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USD Ergonomics Lab

Dr. Bradley Chase, Ergonomics Lab Director
Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering

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Equipment and Capabilities:
Electrogoniometer and EMG
Biomechanical modeling
Eye tracking and usability
Strength testing
Environmental analysis
Cognitive performance

Email: bchase@SanDiego.edu
Office: (619) 260-7466
Lab: (619)260-7450

Selected Publications:
Special Issue on Ergonomics and Safety, B. Chase and W. Karwowski, (Eds.), International      Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2002.

Individual Differences in Cognitive Performance and Computer-Aided Ergonomics, B. Chase, H. Irwin-Chase, and J. Sonico, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, Special Issue.  2002

Mental Workload Under Thermal Stress, B. Chase, In W. Karwowski (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics & Human Factors, (2001), Taylor & Francis.

A Study of Computer-Based Task Performance Under Thermal Stress, B. Chase, W.  Karwowski, M. Benedict, P. Quesada, and H. Irwin-Chase, International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. (accepted pending revisions)

Controlling for Individual Differences in a Dual-Task Setting:  Equating the Baselines of Single Task Performance, B. Chase, H. Irwin-Chase, and J. Sonico, Proceedings of the HFES 2001 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2001

Computer-Aided Ergonomics and Individual Differences in Task Performance, B. Chase, H. Irwin-Chase, and J. Sonico, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Ergonomics and Safety 2001, Maui, HI, July 2001.

Environmental Stress and Computer-based Dual-task performance, B. Chase, W. Karwowski, and H. Irwin-Chase, Proceedings of the IIE Research 2001, Dallas, TX.

Attention Allocation under Thermal Stress, B. Chase, and W. Karwowski, Proceedings of the IEA2000/HFES2000 XIVth Triennial Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2000, Vol. 5, pp. 363-366.

 
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