Human Factors in Technology and Society

Applied Ergonomics is aimed at ergonomists and all those interested in applying ergonomics/human factors in the design, planning and management of technical and social systems at work or leisure. Readership is truly international with subscribers in over 50 countries. Professionals for whom Applied Ergonomics is of interest include: ergonomists, designers, industrial engineers, health and safety specialists, systems engineers, design engineers, organizational psychologists, occupational health specialists and human-computer interaction specialists.

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Editor-In-Chief
Dr. P. Dempsey
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15236, United States
Scientific Editors
Professor C. Baber
University of Birmingham College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, B15 2TT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. R. Bruder
TU Darmstadt Institute of Ergonomics, Petersenstraße 30, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
Dr. L. Cavuoto, PhD, CPE
University at Buffalo Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 342 Bell Hall, Buffalo, New York, 14260, United States
Professor A.P. Gurses
Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202-3148, United States
Dr. S. Hodder
Loughborough University Loughborough Design School, LE11 3TU, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Assoc. Professor M.J. Jorgensen
Wichita State University Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1845 Fairmount St, 204 Engineering Building, Wichita, Kansas, 67260-0066, United States
Dr. J.-H. Lin
Washington Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia, 98504-4606, United States
Assoc. Professor A. Naweed
Central Queensland University Appleton Institute, 44 Greenhill Rd, Wayville, SA 5034, South Australia, Australia
Dr. K. Or
University of Hong Kong Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Professor R.H.Y. So
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
International Editorial Board
Dr. T. J. Albin
High Plains Engineering Services, LLC, Hudson, Colorado, United States
Professor T. Bentley
Auckland University of Technology School of Business, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. B Bradtmiller
Anthrotech Inc, Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States
Professor P. Buckle
Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Professor R. Burgess-Limerick
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Dr. W.R. Chang
Chang WR Falls Prevention LLC, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dr. C.F. Chi
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Professor E.N. Corlett
Nottingham, UK
Professor J.T. Dennerlein
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Professor C.R. Dickerson
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Professor J. Eklund
Royal Institute of Technology Division of Ergonomics, Huddinge, Sweden
Dr. A. Filtness
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Professor M. Forsman
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. M. Fray
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Dr. A. Freivalds
Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Prof. Dr. R.H.M. Goossens
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. G. Grote
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. D. Gyi
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Professor S. Hallbeck
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Professor R.J. Holden
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Dr. P. Hoonakker
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Dr. W.J. Horrey
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. H. Hsiao
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Dr. W. Karwowski
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States
Dr. B. Kirwan
National Air Traffic Services, Fareham, United Kingdom
Professor B.M. Kleiner
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Professor S. Lavender
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Dr. G. Lawson
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dr. B. Lowe
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Professor P. Madeleine
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Dr. J. Marquard
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Professor S.E. Mathiassen
University of Gavle, Gavle, Sweden
Professor C. B. Mayhorn
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Professor H.F. van der Molen
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. V. Mollo
Toulouse 1 University Capitole, Toulouse, France
Professor R. Mugge
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Dr. N. Naikar
Defence Science and Technology Group, Canberra Bc, Australia
Assoc. Professor A.D. Nimbarte
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Dr. J. Nixon
Cranfield University Safety and Accident Investigation Centre, Bedford, United Kingdom
Professor M.A. Nussbaum
Virginia Tech University Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Dr. J. Ockerman
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB, Laurel, Maryland, United States
Dr. A. Ozok
University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Assoc. Professor V. Paquet
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States
Dr. S.C. Peres
Texas A&M University Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College Station, Texas, United States
Dr. A. Plamondon
Robert-Sauve Research Institute for Health and Safety at Work, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Dr. K. Proper
VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor J. Rosecrance
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Dr. B. Ryan
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dr. N.J. Seo
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Professor M. Sesto
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Dr. T. Smith-Jackson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Assoc. Professor G. Szeto, PhD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Dr. L.I. Sznelwar
University of Sao Paulo Department of Production Engineering, SAO PAULO, Brazil
Dr. E. Takala
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, HELSINKI, Finland
Dr. D. Tappin
Massey University Healthy Work Group, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Assoc. Professor N. Vignais, PhD
Assoc. Professor N. Vignais, PhD
HEC School of Management, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Dr. P. Vink
TNO Locatie Zeist, Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Dr. P. Waterson
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Assoc. Professor P.H.P. Yeow
Monash University School of Business, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
Professor H. You
Pohang University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang, Korea, Republic of
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