Vibrations of Babies and Children During Human-powered Transport


Summary

This project's goal is to characterize the vibrations experienced by babies and children during transportation in strollers and cargo bicycles with a eye towards consequences and improvements to health and comfort.

Theme Bicycle Engineering Current Researchers
Last Worked On July 2025 Past Researchers Gabriele Dell'Orto, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, Santo Bruijn, Alexander Meyers, Dirk-Jan van Ommeren, Jelmer Riegstra, Renate van Rooijen
Collaborators Veiligheid.nl, Brecht Daams (Daams Ergonomie), Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve

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Reports

  1. Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterisation of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers", Technical, 2025-01-31, Veiligheid NL
  2. B. J. Daams, J. K. Moore, A. J. Loeve, G. Papaioannou, and R. Happee, "Literature research on vibration of children during transport", Technical, 2025-01-31, Veiligheid NL
  3. S. C. Bruijn, A. J. Meyers, D. van Ommeren, J. E. Riegstra, and R. J. van Rooijen, "Evaluation of children’s whole-body vibrational comfort in cargo bikes", Bachelor End Project, 2024, Delft University of Technology

Preprints

  1. Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterisation of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers," engrXiv, 2025, 10.31224/4415

Articles In Preparation or Under Review

  1. Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterisation of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers", 2025-09-22, Under Review at Ergonomics

Presentations

  1. Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo J. Loeve, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterization of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants," Stockholm, Sweden, 2025-07-29, [Oral]

Media Articles

  1. TU Delft Media Team, "How comfortable are cargo bikes actually for children?", 2024

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