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Automakers join Virtual Soldier Research Program with
$1.5 Million.
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Abdel-Malek receives 2006 Excellence in Research
award.
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VSR Nets One-Year, $2.3 Million Army Contract |
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VSR Named Finalist For Technology Leadership Awards |
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VSR receives $1.6 Million to Help Army Design New
Armor |
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Santos and VSR featured on the Discovery Channel |
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VSR Receives $370,000
Commercialization Grant |
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- Dr. Laura Frey-Law wins Award SAE
Digital Human Modeling in France. |
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- Open
Positions available at VSR: Students and Staff. |
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First inaugural issue of the International Journal of Human Modeling and Simulation is
published. |
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- Dr. Dan Anton, joins VSR as
ergonomics expert. |
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Demonstration of Santos at the 50th Annual HFES, San Francisco. |
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- Dr. Salam Rahmatallah, Research Engineer at VSR receives funding from Caterpillar
to study whole body vibration. |
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- Dr. Nicole Grosland Receives $1.98 Million NIH Grant To Develop Biomechanics Toolkit
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- VSR and Corporate Partners Receive
Major Defense Funding |
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Wired Magazine:
Cashing
in on Virtual Humans |
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Dr. Tim Marler gives
an invited talk at the American Anatomist's Meeting: Six Million Dollar Man |
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VSR
makes major sub-contract to Mississippi State University to validate Santos prediction
methods |
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Daily Iowan:
UI's Cyber Soldier Trains
Eyes on Armor |
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Daily Iowan:
Climbing to the Great Unknown
A glimpse into one of our graduate students: Amos Patrick. |
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Rockwell Collins gives unrestricted grant of
$105K to VSR's Steve Beck. |
| Our graduate students |
Six graduate students
complete their advanced degrees in Human Modeling and Simulation at VSR. |
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Most Recent News: Santos and VSR featured on the Discovery Channel |
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Four researchers receive awards: Dr. Tim
Marler received the Golden Pen Award; Mr Steve Beck received the Most Valued Staff Award
(MVA); Mr. Amos Patrick received the Creativity award; and Prof. Jas Arora received the
Most Valued Faculty Award (MFA). |
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VSR Receives $64K from Caterpillar for
Vibration research,
PI Dr. Salam Rahmatallah |
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VSR receives $45K from Rockwell Collins,
PI Steve Beck |
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VSR receives $72K from Honda America R&D,
PI Dr. Yang |
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VSR receives $920K funding from the US Army
TACOM |
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Prof. Laura Frey-Law joins VSR. Dr. Frey-Law
is an expert in muscle and physiology modeling. |
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VSR hosts the 2005 SAE Digital Human
Modeling Conference in Iowa City, IA. |
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VSR researchers present 11 technical
papers at the 2005 SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference. |
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Prof. Abdel-Malek appointed Director of
the Center for Computer Aided Design, a 25-year old research organization with history in
modeling and simulation. |
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Prof.
Jasbir Arora received the prestigous Faculty Excellence Award for Research |
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UI,
Caterpillar Sign $1.75 Million Virtual Soldier Partnership |
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New Research Focus: Modeling of Clothing
New: Rockwell
Collins participates Research
New: Honda participates in VSR Research
New: Read the VSR 2004
Technical Report
New: Caterpillar
Joins VSR Partnership
New: See
news coverage about VSR (movie) |
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VSR Receives $1.2M
from the US Army TACOM |
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VSR publishes End-of-Year
report |
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Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) featured in Illume magazine
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Professor Karim Abdel-Malek and
Steve Beck speak at the IEEE Meeting
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Italian
Media "InterFree" features VSR. Soldati virtuali per US Army: I want you! La US
Army relucta soldati virtuali. English
version
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Italian
Meia "Punto Informatico" features VSR. Lo US Army recluta soldati virtuali. English version
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Santos appears in Forbes Magazine. The Princeton
Review selected the University of Iowa as top 10 entrepreneurial colleges in the US. |
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Prof. Jasbir Arora Appointed Chair of SEI Executive
Committee |
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VSR receives the Outstanding Paper Award from the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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Virtual
Soldier Nears First Birthday
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Abstract for the
ISSC04 has been accepted for presentation.
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Three members of the Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) program present
4 papers at the 10th AIAA/ISSMO MOA conference
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The
University of Iowa College of Engineering's Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) program 'Goes
Hollywood'
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Professor Colby Swan
recently named Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow of Engineering
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Gazette: UI "Virtual Soldier" Research Program Gaining
Attention
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Virtual Soldier Research
(VSR) to hold presentation at Real Time 3DX: Demo or Die at SIGGRAPH 2004 in Los Angeles,
California
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The University of Iowa
College of Engineering's Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) team wins bid to host SAE Digital
Human Modeling conference
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The University of Iowa
College of Engineering's Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) team attends SAE Digital Human
Modeling conference
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Iowa City Press
Citizen, June 14, 2004: Discovering the benefits of virtual reality, UI program preps
'human' for Army use |
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The VSR team will attend the
SAE Digital Human Modeling conference. A sneak preview of Santos will be demonstrated
during the conference. |
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Dr. Niclole Grosland
received the College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award |
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Becca Fetter, undergraduate student and member of the VSR team, has
been appointed Secretary of Pi Tao Sigma |
 
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VSR graduate student Xianlian
(Alex) Zhou and Professor Jia Lu present at Iowa Academy of Sciences |
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KCRG-TV9 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
showcases the VSR program at 5:00 news hour |
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Professor Jia Lu
receives National Science Foundation CAREER award |
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Professor Karim
Abdel-Malek appointed Editor and Chief of the International Journal of Human Factors
Modelling and Simulation |
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The VSR program featured on the
front page of the technology section of the DesMoines Register
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Professor Karim
Abdel-Malek appointed Editor of the International Journal of Robotics and Automation
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VSR researcher Dr. Zan Mi
accepts position at Caterpillar (Oct. 25, 2003)
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VSR wins US
Army $2.54 Million award for research on digital humans (Oct. 1, 2003) |
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