Today's products of daily living can be a pain -- literally. In U.S. workplaces alone, there are more than 3 million injuries and illnesses annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Penn State's human factors engineering and ergonomics program, available online, can help professionals gain the knowledge needed to design products and workspaces for optimal human use, which can prevent repetitive stress injury, reduce health care costs and improve human-machine interactions. (more)
Six engineering graduate students were recognized and received awards for their presentations in the 27th Annual Graduate Exhibition, held March 23 and 25 on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
David Mentzer, retired vice president of operations for Redline Communications in Ontario, Canada, and 1967 industrial engineering alumnus, will present "Managing Change" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. The talk, free and open to the public, is the final lecture of the Spring 2012 Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Leon McGinnis, professor of industrial and systems engineering at Georgia Tech, will present "Systems Engineering" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
The Center for Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (CIHDS) will hold its fourth annual workshop on Thursday, April 5, at the Penn State Conference Center. Members of academia and industry will converge to discuss improvements to health care delivery through the application of technology, engineering and systems principles. (more)
Gul Kremer, associate professor of engineering design, will present "Complexity Propagation in Design, Assembly and Supply Logistics" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Barry Nelson, Walter P. Murphy Professor and chair of industrial and management sciences at Northwestern University, will present "Why Good Simulations Go Bad" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Jay D. Martin, a research associate at the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, will present "Dynamic Schedule Development to Evaluate Manufacturability and Cost" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Trevor Hale, associate professor of management science at the University of Houston and 1988 industrial engineering graduate, and Heather Lutz, assistant professor of operations and supply chain management at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minn., will present "On the Expected Distance of a Random Walk Through n Points" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn state. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
