Sweating test dummy being used in Arizona to determine how heat impacts the human body
A deeper understanding of how humans are affected by high temperatures is emerging with the help of a test dummy named ANDI. The heat-monitoring manikin is the primary tool being used in research led by Konrad Rycakzewski, an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, one of the Fulton Schools. ANDI is one of only two such manikins in the world able to leave the lab and venture outside into the heat. That ability enables ANDI to contribute to knowledge that can be used to help develop defenses against weather conditions that are causing high numbers of deaths and health threats.