Scope of Ergonomics Area

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Scope of Ergonomics Area

• Occupational Biomechanics (spine and
  upper-extremity)
• Human-Machine System Design
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Cognitive Engineering
• Human Performance (psychomotor and cognitive)
• Occupational Safety Engineering
• Systems Safety

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Faculty and Research Interests

• Mahmoud A. Ayoub (Ph.D., Texas Tech) - Professor
• Research/Teaching Interests - Ergonomics,
  occupational safety, decision analysis.
• Courses - IE 311
• Office - 448 Daniels
• Simon Hsiang (Ph.D. Texas Tech) - Associate
  Professor
• Research/Teaching Interests - Human motor
  control, optimization of manual control,
  human-machine system stability.
• Courses - IE 452, IE 544, IE 712
• Office - 438 Daniels

• David B. Kaber (Ph.D., Texas Tech) - Associate
  Professor
• Research/Teaching Interests - Cognitive
  ergonomics, human-automation interaction,
  interface design, occupational safety.
• Courses - IE 452, IE 540, IE 740, IE 741, IE 745
• Office - 439 Daniels
• Gary A. Mirka (Ph.D., Ohio State) - Associate
  Professor
• Research/Teaching Interests - Physical
  ergonomics, biomechanics, ergonomic intervention
  research.
• Courses - IE 352, IE 544, IE 767, IE 768, IE 796
• Office - 432 Daniels

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Adjunct Faculty

• Samuel Moon (M.D.) - Adjunct Associate Professor
• Research Interests - occupational medicine
  ergonomics musculoskeletal pain problems,
• Office Off-campus
• Carolyn Sommerich (Ph.D.) - Adjunct Associate
  Professor
• Research Interests - Upper-extremity
  biomechanics, cumulative trauma disorders,
  occupational safety.
• Office Off-campus
• Regina Stoll (M.D.) - Adjunct Associate Professor
• Research Interests - Work physiology, exercise
  science, human-automation interaction.
• Office Off-campus

• Nelson Couch (Ph.D.) - Adjunct Assistant
  Professor
• Teaching Interests - Occupational safety, systems
  safety engineering.
• Courses - IE 541, IE 741
• Office Off-campus
• Nancy Currie (Ph.D.) - Adjunct Assistant
  Professor
• Research Interests - Human-robot interaction,
  anthropometry, systems safety
• Office Off-campus

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Ergonomics Course Offerings

• IE 540 - Human Factors in Systems Design
• IE 541 - Occupational Safety Engineering
• IE 544 - Occupational Biomechanics
• IE 740 - Engineering Psychology of HCI
• IE 741 - Systems Safety Engineering
• IE 743 - Ergonomic Performance Assessment
• IE 744 - Human Information Processing
• IE 745 - Human Performance
• IE 767 - Upper Extremity Biomechanics
• IE 768 - Spine Biomechanics

Background courses for PhD qualifying exam.
Doctoral level courses on cognitive ergo and
safety.
Taught by Psychology Department.
Doctoral level courses on cognitive and physical
ergonomics.
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IE 540 - Human Factors in Systems Design (Kaber)
Content relevant to qualifying exam

• Human-machine system design
• Task analysis and evaluation
• Human-machine function allocation
• Human information processing
• Signal detection theory
• Display-control design

• Virtual Reality Displays
• Human motor control and control design
• Workspace layout
• Human factors and automobiles
• Design for special populations

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IE 541 - Occupational Safety Engineering
(Couch/Kaber)
Content relevant to qualifying exam

• Product liability and litigation
• Consumer product safety
• Workers compensation
• OSHA regulations
• Behavior-based safety and risk
• Accident record keeping
• Emergency planning and safety program development
• Accident and hazard analysis
• Safety standards and control technology

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IE 544 - Occupational Biomechanics (Hsiang/Mirka)
Content relevant to qualifying exam

• Musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology
• Worksite analysis
• Low back biomechanics
• Upper extremity biomechanics
• Cumulative trauma disorders
• OSHA and ADA

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New Ergonomics Elective Courses!
Added to the course catalog this year.

