Employment
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
AR Professor of Industrial Engineering 1987- present
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering 1982 – 1987
Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Methods Analysis and Work Measurement, Statistics, Quality Control, and Design of Experiments. Supervising master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
Conducting funded research projects on cumulative trauma disorders, manual material handling, equipment and tool design, ergonomic job analysis and documentation methods, and highway safety.
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohong, South Korea
Visiting Professor of Industrial Engineering Jan. – June 2001
Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Safety and Human Factors/Ergonomics. Conducting research and consulting on automobile interior design with Hyundai Motors.
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, 1987- 1995
Teaching graduate courses in Ergonomics and Occupational Safety and advising graduate students in the Occupational and Environmental Health Program.
Ergonomic Analysis, Inc., Fayetteville, AR
President 1981-present
Conducting training and consulting services in the areas of ergonomics, work measurement, statistical quality control and total quality management.
Clients include over 40 Fortune 500 companies with products ranging from steel to cosmetics. Partial listing of clients presented on next page.
General Motors Institute, Flint, MI (now Kettering University)
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering 1980-1982
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering 1977-1980
Taught courses in Human Factors / Ergonomics, Work Measurement, Engineering Economy, Statistics, Design of Experiments, and Quality Control.
Consulted and conducted applied research projects for General Motors divisions in the areas of industrial ergonomics, automobile controls, workplace design, work standards, and quality control.
Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, NY (now Veridian Corporation)(previously Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory)
Principal Engineer 1977
Senior Engineer 1975-1977
Research Engineer 1973-1975
Program Manager for the development of the training system for the USAF B-1 bomber. Principal Investigator of various R & D efforts ranging from visual target acquisition to early warning devices for chemical warfare