Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- PhD, University of Louisville
- MSIE, University of Louisville
- BA, University of Louisville
Bradley Chase, PhD, conducts research and consults in Lean and Six Sigma and Industrial Ergonomics. He also holds an MPH in Public Health Management and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE). Dr. Chase directs the Ergonomics Laboratory at USD and has held appointments as a Research Scientist at the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego.
He is an active consultant in the area of Process Performance Improvement and Worker Safety and Health. He has consulted on projects with General Atomics, ViaSat, Dexcom, SAIC, Scripps, Sharp, Levitate, Active Input Solutions, and Consolo Systems. His research has been supported by the Army Research Institute, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Navy, and the American Society for Engineering Education.
Scholarly Work
- With Truc T Ngo, "Students’ attitude toward sustainability and humanitarian engineering education using project-based and international field learning pedagogies," International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020.
- With Viirre, E. and Price, B., "Direct Effects of Virtual Environments on Users" in Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications, Second Edition (Human Factors and Ergonomics). 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2014, pp. 521-529.
- With Harrison, S. and Jacobitz, F., "Free Your Mind: Unlocking Your Inner Creativity," American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Perry, L., "Should Industrial Engineering Programs Offer a Six Sigma Certification?" Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), 2013.
- With Black, A., Dow, W., Harrison, S., Krebs, A., McGuire, K., Urbano, J., Storch, P., and Jacobitz, F., "Free Your Mind: Unlock Your Inner Creativity," International Journal of Innovative Technology and Creative Engineering, vol. 3, 10, pp. 127-138, 2013.
- With Black, A., Dow, W., Harrison, S., Krebs, A., McGuire, K., Storch, P., Urbano, J., and Jacobitz, F., "Free Your Mind: Unlocking Your Inner Creativity." Proc. American Association for the Advancement of Science - Pacific Division, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Spooner, C. and Viirre, E., "From Explicit to Implicit Speech Recognition: EEG-Based Brain-State Estimation for Speech-Detection and Translation Applications." Proc. HCI International Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2013, pp. 502-511.
- With Spooner, C. and Viirre, E., "From Explicit to Implicit Speech Recognition: EEG-Based Brain-State Estimation for Speech-Detection and Translation Applications," 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference, San Diego, CA, 2012.