Don B. Chaffin, Richard G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Operations Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Occupational Health), The University of Michigan, 1967.

Director Emeritus, Human Motion Simulation Laboratory (HUMOSIM), 1998-2007

Director Emeritus, Center for Ergonomics (C4E), 1982-1997

Recent IOE courses taught:

Office: 1656 IOE

Phone: (734)763-2245

Web page: www-personal.umich.edu/~dchaffin

Dr. Chaffin is the R.G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus) in Industrial and Operations Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. Dr. Chaffin has served as the past Director of the Center for Ergonomics, and as past Chair of the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering. His research has resulted in six books, over 140 peer reviewed journal articles, and over 300 Proceedings, book chapters and reports. He also has led a team of students and staff in developing a set of widely used software programs to assist engineers who are involved in designing workplaces and vehicles to accommodate various groups of people, and to assure that people do not suffer overexertion injuries during the performance of manual tasks of all kinds. For the past eight years he has founded and directed the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory in the Center for Ergonomics until his retirement in 2007. His work has resulted in his election to Fellow status in six different international, professional and scientific organizations, including the SAE, HFES, Ergonomics Society, ASB, AIHA, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received many national and international awards for his work, including being elected to membership in the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering in 1994. In 2008 he received the National Engineering Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies, for his lifetime achievements and leadership in the field of ergonomics.