Dr. Patrick Neumann
Areas of Academic Interest
Human factors engineering
Organizational design and management
Sustainable work systems
Ergonomics
Operations engineering
Design science
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Lund Technical University | PhD |
| 2001 | Lund Technical University | LicEng |
| 1999 | University of Waterloo | MSc |
| 1992 | University of Waterloo | BSc |
Spotlight
Work shouldn鈥檛 hurt. So says Patrick Neumann, who designs effective work systems on both the human and technical sides. That means creating systems that deliver successful business outcomes while also sustaining human health. It also means viewing workplace pain and injury as an engineering problem with an engineering solution.
An ergonomist and scientist, Neumann believes that workplaces should invest in excellent design because the direct cost of injury, illness and death is astronomical 鈥� estimated at about $3 trillion worldwide 鈥� with serious trickle-down effects. 鈥淏usinesses can invest up front in excellent design or pay far more down the road in human health, quality issues, reworking poor systems and starting over again,鈥� he says.
To help businesses (and people) avoid these pains, Neumann is developing predictive tools that reveal the cascading consequences of workplace design to both engineers and business managers. 鈥淓ffective design includes protection from harm. And that requires more humanized engineering processes.鈥�
鈥淲orkplace systems can be technologically innovative and sustain health. Why shouldn鈥檛 we design for both?鈥�
- Best Paper Award, International Journal of Production Research (2018)
- Editor鈥檚 Pick: Paper highlighted for the 55th anniversary of the International Journal of Production Research (2017)
- Best Paper Award in Ergonomics, The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and the U.K. Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), Liberty Mutual Award (2015)
- Best Paper Award, German Association of Business Management Scholars (2014)
- Elsevier Science Clinical Biomechanics Award, International Society of Biomechanics (1997)
- Kolus, A., Wells, R., and Neumann, W.P. 鈥淧roduction Quality and Human Factors: A Systematic Review and Theoretical Framework.鈥� Applied Ergonomics, vol. 73, 2018, pp. 55-89.
- Grosse, E., Glock, C., and Neumann, W.P. 鈥淗uman Factors in Order Picking: A Content Analysis of the Literature.鈥� International Journal of Production Research, vol. 55, no. 5, 2017, pp. 1260-1276.
- Village, J., Greig, M., Salustri, F., Zolfaghari, S., and Neumann, W.P. 鈥淎n Ergonomics Action Research Demonstration: Integrating Human Factors Into Assembly Design Processes.鈥� Ergonomics, vol. 57, no. 10, 2014, pp. 1574-1589.
- Grosse, E.H., Glock, C.H., Jaber, M.Y., and Neumann, W.P. 鈥淚ncorporating Human Factors in Order Picking Planning Models: Framework and Research Opportunities.鈥� International Journal of Production Research, vol. 53, no. 3, 2014, pp. 695-717.
- Neumann, W.P., Dixon. S.M., and Nordvall, A.-Ac. 鈥淐onsumer Demand As a Driver of Improved Working Conditions: The 鈥楨rgo-Brand鈥� Proposition.鈥� Ergonomics, vol. 57, no. 8, 2014, pp. 1113-1126.
- Human Factors Engineering Lab
- Associate editor, Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineering; Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors (IISE-TOEHFS)
- Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
- Limited Engineering Licence, Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)
- Society for Engineering Management (IISE-SEMS)
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IISE)
- Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH)
- Certified European Ergonomist
- Member, Nordic Ergonomics Society (NES)
- Member, Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE)