The National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program awarded a $434,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop the first high-fidelity aerodynamic virtual human model. This 4-year collaborative research project aims to: (1) model the aerodynamic microenvironment near the human face, (2) simulate air flow interactions with the human body, skin, hair, and clothing, and (3) develop computational algorithms for aerodynamic modeling of crowds. The project will produce open-source software and simulation data to enable applications involving the human form. A sub-award of undisclosed amount was made to the University of Pittsburgh to support the computational methods development for this virtual human simulation research.
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