10th American Conference on Human Vibration

Overview

We are pleased to announce the 10^th American Conference on Human Vibration. This virtual conference will be June 9-11, 2025. The 1^st American Conference on Human Vibration was held in Morgantown in 2006.

Audience

• Researchers and engineers in government and academia
• Manufacturers of personal equipment that blocks or reduces vibration exposure
• Physical and occupational therapists
• Occupational health care providers

Conference topics

• Methods to measure vibration of tools or vehicles
• Sensors for measuring transmission of vibration
• Occupations where vibration exposure is prevalent
• Physiological and biological effects of vibration
• Mechanisms underlying the development of vibration-induced disorders
• Dose-response relationships between vibration and the risk of injury
• Mathematical modelling of vibration exposures and transmission to the human body

Continuing Medical Education Credit

For information on Continuing Medical Education credit, please email 10thACHV@cdc.gov.

Call for abstracts

Presentation abstracts for the conference will be accepted March 15–May 1, 2025.

Example topics

Topics for presentations may include but are not limited to:

• Effects of short- and long-term exposure to vibration
• Absorbed power, energy, and dose-response relationships
• Ergonomics and seat designs
• Active seat suspension and human vibration control
• Advanced tool and machine designs
• Vibration isolation methods
• Sensors technology and data collection

Presentation length

All presentations will be 15 minutes long, including 5 minutes for questions.

Notice of Acceptance

Authors will receive acceptance notice by email within 4 weeks of the submission deadline.

Required format for abstracts

Authors

Following the title should be:

• The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), and
• The email address of the corresponding author.

Figures and Tables

Must stay within the margins and the two-page limit. Figures should be imported into the document for easy viewing and printing.

Font

• Abstract body should use single spaced text with a 12-pt font.
• References and figures captions, if needed, may be 10-pt font.

Headings

• Text should be organized using appropriate section heading
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • References
• Section headings should be in bold and centered on the page.

Length

Abstracts are limited to two pages. Do not put page numbers on the abstract. The organizers will add page numbers when the abstracts are compiled.

Margins

The left margin should be 3.8 cm. All other margins should be 2.4 cm.

References

Citations in the text should be numbered. The reference section should follow Harvard style, listing the numbered citations in alphabetical order. Font size for the reference list may be reduced to 10 pt.