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Presenter Biography
Professor Alan Hedge, PhD, CPE

Alan Hedge is a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, where, since 1987, he has directed the Human Factors and Ergonomics teaching and research programs. Prior to that, for over 10 years he ran the Graduate Program in Applied Psychology and Ergonomics at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. From 1990-1993 he was also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, U.K.

His research and teaching activities focus on issues of design and workplace ergonomics as these affect the health, comfort and productivity of people. He is currently conducting research on the health and comfort impacts of environmental stressors, such as the effects of indoor air quality effects on sick building syndrome, the effects of lighting on eyestrain problems among computer users, and on postural strain and musculoskeletal disorder risk factors. He has coauthored a book on Healthy Buildings, and published 25 book chapters and over 165 articles on these topics in the ergonomics and related journals.

His professional activities are extensive. He is a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; and a member of the American Psychological Association; the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, The Illuminating Engineering Society and a founding member of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate. He is on the editorial board of the journals Ergonomics, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Human Environment Systems, and the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.. He is past chair of the Work Environment Design Technical Subcommittee of the US HFES Technical Advisory Group to the International Standards Organization, the Work Environment subcommittee of the BSR/HFES 100 Computer Workstation Standard Revision Committee, and the Work Environment subcommittee of the International Ergonomics Association.  He is a past president of the Division of Environmental Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 

 

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email: ah29@cornell.edu

 

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