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Ashish Nimbarte
Professor, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
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Positions and Honors

Academic Positions

  • Professor with tenure, Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, June 2022 - Present.
  • Professor with tenure, Interim Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, August 2021 - June 2022.
  • Professor with tenure, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, May 2021 - August 2021.
  • Associate Professor with tenure, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, May 2015 - May 2021.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Aug 2009 - May 2015 
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Human Factors Engineering and Biomechanics Lab, Department of Construction Management and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Aug 2006 - June 2009
  • Research Assistant, Hand Research Lab, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Aug 2005 - Aug 2006.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Motor Behavior Lab, Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Aug 2004 - May 2005 
  • Graduate Assistant, Occupational Biomechanics Lab, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Louisiana State University, Aug 2001 - May 2004

Honors

  • Recipient of the 2021 WVU Value Coin for representing the core Mountaineer Values of Service, Curiosity, Respect, Accountability and Appreciation.

  • Educator of the Year award, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 2021

  • Outstanding Researcher of the Year/Senior Level Award, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 2019-2020.

  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 2014

  • Best Paper Award: Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference, for the conference paper “Evaluation of neck disorders among the construction workers: a laboratory study using electromyography” (Presented at 2008 Conference, Vancouver, Canada), 2008 

  • Graduate Dissertation Fellowship: 2008-2009, by Louisiana State University Graduate School, Aug 2008 - May 2009 

  • Watumull Foundation Scholar: Award by Watumull Foundation and International Services Office, Louisiana State University, 2008.

Other Professional Experience/Memberships

  • Senior Editor, Ergonomics in Design, Sept 2020 – Present

  • Associate Editor, Ergonomics in Design, Jan 2019 - present

  • Contractor, NIOSH, Jan 2016 - present

  • President, International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (ISOES), June 2017 - June 2018

  • President, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) – Construction Division, June 2016 - June 2017

  • Editorial Board Member, Applied Ergonomics, Dec 2015 - present 

  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, April 2015 - present

  •  Editorial Board Member, IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Jan 2015 - present 

  • Editor, Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering Review, Jan 2015 - present

  • Editorial Board Member, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, Jan 2015 - 2018

  • Co-chair, Institute of Industrial Engineers Construction Division’s Research track, Aug 2014 - May 2015

  • Technical Editor, International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, May 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Executive Committee Member, International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, Aug 2012 - 2018

  • Newsletter Editor, International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, Aug 2012 - 2016

  • Member, Residency Advisory Committee, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, School Of Medicine, West Virginia University, Aug 2011 - 2018

  • Member, Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society), Aug 2007 - present.