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Brief Biographical Details: Professor Alan Hedge, PhD, CPE, FHFES, FErgS, FIEA, AFBPsS.

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Alan Hedge is a Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University and a Research Professor  in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University. He directs the Human Factors and Ergonomics teaching and research programs and he also is co-director of the Design Concepts Laboratory in the department. Prior to joining Cornell,  he ran the Graduate Program in Applied Psychology and Ergonomics at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. From 1990-1993 he was also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, U.K.

His research and teaching activities have focused on issues of design and workplace ergonomics as these affect the health, comfort and productivity of workers. His research themes include workstation design and carpal tunnel syndrome risk factors for workers, alternative keyboard and input system designs, the performance and health effects of postural strain, and the health and comfort impacts of various environmental stressors, such as the effects of indoor air quality effects on sick building syndrome complaints among office workers, and the effects of office lighting on eyestrain problems among computer workers.  He has co-authored a book on  Healthy Buildings, co-edited the Handbook of  Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods, published 30 chapters and over 160 articles on these topics in the ergonomics and related journals. He received the 2003 Alexander J. Williams Jr. Design Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for " outstanding human factors contributions to the design of a major operational system".

His professional activities are extensive. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, of the International Ergonomics Association,  and of the Ergonomics Society, and a Certified Professional Ergonomist. He is a founding member of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). He has also been an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society;  an a member of the American Psychological Association, and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. He is on the editorial board of the journals Ergonomics, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Human Environment Systems, and the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. He is past chair of is past chair of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

He has chaired the Work Environment technical group of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and the Work Environment Design Technical Subcommittee of the US Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES )Technical Advisory Group to the International Standards Organization, the Work Environment subcommittee of the BSR/HFES 100 Computer Workstation Standard Revision Committee, and the Work Environment subcommittee of the International Ergonomics Association.  He is a past president of the Division of Environmental Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  He has also served in many other professional roles.

He has given testimony on indoor air quality and indoor environment design issues to several committees of the US House of Representatives and to OSHA in Washington, D.C., to the UK House of Commons, and to the New York State Assembly.

He consults on ergonomic and indoor environment design issues and has served as a consultant and scientific adviser to a number of organizations and major corporations. He is the Senior Editorial Advisory Board of HealthyComputing.

List of publications since 1987

Contact Alan Hedge by email at ah29@cornell.edu

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Professor Alan Hedge, PhD, CPE
Director, Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory
Cornell University
Dept. Design and Environmental Analysis
MVR Hall, Forest Home Drive
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, USA

Phone: 607-255-1957
Mobile: 607-227-1728
Fax:  607-255-0305

2009 Photo (February, Office Ergonomics Seminar, London UK: left - Tom Stewart, President, Ergonomics Society)

2008 Photo (October, State Fund Ergonomics seminar, LA, left to right: Rod Gurrola, me, Alfred Varela)

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Receiving HFES Fellow award from President Sanders