Advanced Ergonomics for Injury Control and Health Protection

August 14 – 18 (21), 2017

R211, College of Public, NTU

Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D.

 Workshop Description:

This workshop develops the student’s understanding and competence in theories and applications of ergonomics for occupational injury control and health protection. Emphasis is placed on hazard identification, research and practice, and management of workplace safety. Topics include injury data systems, anthropometry, biomechanics, human performance, injury investigation, research methods, and developing reports.

Workshop Objectives:

·       Introduce students to the concept of integration of the principles of epidemiology, engineering, and ergonomics to the prevention of injury and safety failures.

·       Develop students the academic experience necessary for them to conduct research in occupation injury prevention and health protection areas.

·       Develop students the basic skills necessary to prepare for industrial practices in occupation injury prevention and health protection areas.

Student Outcomes:

·       Has excellent knowledge of ergonomics for safety, practical injury control techniques, and strategic plans for injury prevention and health protection.

·       Has the ability to identify and organize literature for workplace injury prevention and health protection research and practices.

·       Has the skill to develop sound injury prevention and health protection research concepts.

·       Has the ability to establish basic safety guidelines for industrial practices.

Method of Instruction

This course is taught primarily through lectures and group exercise.  The course materials or handouts will be available at the lecture or a week before the lecture.  Although no prerequisite is set, a basic knowledge of statistics is helpful.

 Topical Schedule of Lectures

Instructor’s Profile

Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D.

Dr. Hongwei Hsiao serves as Chief of the Protective Technology Branch at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA.  He received his degrees from Cornell University and the University of Michigan and has held engineering and management positions in both the manufacturing industry and the U.S. Government. He also has taught engineering and public health in academia and guided students and scientists for research proposal writing for 18 years.

Dr. Hsiao has coordinated numerous large-scale programs and projects in the areas of safety research and human factors engineering, including fall prevention, equipment safety, patient safety, protective technologies for special populations, and digital simulations for job safety, which have had significant public health and occupational safety impacts.  An internationally recognized scientist for occupational safety, he is involved in the development of institute-wide strategic goals and international safety standards. He has chaired several international conferences on digital simulations, fall Prevention, and anthropometry research.

Dr. Hsiao currently manages nine laboratories for NIOSH, including the Virtual Reality Lab, Human Factors Lab, Anthropometry Research Lab, and Vehicle Safety Lab, among others.  He also co-chairs a new initiative for robotics safety. An editorial board member for ten scientific journals, Dr. Hsiao also has more than 160 publications and patents in engineering innovation for injury control. He also edited two journal special issues and a book on fall prevention and protection. With more than 25 years of program management and safety research experience, he has been frequently invited as an international speaker on strategic planning and research for industrial safety.  He is a recipient of twenty prestigious service, science, and innovation awards.  Among the most recent honors are the Public Health Service Engineer of the Year from the U.S. Government (2011), Human Factors Prize from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2012), Alice Hamilton Award (2013), Bullard-Sherwood Transfer of Knowledge Award (2014), Federal Health Information Technology Innovation Award from the Digital Health Xchange (2015), and Samuel Heyman Service to America Medals Career Achievement Finalist (2016).

Dr. Hsiao was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (UK) in 2003 and an Honorary Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (US) in 2005.  In 2003, he was credentialed by the U.S. Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Executive Resources Board as a Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service Fellow and was named a CDC Distinguished Consultant.

報名、繳費期間以及退費標準

報名手續以完成報名費繳交為準，一般人士費用為7,000元，學生為1,500元。學生需檢附學生證正反面影本(蓋有學校註冊章) 或檢附在學證明。限額20名，即日起即可報名至額滿為止，報名截止日為民國106年8月1日止(報名網址：https://goo.gl/Ws9PsN )。請於收到報名正取回覆後兩天內劃撥學費(劃撥帳號將會連同正取通知由工作人員寄發)。

 退費標準

1. 於民國106年8月1日前辦理退費者，學費退90% ，民國106年8月2日起辦理者退學費的70％，民國106年8月14日起(含)，則不予退費。

2. 課程前置作業已支出之費用，須由學員負擔。

其他注意事項

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