Ann Bisantz, professor and chair of industrial and systems engineering, was elected to the Executive Council of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).
A new shipping simulator will prioritize safety, which often takes a back seat to speed when transporting hazardous materials such as gasoline or medical waste from hospitals.
Valerie Beecher, ergonomics specialist at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, UUP member and alumna of UB's industrial and systems engineering department, is part of the Zero Lift Task Force that is defining strategies for safe patient handling.
Associate Professor Jun Zhuang was recently awarded the Military Operations Research Journal Award for 2014 (for the the best paper published in 2013 in the journal Military Operations Research, jointly awarded by the INFORMS' Military Applications Society and the Military Operations Research Society).
Research by Assistant Professor Lora Cavuoto was recently featured in in a press release by the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Her study found that workers who are obese may have significantly shorter endurance times when performing workplace tasks, compared with non-obese counterparts.