Leia Stirling

Additional Title(s)

• NIOSH COHSE-OSE Director
• Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Robotics

Leia Stirling is an Associate Professor in Industrial and Operations Engineering and Robotics at the University of Michigan, a Core Faculty in the Center for Ergonomics, an Affiliate Faculty in the Space Institute, and the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) Director of Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics. She received her B.S. (2003) and M.S. (2005) in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her Ph.D. (2008) in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.  In her interdisciplinary research group, they bring together methods from human factors, biomechanics, and robotics. They strive to understand the physical and cognitive interactions for goal-oriented human task performance and support operational decision making that relies on manual task performance. These goals include reducing musculoskeletal injury risks, supporting telehealth, and improving technology usability.