2026
Here you see a recap of the program of the 2025 Human Modelling and Simulation in Automotive Engineering Symposium. As soon as the program of the 2026 conference is finalized, you will find it here.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Welcome & Introduction - Young Scientist AwardRainer Hoffmann - carhs gmbh |
Injury Assessment/Criteria, Material/Tissue ModelingChair: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Bir - Wayne State University |
Injuries with Long-Term Consequences and their Assessment for Different Road User GroupsDr. Christoph Klein - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH; Dr. Caroline Deck - University of Strasbourg |
Person-to-Person Variability: Implications for Occupant Protection, and Potential for Human Body ModelsJason L. Forman - University of Virginia |
Age-Related Variability of Cerebrospinal Fluid Volumes and Its Impact on Brain Injury RiskClaudia Sbriglio, Dr. Mariusz Ptak, Artur Kwiatkowski - Wroclaw University of Technology |
Development of a Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Function and Its Implementation in Agent-Based Virtual Testing AssistantDr. Kui Li - Chongqing Medical University |
General: Methods, Theory, ToolsChair: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Bir - Wayne State University |
Advanced Oasys Tools for Positioning and Injury Assessment for AC-HUMsJiayi Zhong, Qiu-Rui Zai, Gavin Newlands, Dong-ling Li - ARUP |
Bridging Perception and Simulation: From Human Body Model to SMPLDr. Jisi Tang - Chongqing University |
Pre- and Post-Processing of Human Body Models in ANSA and METALambros Rorris - BETA CAE Systems International AG; Tao Huang - BETA CAE Systems China Ltd. |
Virtual Autopsy in HBMs: Advanced Injury Analysis and Post-Processing with MetriksDr. Nicholas White, Dr. Zachary Hostetler - Elemance, LLC |
From Positioning to Injury Evaluation: Automating HBM Analysis with G4/A4Christoph Kaulich - GNS - Gesellschaft für Numerische Simulation mbH |
Passive Models SafetyChair: Dr. Yu Liu - CAERI - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. Ltd. |
Advancing Virtual Testing and Product Development with Euro NCAP Qualified HBM Connect® FamilyChunxian Ju - Great Wall Motor Technology Center; Dr.-Ing. Anurag Soni - Humanetics Europe GmbH |
Diverse Population Protection Research Based on AC-HUMsHuida Zhang - CAERI - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. Ltd. |
SAFER HBM for Advanced Product DevelopmentProf. Dr. Bengt Pipkorn - Volvo Cars Corporation et al. |
Scaling of VW Group HBM from AM50 to CM50 Using ANSA’S Scaling ToolFenna Neumann - Volkswagen AG; Dr. Priti Yadav - VAIVA GmbH; Dr. Debasis Sahoo, Christoph Vieler - Volkswagen AG |
Development and Validation of PRIMUSSamarth Talanki, Nithesh Acharya, Paula Kassab-Bachi - EDAG Engineering GmbH |
Reimagining Vehicle Safety with Computational Human Body ModelsDr. Bronislaw Gepner - University of Virginia |
The Development of the Chinese 50th male human body model and its application in C-NCAP (2027 edition)Limin Wang, Jialin Yang - CATARC - China Automotive Technology & Research Center |
Summary Day 1Rainer Hoffmann - carhs gmbh |
Friday, October 31, 2025
Passive Models Safety ctd.Chair: Dr. Xiaobing Bu - CATARC - China Automotive Technology & Research Center |
Comparative Analysis of Kinematics and Injury Prediction between THUMS vs. AC-HUMS (China-Optimized) Model Comparisons for Car-Pedestrian CollisionChen Dakai, Yong Han - Xiamen University of Technology |
A Finite Element Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction Framework Using Simplified Human Body and Generic Vehicle ModelsDr. Karan Devane - Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University et al. |
Simulation of the Freedom of Motion during the Wearing of Garments with Rigid Protective Elements AttachedNiklas Schmidt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Math. Yordan Kyosev - Technical University Dresden |
Seats & Restraint Systems (AVs)Chair: Dr. Xiaobing Bu - CATARC - China Automotive Technology & Research Center |
Replacing the WS Dummy with the THUMS HBM in the Side Pole ImpactHuangwei Dai - Yanfeng Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd. |
Influence of Spinal Curvature Variations on Driver Kinematics and Injury Risk in Frontal ImpactProf. Dr. Haiyan Li - Tianjin University of Science and Technology |
Virthuman Model Validation in: Low-speed Frontal Impact and Reclined PosturesDr. Abbas Talimian - University of West Bohemia et al. |
Seats & Restraint Systems (AVs)Chair: Dr.-Ing. Andre Eggers - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute |
Comparative Research on the Responses of HBM and ATD in Reclined Seating PositionDr. Xiaoting Yang, Jing Fei - CAERI - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
Behavior of Variant Human Body Models on Different Restraint SystemsThanassis Fokylidis - BETA CAE Systems S.A. |
Investigation on Active Seatback Reset Countermeasure for Reclined Occupants SafetyJingjun Su - Tianjin University of Science and Technology et al. |
Virtual TestingChair: Dr.-Ing. Andre Eggers - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute |
Virtual Testing with Human Body Models – Qualifications and Applications in Euro NCAPAssoc. Prof. Dr. Corina Klug - Graz University of Technology |
Comparing Performance of Hybrid III 50th, THOR, HBM-C, THUMS in Euro NCAP 2026 Frontal Virtual TestYunquan Xia, Xu Jing, Mutaz Shkoukani - Joyson Safety Systems |
Evaluation of ATD and Human Body Model Responses in Rear Impact ScenariosSimona Roka, Pablo Lozano Gil, Li Xufeng, Sergio Crespo - Applus IDIADA |
Challenges for the Application of Human Body Models in Virtual Testing ProceduresDr.-Ing. Andre Eggers - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute; Prof. Dr. Steffen Peldschus - LMU University of Munich |
Young Scientist Award - Summary & FarewellRainer Hoffmann - carhs gmbh |
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