Ergonomics for Improved Productivity (eBook)

This highly informative and carefully presented book focuses on the fields of ergonomics/human factors and discusses the future of the community vis-à-vis health problems, productivity, aging, etc. Ergonomic intercession must be seen in light of its effect on productivity because ergonomic solutions will improve productivity as the reduction of environmental stressors, awkward postures and efforts lead to a reduction in task execution time. The book provides promising evidence that the field of ergonomics continues to thrive and develop deeper insights into how work environments, products and systems can be developed to meet needs, demands and limitations of humans and how they can support productivity improvements. Some of the themes covered are anthropometry and workplace design, biomechanics and modelling in ergonomics, cognitive and environmental ergonomics, ergonomic intervention and productivity, ergonomics in transport, mining, agriculture and forestry, health systems, work physiology and sports ergonomics, etc. This book is beneficial to academicians, policymakers and the industry alike.

Dr. M. Muzammil is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and also in-charge of the Ergonomics Research Division. He has B.Sc. Engineering (Mechanical) and M.Sc. Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering) from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has self-supplicated his Ph.D. in Ergonomics. He has more than thirty years of teaching and research experience to his credit in the area of Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Economics & Management and Ergonomics. His research interest is hand tool design, human response to vibration and noise, noise control engineering, human-computer interaction and human cognitive performance. He has published around papers in journals of international and national repute and presented papers at several conferences.

Dr. Abid Ali Khan is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is also associated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Human Factors Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology. He has B.Sc. Engineering (Mechanical) and M.Sc. Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering) from AMU, Aligarh. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He teaches Ergonomics, Experimental Methods & Analysis, Design of Experiments and Research Methodology. His research interest is occupational ergonomics, human response to vibration, work-related musculoskeletal disorder and EMG. He has published more than 90 papers in various international and national journals and conferences. He is involved in the R&D activities related to the various areas, viz. whole body and hand-arm vibration exposure, ergonomic evaluation of new designs and EMG-based prosthetics.

Dr. Faisal Hasan obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He joined as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, AMU, in 2003. His teaching and research interests include manufacturing systems, human factors and operations management. He has published more than 75 papers in journals of national and international repute. He has also attended and presented papers at various international and national conferences.