Two new papers were recently accepted to be published in the journal Ergonomics. The focus of these two research studies were identifying shoulder muscle fatigue onset, and evaluating off-axis upper extremity joint moments and forces during pushing and pulling. Both provide ergonomics practitioners with useful information about what to consider during task analysis.
DIESEL postdoctoral fellow Alison McDonald and alumnus Nicholas LaDelfa are heading north to Sudbury to attend the 2018 Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE) conference, which is to be run in tandem with the 6th Conference of Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health (CROSH).
Professor Clark Dickerson, along with a member (and a former member) of DIESEL are heading to Philadelphia next week to attend and present new DIESEL research at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2018 International Annual Meeting. We appreciate and take advantage of every opportunity to share our results and ideas with industry and members of the research community!
Recent work by Alan Cudlip, PhD Candidate and Professor Clark Dickerson, PhD has been published in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology.
Several of our DIESEL members are presenting their recent work at the International Shoulder Group 2018 Meeting in Rochester, Minnesota.
Members of DIESEL are heading to Rochester, Minnesota for the 42nd annual American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting. The work presented at this conference represents just some of the new research coming from our MSc, PhD and Post Doctoral fellow trainees. Congratulations to everyone for having your work accepted!
Congratulations to our DIESEL authors!
Two new research articles have recently been accepted for publication and are currently in press.
Congratulations to a former undergrad student Kristen Dickhout who has had her undergrad thesis project accepted to the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. Along with PhD candidate Kathleen MacLean, she authored "The influence of job rotation and task order on muscle responses in females".
PhD candidate successful in thesis defence!
Congratulations to Kathleen Maclean on the successful defence of her PhD thesis "Development of a Probablistic Chimpanzee Glenohumeral Model: Implications for Human Function". Kathleen played an integral role in numerous projects during her time with DIESEL, and has mentored many undergraduate and graduate students over the course of her PhD studies. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours!
DIESEL trainees are currently recruiting participants for a research study!
We are actively looking for individuals with overweight or obese body types (as determined by the Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement) for an ergonomics research study taking place on campus in our lab. The aim of this study is to assess differences in physical exposures between varying body composition groups while performing manual material handling tasks.
DIESEL trainees are currently recruiting participants for an upcoming research study!
We are looking for male and female volunteers to help us investigate muscle activity in individuals with different breast tissue thickness.