Teaching 

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FELLOWS

Recent Thesis and Dissertation Committees (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV)

• Fabiha Islam, M.S., December 2021, Validation of Shoulder Strain Index

• Nyasha Carter, M.S., August 2020, Applications of the Critical Decision Method as an Analytical Cognitive Ergonomics Decision-Making Tool

• Faisal Alessa, Ph.D., December 2020, A Study of Impact Protection of Metacarpal Gloves

• Hossein Motabar, Ph.D., August 2020, Evaluation of Control Strategies for Overhead Work using Electromyography of Rotator Cuff Muscles

• Hamad Alasim, Ph.D., May 2020, Implications of Variability of Electromyographic Measurements for Assessing Localized Muscle Fatigue

• Christopher Moore, Ph.D., May 2019, Development of a Task Analysis Tool to Estimate Shoulder Strain During a Lifting Task

• Suman Chowdhury, Ph.D., August 2016, Evaluation of Concavity Compression Mechanism as a Possible Predictor of Shoulder Muscle Fatigue During Dynamic Exertion

• Majed Zreiqat, Ph.D., May 2014, Post Fatigue changes in the Stability of Cervical Spine

• Yun Sun, Ph.D., August 2011, Effects of Load and Gradient on Musculoskeletal Loading During Dynamic Two-Wheeled Cart Pushing and Pulling

Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring (Committee Chair - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

• Peter Simeonov, Ph.D., 1998 – 1999, Human Balance and Movement Control [Current Position: Senior Safety Engineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]

• In-Ju Kim, Ph.D., June 2009 - September 2011, Evaluating Extension Ladder Safety Innovations Using Motion Measurement Methods [Current Position: Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah]

• Joonho Chang, Ph.D., August 2015 – December 2017, Emergency Vehicle Safety [Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University]

• HeeSun Choi, Ph.D., November 2016 – August 2019, Human-Robot Communication [Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University]

• Md Mahmudur Rahman, Ph.D., November 2016 – August 2021, Autonomous Truck Driver Situation Awareness [Current Position:  Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University]

• Justin Haney, Ph.D., 2019 – 2021, [Current Position: Safety Engineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]

• Ci-Jyun (Polar) Liang, Ph.D., August 2021 – December 2021, Construction Robot Safety [Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University]

• Hanwen Wang, Ph.D., August 2023 - August 2024, Exoskeleton Fit and Innovation [Current Position: Engineer, BYD Auto Co., Ltd.] 

Senior Fellow Mentoring (Chair - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

• Marvin Cheng, Ph.D., 2018 – 2020, [Current Position: Team Leader, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]