Ergonomics for Improved Productivity

Assessment of Human Cost of Work of Tribal Women Farmers in Harvesting of Maize With the Use of Improved Sickles.- Ergonomic Evaluation of Knapsack Sprayer.- Product Design Interventions to Solve Issues Faced in the Use of a Hand-held Blender in Domestic Use.- Total Ergonomics Model Applied to Thermal Power Plant for Workers Safety, Health and Happiness.- Effect of Drilling Speed and Task Duration on Workers' Performance in a Modified Hand Feed System.- Thermodynamic Investigation of Transpiration Cooled Gas Turbine Blade.- Eustress-The Positive Side of Negativity: A Conceptual Framework.- Hatchback Car Judder - An Investigative Analysis.- A Comparative Analysis of a Mouse and Touch pad Based on Throughput and Locations for a Laptop Computer.- Ergonomic Assessment of Log Bucking Operation using Chain Saw.

Dr. M. Muzammil is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and also in-charge of the Ergonomics Research Division. He has B.Sc. Engineering (Mechanical) and M.Sc. Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering) from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has self-supplicated his Ph.D. in Ergonomics. He has more than thirty years of teaching and research experience to his credit in the area of Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Economics & Management and Ergonomics. His research interest is hand tool design, human response to vibration and noise, noise control engineering, human-computer interaction and human cognitive performance. He has published around papers in journals of international and national repute and presented papers at several conferences.

Dr. Abid Ali Khan is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is also associated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Human Factors Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology. He has B.Sc. Engineering (Mechanical) and M.Sc. Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering) from AMU, Aligarh. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He teaches Ergonomics, Experimental Methods & Analysis, Design of Experiments and Research Methodology. His research interest is occupational ergonomics, human response to vibration, work-related musculoskeletal disorder and EMG. He has published more than 90 papers in various international and national journals and conferences. He is involved in the R&D activities related to the various areas, viz. whole body and hand-arm vibration exposure, ergonomic evaluation of new designs and EMG-based prosthetics.

Dr. Faisal Hasan obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He joined as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, AMU, in 2003. His teaching