model Validation in: Low-speed Frontal Impact and Reclined Postures

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Comparative Research on the Responses of HBM and ATD in Reclined Seating Position

13:25

Behavior of Variant Human Body Models on Different Restraint Systems

13:50

Investigation on Active Seatback Reset Countermeasure for Reclined Occupants Safety

14:15

Coffee Break

Virtual Testing

14:45

Virtual Testing with Human Body Models – Qualifications and Applications in Euro NCAP

15:10

Comparing Performance of Hybrid III 50th, THOR, HBM-C, THUMS in Euro NCAP 2026 Frontal Virtual Test

15:35

Evaluation of ATD and Human Body Model Responses in Rear Impact Scenarios

16:00

Challenges for the Application of Human Body Models in Virtual Testing Procedures

16:25

Young Scientist Award - Summary & Farewell

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