Lab News
Student News/Awards
✈️🏆 09/2023: Ph.D. Mahdis Tajdari has been awarded the HFES Student Travel Grant to attend the 67th HFES International Annual Meeting. Congrats, Mahdis!
✈️🏆 09/2023: Ph.D. student Sakshi Pranay Taori has been selected to receive the HFES Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group Travel Award. Congrats, Sakshi!
🏆 09/2023: Ph.D. student Sakshi Pranay Taori has been awarded second prize for her research poster and oral presentation titled “Armband-EMG based Lift Detection and Hand Load Classification” in the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Conference 2023 held at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Congrats, Sakshi!
✈️🏆 09/2023: Ph.D. Student Md Shafiqul Islam has been awarded conference travel grants from the Graduate School of Virginia Tech. Congrats, Shafiqul!
🏆 09/2023: Ph.D. Student Md Shafiqul Islam has been selected to receive the HFES Student Member with Honors Award for 2023. Congrats, Shafiqul!
✈️🏆 08/2023: Ph.D. student Saman Jamshid Nezhad Zahabi has received Travel Award Funding from the ISE department. Congrats, Saman!
08/2023: New member alert! Ph.D. student Sakshi Taori and M.S. student Junghoon Chung have joined the lab. Welcome, Sakshi and Junghoon!
✈️🏆 08/2023: Four Ph.D. Students (Md Shafiqul Islam, Saman Jamshid Nezhad Zahabi, Sakshi Taori, and Mahdis Tajdari) have been awarded conference travel grants from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) at Virginia Tech. Congrats, all!
🏆 05/2023: Dr. Lim received the "Faculty of the Year" award from the VT HFES Student Chapter.
🏅 06/2023: Ph.D. Student Md Shafiqul Islam has received "Associate Human Factors Professional Certification" from the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics. Congrats, Shafiqul!
04/2023: M.S. student Sakshi Pranay Taori defended her Master’s thesis titled “Armband-EMG based Lift Detection and Load Classification Algorithms using Static and Dynamic Lifting Trials.” Congratulations, Sakshi! Sakshi will join our group as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2023.
01/2023: M.S. student Ajit Gopal has joined the lab. Welcome, Ajit!
🏆 01/2023: Ph.D. student Md Shafiqul Islam received HFES Perception and Performance Technical Group's student grant award. Congrats, Shafiqul!
01/2023: Mahdis Tajdari joined the ISE program as a Ph.D. student. Welcome, Mahdis!
9/2022: Ph.D. student Md Shafiqul Islam passed his preliminary exam. Congrats, Shafiqul!
10/2021: Ph.D. student Xiang Yang received HFES Training Technical Group's Best Student Research Proposal Grant Award. Congrats, Xiang!
Publication News
05/2023: Three papers from our lab students were accepted for the 67th HFES Annual Meeting at Washington DC. Congrats, Shafiqul, Sakshi, and Saman!
Md Shafiqul Islam: "Forklift Driving Performance of Novices with Repeated VR-based Training"
Sakshi Taori: "Comparing Armband EMG-based Lifting Load Classification Algorithms using Various Lifting Trials"
Saman Jamshid Nezhad Zahabi: "Cognitive Workload of Novice Forklift Truck Drivers in VR-based Training"
01/2023: Paper by PI Lim titled "Task Performance and Stepping Adaptation during Obstacle Clearance Task in Individuals with High Body Mass Index" was published in Applied Ergonomics.
01/2023: Paper by PI Lim titled "Real-time Vibrotactile Feedback System for Reducing Trunk Flexion Exposure during Construction Tasks" was published in Applied Ergonomics.
10/2022: Paper by Md Shafiqul Islam titled "Effects of vibrotactile feedback on yoga practice" was published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Congrats, Shafiqul!
01/2022: Paper by Md Shafiqul Islam titled "Vibrotactile Feedback in Virtual Motor Learning: A Systematic Review" was published in Applied Ergonomics. Congrats, Shafiqul!
Funding News
06/2023: A research project titled "Harnessing Wearable Technology to Combat Maternal Mortality - A Scope Review and Future of Work" was funded by the Center for Future Work Places and Practices summer seed grant (PI: Zhang).
06/2023: A research project titled "Assessing Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Low-Back Disorders" was funded by GM (PI: Nussbaum).
03/2023: A research project titled "Is Listening to Podcasts Effective for Learning? Assessing Medical Trainees' Attentiveness through Electroencephalographic (EEG) Activity" was funded by 4VA.
01/2023: A research project titled "Research on Lift Assists in Automotive Assembly" was funded by UAW-Ford Joint Trust (PI: Nussbaum).
01/2023: A research project titled "Investigating Sensitivity to Vibrotactile Stimulation during Dynamic Work Tasks to Facilitate Future Effective Ergonomic Interventions" was funded by Johns Hopkins NIOSH Education and Research Center.
12/2022: A research project titled "Context-Aware Sit-Stand Intervention for Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Knowledge Workers" was funded by Office Ergonomics Research Committee.
11/2022: A research project titled "Supporting College Students with Impaired Vision in a Shared Housing Through Haptic-Guided Peripersonal Navigation" was funded by 4VA.
08/2022: A research project titled "FW-HTF-P: Enabling Multifaceted Collaboration between Humans, Robots, and Remote Workers for Future Distributed Manufacturing" was funded by NSF.
08/2022: A research project titled "Developing a Wearable System for Personalized Management of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety" was funded by COE and School of Medicine Seed Grant from VT.
04/2022: A research project titled "Developing an AR-Guided Skill Learning System to Improve the Performance and Productivity of Order Picker Truck Drivers" was funded by the Raymond Corporation.
04/2022: A research project titled "Who am I working with? Enabling Human-Robot-Human Collaboration for Future Distributed Manufacturing" was funded by ICAT SEAD grant at VT.
01/2022: A research project titled "Assessing the Efficacy of Wearable Systems to Reduce Low-Back Pain Risk" was funded by Ford Motor Company.
10/2021: A research project titled "Socially-Connected and Ability-Aware Online Physical Training for Older Adults" was funded by ICTAS EFO-Opportunity Seed Investment Grant.