Founding Members

The following members have come together from all walks of life, from varying industry, government, and academic institutions, to form the International Society for Human Simulation. They share the vision for advancing the state of the art in this field.
 
Karim Abdel-Malek, Director, Virtual Soldier Research, The University of Iowa, USA
Demir Akin, Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Stanford University, USA
Thomas Alexander, Head of Research Group, Fraunhofer, Germany
Robert C. Allen, Human Factors & Ergonomics Specialist, Disney, USA
Giuseppe Andreoni, Professor Department of Industrial Design, Art, Communication and Fashion (INDACO), Polytechnique di Milano, Italy
Jasbir Arora, Professor and Associate Director, Virtual Soldier Research, University of Iowa, USA
Norman I. Badler, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Elizabeth Baron, Technical Specialist in Virtual Reality, Ford Motor Company, USA
Fabio Baratto, Director, Advanced Simulation Center "simulARTI," University of Padua, Italy
Bryan Beeney, Honda 3D Innovation, Honda of America, USA
Michael Bloor, Chief Operating Officer, ESI North America, USA
Linda Bossi, Head, Human Systems Integration Section, Defence R&D Canada
Ronan Boulic, Senior Scientist, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Jennifer Calzada, Administrative Director, Tulane Center for Advanced Medical Simulation & Team Training, USA 
Jeremy M. Carson, Computer Scientist, NSRDEC Anthropology, US Army, USA
Soo-Won Chae, Director, Human-Oriented Product Innovation Research Center (HPRC), Korea
Julie Charland, Virtual Ergonomics Manager, Dassault Systemes, Canada
Young Choi, Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Steve Cooper, Senior Product Manager, Productivity and Graphics, Poser, Smith Micro, USA
Brian Corner, Research Anthropologist, US Army Natick Soldier RDEC, USA
Marco da Silva, Robotics and Simulation Engineer, Boston Dynamics, USA
Vince Duffy, Professor, Purdue University, USA
Kimberly Eddins, Graduate Research Assistant, ACTIVE Lab
Robert Fox, General Motors Technical Fellow for Ergonomics, GMNA Ergonomics, USA
F. Scott Gayzik, Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics, USA
Klára Gehér, Freelance Consulting Partner, Virtual Human Engineering, GmbH, Germany
Claire Gordon, Senior Research Scientist, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center, USA
Brian Gore, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA, USA
Rhonda Grant, President and CEO, Grant Consulting Group, USA
Rush Green, Human Factors, Boeing, USA
Gary Gross, Biological Systems/Anatomical M&S and Biomechanics, The Procter & Gamble Company, USA
CAPT M. Lance Harris, U.S. Navy, USA
Leif Hasselquist, Research Physiologist, Natick Soldier Research & Development and Engineering Center, USA 
Chris Henson, Naval Health Research Center, US Navy, USA
Junghwa Hong, Professor, Korea University, Korea
Keith Janasak, Surveillance Radars Reliability, Maintainability, & Testability Manager, Raytheon, USA
Asha Latha Kapa, Engineer, Vestas
Peter Keir, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, USA
Azam Khan, Head of Environment and Ergonomics Research Group, Autodesk Research
Hyung Joo Kim, Hyundai Motor Company, Korea
Joo Kim, Director, Applied Dynamics & Optimization Laboratory, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA
Yoon Hyuk Kim, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, member, HPRC, Kyunghee University, Korea
James Korndorffer, Medical Director, Tulane Center for Advanced Medical Simulation & Team Training
Mohan Raj Krishnaswamy, Senior Engineer, Vestas
Kunwoo Lee, Director, Human Centered Design Laboratory, Professor, Seoul National University, Korea
Rich Lineback, President, Cyber Anatomy Corp., USA
John F. Lockett, US Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Chief, MANPRINT Methods & Analysis Branch, USA
James MacKiewicz, U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center,  US Army, USA
Gwendolyn Malone, GM Technical Fellow, Sr. Manager Ergonomics, 3D Simulation, Design in Safety, General Motors, USA
William S. Marras, Professor, Ohio State University, USA
Masaaki Mochimaru, Director, Digital Human Research Center, AIST, Japan
Motomu Nakashima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Patrick O’Brien, Manager - Global Base Engineering Content & Ergonomics Industrial Engineering Technical Integration Engineer Activity., General Motors, USA
László Ördögh, Dipl. Des. Dipl. Inf. Owner and CEO of Virtual Human Engineering GmbH Germany
Aernout Oudenhuijzen, Human Performance, TNO Defence Safety and Security, the Netherlands
Marcus Pandy, Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
Woojin Park, Professor, Auburn University, USA
Esteban Peña-Pitarch, Dean of Escola Poliltècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Manresa (EPSEM) Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
David Pinchefsky, President, NexGen Ergonomics Inc, USA
Robert Playter, Vice President, Engineering, Boston Dynamics Inc, USA
Jim Potvin, Professor, McMaster University, Canada
Ulrich Raschke, Director Human Simulations Products, Siemens, USA
John Rasmussen, The AnyBody Group, Aslborg University, Denmark
Seth Redenbo, Electronics and Controls Research – Ergonomics, Caterpillar Inc., USA
Teresa A. Reuter, Ergonomics Program Manager, Deere & Company, USA
Shawn Richeson, Deputy Program Manager, Naval Health Research Center, USA
Brent Ruby, Professor, Director, Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism, Department of Health and Human Performance, USA
Abhishek Seth, Sr. Research Engineer, Caterpillar, USA
Barry Shender, Senior Scientist, Human Systems Dept., Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, USA
John A. Sokolowski, Executive Director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University, USA
Allison Stephens, Ford Technical Specialist, Ford Motor Company, USA
Joel Stitzel, Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics, USA
Csaba Szeredy, Managing Director and Owner, NexStep Consulting Ltd., Hungary
Yu Teng, Manager, Virtual Assembly, Chrysler, USA
Søren Tørholm, Support and Services Manager, AnyBody Technology, Denmark
Michael Tschanz, Director of Engineering, Disney, USA
Karl F. Van Orden, Director, Research and Development, Naval Health Research Center, US Navy, USA
Diana Wegner, Staff Researcher, General Motors, USA
Michael Xynidis, Graduate Research Assistant, Insitute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, USA
Laurie Zelnio, Director, Environment, Product Safety, Standards & Energy/Life Sciences, Deere & Company World Headquarters, USA