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Presenter Biography
Waldemar Karwowski, Ph.D., University of Louisville

 

Waldemar Karwowski, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Center for Industrial Ergonomics at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He holds an M.S. (1978) in Production Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, and a Ph.D. (1982) in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University. He is also a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE). His research, teaching and consulting activities focus on human system integration and safety aspects of advanced manufacturing enterprises, human-computer interaction, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace and equipment design, and theoretical aspects of ergonomics science. He can be reached at: karwowski@louisville.edu

Dr. Karwowski is the author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications (including over 90 peer-reviewed archival journal papers) in the areas of: work systems design, organization and management; macroergonomics; human-system integration and safety of advanced manufacturing; industrial ergonomics; neuro-fuzzy modeling in human factors; fuzzy systems; and forensics. He has edited or co-edited 35 books, including the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London (2001), a winner of the Best Reference Award 2002, from the Engineering Libraries Division, American Society of Engineering Education, USA, and the Outstanding Academic Title 2002 from Choice Magazine.

Dr. Karwowski serves as Editor of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, and the Editor-in-Chief of Theoretical Issue in Ergonomics Science (TIES). Dr. W. Karwowski serves as Co-Editor of the International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, and Consulting Editor of the Ergonomics journal. He is also a member of editorial boards for several peer-review journals, including: Human Factors, Applied Ergonomics, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Universal Access to the Information Society: An international Interdisciplinary Journal, Occupational Ergonomics, and Industrial Engineering Research: An International Journal of IE Theory and Application, (Hong Kong).

Dr. W. Karwowski served as Secretary-General (1997-2000) and President (2000-2003) of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). He was elected an Honorary Academician of the International Academy of Human Problems in Aviation and Astronautics (Moscow, Russia, 2003).

 

Contact Info:

email: karwowski@louisville.edu

 

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