Associate Professor Susan Ashdown and Professor Suzanne Loker, Fiber Science & Apparel Design, are conducting research with a 3D body scanner to help apparel companies provide quality fit for consumers. Now they are considering the scanner’s research potential related to health, especially body image, obesity, and body scanner as an external view of a person.
Examples include
- motivating weight maintenance and management
- encouraging increased activity through clothing selection
- evaluating positive effects of medical treatments for diseases such as scholeosis
- assessing the correctness of size and shape of artificial organs
Funding for this research comes from the U.S. Department of Commerce NationalTextile Center. The project web site is www.explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=The 3d bodyscanner. In addition, Ashdown teaches the course, HumanFactors: Anthropometrics and Apparel, and conducts research on occupational safety and health through the use of protective clothing, a U.S.D.A. multistate project. Loker oversees the Apparel IndustryOutreach. In addition, Ashdown teaches the course, Human Factors: Anthropometrics and Apparel, and conducts research on occupational safety and health through the use of protective clothing, a U.S.D.A. multistate project. Loker oversees the Apparel Industry Outreach Program, with a site at .
