ABSTRACT
Th e human body is a multiscale machine composed of subsystems that range from DNA to relatively large joints like the hip. Studying and understanding this kind of machine requires a variety of disciplines, and for this reason, the fi eld of digital human modeling (DHM) has the potential to draw on an enormous breadth of computational expertise and foster collaboration. However, DHM has not attracted the wide variety of expertise that it could, possibly because many researchers may not realize that their work is applicable to DHM. Consequently, the purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate the expanse of computational fi elds that can be leveraged when modeling humans and to highlight key themes that should be considered as the DHM fi eld grows. Th is is not a survey, and not every possible approach is discussed. Rather, a sample of various approaches is presented in the context of ongoing work, primarily at the University of Iowa’s Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) lab.
