Ergonomics and Safety was established by Dr. Bae Han in order to provide high-
quality ergonomics services for companies.

Dr. Han graduated from West Virginia University with a Ph.D. Degree in Occupational
Safety and Health in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems
Engineering. He also obtained Master of Science Degree in Ergonomics at Texas Tech
University.

Since completing his doctorate, he has worked as a safety engineer at the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He participated in workplace
design projects for risk assessment of foundry workers, and conducted research on
anti-vibration glove test to improve the international standard test(ISO 10819).

Dr. Han also worked as a visiting assistant professor at University of Minnesota Duluth.
He taught courses in the areas of occupational safety and health: Occupational
Ergonomics & Injury Management, Occupational Biomechanics & Work Physiology,
Principles of Industrial Hygiene, Epidemiology and Industrial Toxicology, and
Transportation Safety. He also conducted research to evaluate the effect of handle
angle on spinal loading using the biomechanical method.

Dr. Han is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Certified Safety Professional
(CSP), and members of the following professional societies:


Areas of his expertise include psychophysics, biomechanics, work physiology,
industrial hygiene, epidemiology, manual materials handling, musculoskeletal injuries,
hand-arm vibration, cumulative trauma disorders, and visual perception.

Dr. Han serves as a referee for Ergonomics journal and has published the following
papers.


Peer-Reviewed Publications

Han, B., Stobbe, T. J., and Hsiao, H. Comparison of the psychophysical and
biomechanical approaches on asymmetric lifting capacity, In preparation for publication
in Ergonomics.

Han, B., Stobbe, T. J., and Hobbs, G. R.  2005, The effect of asymmetry on
psychophysical lifting capacity for three lifting types, Ergonomics, Vol. 48, No. 4, 364-
379.

Smutz, W. P., Dong, R. G., Han, B., Schopper, A. W., Welcome, D. E., and Kashon, M. L.  
2002, A method for reducing adapter misalignment when testing gloves using ISO
10819, The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol.46, No.3, 309-315.

Dong, R. G., Rakheja, S., Schopper, A. W., Han, B., and Smutz, W.P. 2001, Hand-
transmitted vibration and biodynamic response of the human hand-arm: a critical
review.  Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, Vol.29, No.4, 391-441.

McMullin, D., Stobbe, T., Bang, S., Goddard, D., Han, B., Simmers, R., Fisher, D.,
French, A., Toothman, D., and Middleton, G. 1995, Asymmetric loading on the body
during symmetric lifts, in A. Bittner, Jr. and P. Champney (ed.) Advances in Industrial
Ergonomics and Safety VII (Taylor & Francis, London), 719-725.

Young, R.S.L., Han, B.C. and Wu, P.Y. 1993, Transient and sustained components of
the pupillary responses evoked by luminance and color. Vision Research, Vol.33, No.4,
437-446.  

Young, R.S.L., Han, B.C. and Wu, P.Y. 1991, Nature of the transient pupillary
constriction to light.  Noninvasive Assessment of the Visual System, Technical Digest
Series, Vol. 1, 190-193.
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