• IE 740 - Engineering Psychology of HCI (Kaber)
• Usability paradigms and principles
• Models and styles of HCI
• User-centered design processes
• Rapid prototyping of interfaces
• User support (help) systems
• Usability evaluation and engineering
• Interface design guidelines
• Universal design in HCI
• Usability in VR

• IE 741 - Systems Safety Engineering
  (Couch/Kaber)
• Risk assessment
• Preliminary hazard analysis
• System and subsystem hazard analysis
• Failure modes and effects analysis
• Fault tree analysis
• Process safety management

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Research Practicums and Special Topics Courses

• IE 796 - Research Practicum in Occupational
  Biomechanics
• IE 796 - Applied Practicum in Occupational Safety
  and Ergonomics
• IE 712 (or 794C) - Human Causality and Risk
  Analysis (Hsiang)
• Modeling human bias, efficiency, and sufficiency
  in probing (or information gathering) in complex
  decision processes
• IE 747 (or 794D) - Human Uncertainty and
  Self-organization (Hsiang)
• Description of dynamic mechanisms leading to
  complex decision making in working scenarios,
  leisure activities, interpersonal interaction,
  etc.

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Current Ergonomics Students

• Ph.D. (10)
• Zongliang Jiang (Mirka)
• Sang-Eun Jin (Mirka)
• Dan Kelaher (Mirka)
• Sang Hwan Kim (Kaber)
• Carlene Perry (Kaber)
• Mohamed Sheiknainar (Kaber)
• Peter (Yu) Shu (Mirka)
• Xuezhong Wang (Hsiang)
• Xu Xu (Hsiang)
• Tao Zhang (Kaber)

• M.S. (4)
• Lashanda Lee (Kaber)
• Allison Anderson (Mirka)
• Leigh McClure (Mirka)
• Kristen Meador (Mirka)
• M.I.E. (1)
• Deanna Vick (Kaber)

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Some Recent Graduates and Jobs
Students finishing between 2003-2006

• Komal Bajaj (M.S.)- Microsoft, Inc.
• Elizabeth Covalla (M.S.) - Zenith Insurance
• Hollis Dickens, (MIE) NC Dept of Labor OSHA
• Jonathan Drum (M.S.) John Deere
• Jacklyn Freeman (M.S.) - Milliken
• Ruiqi Ma (Ph.D.) - Areva Inc.
• Chris McClernon (M.S.) - U.S. Air Force Academy
• Brian McGee (M.S.) John Deere
• Carlene Perry (Ph.D.) - U.S. Air Force
• Stephanie Reid (M.S.) - Deloitte
• Noa Segall (Ph.D.) - Duke Medical Center
• Mohamed Sheik-Nainar (Ph.D.) - Synaptics
  Corporation
• Gwanseob Shin (Ph.D.) - Hayes Associates, Inc.
• Yu Shu (M.S.) PhD Student NCSU
• Stephanie Southard (M.S.) - Diosynth RTP, Inc.
• Xu Xu (M.S.) PhD Student NCSU
• Heather Warren (M.S.) - Evidence-Based Research
  Inc.

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Current Cognitive Ergonomics Research

• Intelligent Human-Machine Interface and Control
  for Highly Automated Biological Screening
  Processes - NSF (10/1/04-9/31/07)
• Investigation of Manual Control Performance
  Deficits in Adaptive Automation and a Cognitive
  Modeling Explanation - NASA LaRC
  (8/15/05-9/14/06)
• A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of Display
  Clutter and Development of a Clutter Measure -
  NASA LaRC (4/10/06-2/9/07)
• Testing and validation of a psychophysically
  defined metric of display clutter - NASA LaRC
  (Pending) (10/1/06-9/30/09)

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Current Physical Ergonomics Research Projects

• Ergonomic Interventions for the Agriculture
  Industry - NIOSH (9/30/01-9/29/06)
• Ergonomic Interventions for Commercial Fishermen
  - NIOSH (Pending) (8/1/06-7/31/08)

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Ergonomics Area Faculty in Psychology
Some ergonomics courses are cross-listed with
Psychology.

• Katherine (Kitty) W. Klein (Ph.D. Wayne State)
• Shari Lane (Ph.D.)
• David W. Martin (Ph.D., Ohio State)
• Christopher B. Mayhorn (Ph.D., University of
  Georgia)
• Donald H. Mershon (Ph.D., University of
  California-Santa Barbara)
• Eric N. Wiebe (Ph.D., NCSU)
• Michael S. Wogalter (Ph.D., Rice University)

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exp/index.htm