Jobs

Employer: North Carolina State University

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Design and Center for University Design

Start Date: January 01, 2004

Employer: The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina

Title: Director of Research and Education

Start Date: January 01, 2002

End Date: January 01, 2006

Employer: NC Ergonomics Resource Center

Title: Ergonomist and Research Assistant

State: North Carolina

Country: United States

Collaborators

Apprenticeships

No apprenticeships on record

Awards

Name: John T. Caldwell Scholar

Description: awarded by NC State University

Name: The Order of Thirty and Three Honor Society

Description: at NC State University

Name: University Scholar

Description: awarded by NC State University

Name: Merit Scholars

Description: awarded by NC State University

Name: Outstanding College Student of America

Name: Cost Engineering Scholarship

Exhibitions

No exhibitions on record

Notable Projects

Title: Walkie truck prototype design, development, and assessment

Description: Principal Investigator, project funded by North American Coal Corporation Material Handling Group

Start Date: January 01, 2005

End Date: January 01, 2006

Title: Assessment of chair design on productivity and neck loading

Description: Principal Investigator, project funded by ErgoGenesis LLC

Education

Institution: North Carolina State University

Department: Industrial Engineering

Degree: PhD Ergonomics

End Date: January 01, 2002

Notes: Thesis: Using surface electromyography to study cervical extensor muscle activity: An investigation of methodological considerations and the effects of age on fatigue development and recovery

Institution: North Carolina State University

Department: Industrial Engineering

Degree: MS Ergonomics

End Date: January 01, 1996

Notes: Thesis: Evaluating the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome: Part I: Comparing the effectiveness of four ergonomics risk assessment techniques, Part II: An application of continuous stimulation for ergonomic intervention assessment

Institution: North Carolina State University

Department: Industrial Engineering

Degree: BS

End Date: January 01, 1992

Licensing

No licenses on record

Professional Affiliations

Organization: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Role: Member of the Industrial Design Technical Group, the Aging Technical Group, and the Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group

Organization: Alpha Pi Mu

Role: Member

Organization: American Association of University Women

Role: Member

Publications By

Title: Executive ergonomics take a brake

Publication: ErgoSolutions, Leverage

Volume: 2

Issue: 6

Page: L10

Title: Child-focused solutions: childcare facility deploys ergonomics for the benefit of children

Publication: ErgoSolutions

Volume: 1

Issue: 6

Date Published: January 01, 2003

Title: Ergonomics of the office environment

Co-author: Covalla, Dickens and Hoyle

Publication: IE-NCSU Technical Report

Date Published: January 01, 2003

Title: The aging workforce goes under the microscope

Publication: The Source

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

Date Published: January 01, 2002

Title: Techno talk: using the lumbar motion monitor to simulate design modifications to a standard nail gun

Publication: ErgoTalk

Volume: 6

Issue: 2

Date Published: January 01, 2000

Publications About

No publications about on record