Koji Miyasaka

Koji Miyasaka is the general manager of Kanomax USA. He has been in the testing instrument industry for 16 years. Miyasaka supervises operations at Kanomax USA and serves as a senior application engineer for industrial solutions including automotive testing and control applications. Miyasaka is an active member of ASHRAE and IEST.

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Presentation

Thermal manikin with new JOS-3 control software

The thermal manikin is a well-established tool for evaluating thermal comfort and HVAC efficiency in automotive, ref. ISO 14505-2. The PT Teknik thermal manikin is dedicated to automotive and used by OEMs and subcontractors around the world. JOS-3 is a new thermophysiological model developed by the Tanabe Lab, Waseda University in Japan. The model has several improvements over older thermoregulatory models, including differentiation between age groups. It is an open-source tool, available for researchers to do experimental testing.