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Humanics ErgoSystems, Inc.

Humanics is an ergonomics-consulting firm that Principal Rani Lueder established in 1982. We specialize in occupational ergonomics and ergonomics research and design of products and places for adults, children and people with disabilities.

Our consulting services include:

• Research, design and evaluation of products and environments for adults, children and people with disabilities.

• Human factors forensics research and expert witness testimony.

• Corporate-wide ergonomics and safety evaluations.

• Ergonomics workshops and training.

• Biomechanics and physiological research, testing and evaluations.

• User-friendly design of human-computer interfaces of software and websites.

• Assess compliance with national and international standards/guidelines.

S e l ec te d P ro je c t s

Rani Lueder , CPE: Humanics E rgoSys tems, Inc.

• Consulting for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Efforts include reviewing the research on musculoskeletal risk among adolescents who work on farms or in agriculture. Assisting with on-line safety training and biomechanics assessment. Contributing to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

• Adjunct faculty, teaching Human Factors & Product Design. Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (2006 - present). www.artcenter.edu

• Participating as part of the United States team of experts on the International Organization for Standardization ISO/TC 159/WG 2 guideline on elderly and disabled.

The committee’s report, ISO/TR 22411, applies ergonomics data and guidelines to accommodate older persons and persons with disabilities in standards development.

• Continuing to consult (1988-present) on an extended annual retainer on product design ergonomics for a range of organizations in Japan that have included ErgoSeating Japan, the University of Waseda, and the Japan Institute for Human Posture Research.

• Providing Human Factors and Ergonomics expert witness consulting on product design, occupational ergonomics, ergonomics for children, elderly and people with disabilities.

• Consulted for Proctor & Gamble on an in-depth and multi-dimensional analysis of child capabilities. Included biomechanics / physiological research.

• Oversaw an industrial ergonomics evaluation for Michelin Tires South Carolina.

Reviewed biomechanical and psychosocial / organizational factors at work. Developed industrial training programs for management and first line employees.

• Chaired a Task Force for the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society on the human factors and ergonomics content and services on their web site over short & long term.

• Conducted a broad range of large-scale assessments of organizations.

Evaluated work environments and established a nation-wide ergonomics database for the Social Security Administration. Participated in nationwide assessments, surveys, training and workplace evaluations for over ten years. Directed redesign of K-CBS News.

• Consulted on research projects for NIOSH / Centers for Disease Control on alternative keyboard designs (Cincinnati) and on arm support for mining operation (Pittsburgh).

• Member, Standards committee responsible for revising American National Standards Institute Guidelines for VDT workstations (ANSI HFES 100-2007).

• Edited and co-wrote Ergonomics for Children: Designing products and places for toddlers to teens (London: Taylor & Francis Publishing, 2008) 986 pages.

• Co-wrote and co-edited with Dr. