About

Director of WE-LAB

Jaejin HwangJaejin Hwang, Ph.D.
jhwang3@niu.edu 

Hwang is an associate professor in industrial and systems engineering department at Northern Illinois University. He received a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from Ohio State University in 2016. His research aims to improve the health and wellness of workers by exploring the risk of work injuries and efficacy of ergonomic interventions. His research area includes the spine and upper extremity biomechanics and neuro-ergonomics. His current research interests are the efficacy of patient transfer interventions on the musculoskeletal health among caregivers and patients, and neuromuscular benefit of the new technology in office environment.

Affiliated Faculty

Jay KimJay Kim, Ph.D.
jay.kim@oregonstate.edu  

Kim received his M.S. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ph.D. in ergonomics and biomechanics from the University of Washington. Before joining the Oregon State University’s faculty in 2015, he was an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University from 2013-2015 and a research scientist at the University of Washington from 2012-2013.

His major research interests are occupational ergonomics and biomechanics. He is particularly interested in developing and evaluating evidence-based interventions to reduce physical exposures to reduce occupational injuries and illness and therefore improve workers' health and well-being. He is currently studying how the reduced exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) affect the musculoskeletal health outcomes and disability. He is also interested in optimizing the human's interaction with touch screen mobile devices. He loves golfing with friends, hiking and camping with his two sons.

Collaborators

  • Jie Chen (School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University)
  • In-Sop Kim (Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Northern Illinois University)
  • Jay Kim (College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University)

Partnerships

Past Research Assistants

Contact Us

Wellness and Ergonomics Laboratory (WE-LAB)
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
590 Garden Road, Room 230

Jaejin Hwang, Ph.D.
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Office: Engineering Building 242
jhwang3@niu.edu
815-753-9980

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