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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Biofabrication of Three-Dimensional 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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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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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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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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Job Design in Industry 4.0
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Kurt Landau
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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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Neck-Shoulder Main Musculature is the Major Cervical Compression Producers during Single-Hand Lifting
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Amar MR and David Cochran
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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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Hamed Salmanzadeh, Mohammad Pishnamazzadeh, Seyed Reza Mirmajlesi, Yaser Samimi and Kurt Landau
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Work Related Disorders
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Shuping Xiong
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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
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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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Sharon MH Tsang
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Exercise and Ergonomics on the International Space Station and Orion Spacecraft
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Martin Braddock
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Ecologically Adverse Aspects of Small Muscle Group Performance
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Popova TV, Kourova OG and Koryukalov YI
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An Overview of Ergonomics
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Snigdha Mishra and Preeti Narendra