Maury A. Nussbaum
This website includes general information regarding my research, students, teaching, and background.
Recent News
A new article Older workers spend less time in extreme trunk and upper-arm postures during order-picking tasks: Results from field testing was published in Applied Ergonomics (January 2025).
A new article Changes in forklift driving performance and postures among novices resulting from training using a high-fidelity virtual reality simulator: An exploratory study was published in Ergonomics (September 2024).
A new article Understanding contributing factors to exoskeleton use-intention in construction: A decision tree approach using results from an online survey was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (September 2024).
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Alex Noll, an M.S. program student, successfully defended his thesis titled "Quantifying the Reliability of Performance Time and User Perceptions Obtained from Passive Exoskeleton Evaluations." He will begin his career as an FTL (Future Technical Leaders) Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD. Congratulations, Alex!
(August 2024)
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A new article Shoulder kinematics during cyclic overhead work are affected by a passive arm support exoskeleton was published in Applied Ergonomics (July 2024).
A new article Evaluation of a passive arm-support exoskeleton for surgical team members: Results from live surgeries was published in Journal of Safety Research (June 2024).
A new article, Teleoperator-Robot-Human Interaction in Manufacturing: Perspectives from Industry, Robot Manufacturers, and Researchers, was published in IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors (May 2024).
A Ph.D. candidate, Aanuoluwapo "Aanu" Ojelade, successfully defended his dissertation, Evaluation of Markerless Motion Capture to Assess Physical Exposures During Manual Material Handling Tasks. He started working as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Buffalo. Congrats, Aanu! (February 2024).
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My exoskeleton (EXO) effectiveness research was featured in Virginia Tech Video with my Ph.D. students, Ahmad Raza Usmani, Wally Morris, and Aanu Ojelade (October 2023).