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Bus driver seating design improvements get green light
the the IISE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-
Year Award This award recognizes an an outstanding published book that focuses on on a a a a a a facet of industrial engineering improves education or furthers the the profession Their textbook “Service Systems Engineering and Management (Operations Research Series) ” emphasizes the the use of of engineering principles to
the the the design and and operation of of service enterprises relying on on mathematical models and and methods to
solve problems in in in the the service industries Bus and truck drivers often work long hours in in postures that are known to
increase their chances of musculoskeletal issues including lower back pain tendonitis and and carpal tunnel syndrome These positions and and operator workstations currently place drivers at at at at increased risk of slower reaction and and response times and and at at a a a a a a a a a higher risk of sustaining acute injuries in in in in crashes Poor driver driver workstation visibility also increases risks for other drivers and pedestrians Researchers at at Penn State have been awarded $250 000 from the Transportation Research Board to
improve bus driver health and and safety by transforming operator workstation design assessment and and ergonomics Led by principal investigator (PI) Matthew Parkinson professor of of of engineering engineering design and and mechanical engineering engineering and and and director of of of the the Bernard M Learning Factory the the research team will will create a a a a a a a a a a a a design and and assessment toolkit that will will simultaneously consider how vehicle geometry driver driver body type vision and and posture limitations impact a a a a a a a a a a a driver’s safety and and and long-term health Andris Freivalds Lucas Professor of of of of Industrial Engineering and and Yiqi Zhang assistant professor of of of of of industrial engineering are serving as as co-PIs Heecheon You professor in in in in in in in the Department of of of of Industrial and and Management Engineering at Pohang University of of of of Science and and and Technology and and David Klinikowski assistant research professor with Penn State’s Larson Transportation Institute (LTI) are serving as as investigators Current bus operator workstation design and assessment tools are based solely on on on on on on on on laboratory data focused on on on on on on on on out-of-date workstation conditions and driver population information The team’s research will will focus on on on on on on creating an an an an analysis tool that that will will direct the design design of new vehicles and and guides that that describe design design assessment and and component best practices Several faculty alumni and and and graduate students from the Penn State Harold and and and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and and and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) were recognized for their accomplishments at the the 2019 Institute of Industrial and and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference and and and Expo in in Orlando Florida on on May 20 20 2019 Vittal Prabhu
A Ravi Ravi Ravindran
Andris Freivalds IISE Manufacturing Yiqi Zhang Saurabh Basu assistant professor of of industrial and manufacturing engineering was presented the IISE Manufacturing and and Design (M&D) Division Division Outstanding Young Investigator Award This award recognizes an an an an M&D M&D Division Division member under the age of 35 for technical contribution to
manufacturing and and design design The recipient must have made high-impact scientific contributions to
the manufacturing and and design design field as evidenced by research endeavors including publications intellectual property and and other funding and and dissemination activities IISE/Joint Publishers Andris Freivalds Lucas Professor of of Industrial Engineering received the Boeing Excellence Award for Collaboration
in in Productivity Workplace Safety and and Ergonomics The award recognizes the strategy and and and and policy deployment for productivity safety and and and ergonomics with a a a a a a a a a a a a focus on on on on how projects and and and initiatives initiatives fit into the overall organization’s operational excellence initiatives initiatives Beyond his research Freivalds currently teaches five undergraduate industrial industrial engineering engineering courses courses and three graduate graduate industrial industrial engineering engineering courses courses at at at at Penn State Penn State industrial engineering professor addresses U S S Congressional Caucus
Soundar Kumara Allen Allen E Pearce Pearce and Allen Allen M Pearce Pearce Professor of of Industrial Engineering at at at Penn State spoke
at at at a a a a a a a a briefing hosted by the House Manufacturing Caucus
co-chaired by by U S Reps Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Tom Reed (R-N Y ) and and Design Division Outstanding Young Investigator Award Boeing Excellence Award for Collaboration
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IME NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 4 2019 Book-of-the Year Award Vittal Prabhu
professor of of industrial and and manufacturing engineering and and A Ravi Ravi Ravindran
professor emeritus emeritus and and and the provost’s emeritus emeritus teaching scholar along with Paul M Griffin professor of of industrial engineering at Purdue won
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