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

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, 2024

• Recipient of Alice Hamilton Awards (2nd place) for the engineering and control category by NIOSH for a paper titled “Evaluation of advanced curve speed warning system to prevent fire truck rollover crashes.” 2023

• 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