Biography
Dr. Kumar is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Graduate Program in Human Factors/ Ergonomics in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at San Jose State University. His areas of specialty include product design and development (medical products and healthcare), ergonomics, human factors, work measurement and analysis, lean manufacturing, production/operations management, and safety. He has conducted industry and government funded ergonomic and industrial engineering related research (leading to publications in journals and conference proceedings) in the healthcare setting, medical device manufacturers, manufacturing, aerospace and furniture industries. He also has consulting experience in health care, aerospace, automobile, call centers, electronic manufacturing, food processing, furniture manufacturing and distribution, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, plastics manufacturing, retail, small and large assembly, transportation, U.S. government, and warehousing.
Dr. Kumar is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Since July, 2017, he serves as the President of the Bay Area/Silicon Valley Chapter of IISE, (254). In 2011-2012, he was the President of the International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety. He is co-author of a number of international journal publications and has made presentations at a number of prestigious Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics conferences.
Research Interest
Areas of specialty include product design and development (medical products and healthcare), occupational ergonomics, human factors, work measurement and analysis, lean manufacturing, production/operations management, and safety.
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Effects of a Cognitive Ergonomics Workplace Intervention on Cognitive Strain
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Alan Hedge
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Exploring the Factors Affecting Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk among Hospital Nurses
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Murphy Tighe
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The Strategic Impacts of Intelligent Automation for Knowledge and Service Work
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A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Workplace Health Promotion and Occupational Ergonomics Programs
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Biofabrication of Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Vascular Constructs
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Changxue Xu
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Issues in the Assessment of Nutritional Status Using Anthropometry
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Chantel Eckland
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Keeping up with Aging: An Ergonomics Perspective
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Stiharu IG
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Current Advances and Novel Research on Minimal Invasive Techniques for Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Jonhatan Magno
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Safety and Ergonomics in HumanRobot Interactive Agricultural Operations
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Luca Gualtieri
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General Methods of Control Available to the Industrial Hygiene Engineer
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Gary Bennett
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The Healthcare Worker Feedback on Duodenoscope Reprocessing Workflow and Ergonomics
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Yoann Smith
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A Method for Integrating Ergonomics Analysis into Maintainability Design in a Virtual Environment
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Heather Basara
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Assessment in a Vegetable Oil Producing Industry in Southwestern Nigeria
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Anwen Shao
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Aircraft Interior Requirements for a Good Sleep
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Liu Mingjia
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Effect of Suspension Parameters on Vibration Exposure
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Wang Peng
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Investigation of Catering Services in Ice and Snow Industry in Northeast China
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Upinder Singh
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Anthropometric Study among Chilean Older Adults
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Pietro Sanna
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Market Analysis of 15th World Bioenergy & Biomass Congress
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Dr. Ahmed Hegazi
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Market Analysis of 15th World Bioenergy & Biomass Congress
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Dr. Ahmed Hegazi
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Conference Announcement of 15th World Bioenergy & Biomass Congress
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Dr. Ahmed Hegazi
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Road Traffic Safety for International Workforce-Can Employerâs Policy Make a Difference?
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Lennart M Dimberg
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The Role of Personality Type on the Effects of Low-Frequency Noise on Cognitive Performance of Students
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Derakhshan Jalil
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A Concept Note to Prevent Construction Workers from Ergonomic Threats
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Vignesh kumar C and Uma Maheswari J
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Work Related Disorders
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Shuping Xiong
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Virtual Ergonomics: Research and Application in India
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Sougata Karmakar
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Biofabrication of ThreeDimensional Tissue-Engineered Vascular Constructs
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Changxue Xu
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Keeping up with Aging: An Ergonomics Perspective
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Stiharu IG
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Job Factors among Milkers-Health in the Rural Environment
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Claudilaine Caldas de Oliveira
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Investigating the Relationship between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Burnout Syndrome among Ems Personnel in Mazandaran Province Hospitals
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Mohsenabadi M
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Systems and Working Methods to Improve Physical Ergonomics
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Changxue Xu
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Human-Computer Interaction by Using Neural Correlates to Better Understand Situational Task Demands
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Stiharu IG
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Severe Consequences on Human Health
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Oliveira
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Statistical Techniques for Standardizing Psychological Tests
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Amar MR
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BIOMECHANICS
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David Cochran
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Human Factors and Ergonomics
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Jordan Navarro
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The Age of Neuroergonomics
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Younho Seong
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders & Ergonomics
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Frédéric Dehais
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Cognitive Ergonomics
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Raimundo Jiménez
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Ergonomics in Dentistry
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Jesús Vera
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Job Design in Industry 4.0
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Kurt Landau
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A method for Integrating Ergonomics Analysis into Maintainability Design in a Virtual Environment
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Soltanpour Gharibdousti
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Evaluation of Overhead Guide Sign Sheeting Materials to Increase Visibility and Safety for Drivers
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Hitomi Shibuya
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Incidence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Medical Dosimetry
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Industrial and Occupational Ergonomics in the Petrochemical Process Industry
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Louis Galey
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Ergonomics Awareness as Efforts to Increase Knowledge and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Silva Vieira
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Job Factors among Milkers-Health in the Rural Environment
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Claudilaine Caldas de Oliveira
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Sustenance Related Passings that would be missed by Strategies
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Carlos Best
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Ergonomics is the Investigation of the Transformation
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Hary Austin
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Astrocytes are Brain Cells of Ectodermal
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Camilo Gallo
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Youngster Mortality is a Normally Expressed Wellbeing
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Ian Bell
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Youngster Mortality is a Normally Wellbeing
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Anthropometric Measurements Usage in Medical Sciences
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Robert Costanza
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Basic and Applied Social Psychology
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Biomechanics and Body Movement
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Introduction to the Study of Kinesiology
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Andrea Coraddu
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Ergonomics Awareness
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Neck-Shoulder Main Musculature is the Major Cervical Compression Producers during Single-Hand Lifting
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Cell Cycle Regulation in Brain Construction
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Open Source Hardware For Behavioral and MRI Experiments
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Roger Kamm
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Maternal Anthropometry to Predict Small for Gestational Age
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What does Ergonomics have to do with Nanotechnologies?
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Human Centered Design for Improving the Workplace in the Footwear Sector
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Bell Ian
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Investigating the Usability of a User Interface for Display of an Electro Vehicle in a Driving Simulation
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Work Related Disorders
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The Impact of Navigation System Display Size and Environmental Illumination on Young Driver Mental Workload
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Yared T and Patterson P
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Virtual Ergonomics: Research and Application in India
Editorial: J Ergon Res 2018, 1:2
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Sougata Karmakar
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Validity and Reliability Study of Head-Neck Motion and Postural Tracking Using Neck watch- A Wearable Device Prototype
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Exercise and Ergonomics on the International Space Station and Orion Spacecraft
Review Article: J Ergon Res 2018, 1:2
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Martin Braddock
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Ecologically Adverse Aspects of Small Muscle Group Performance
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An Overview of Ergonomics
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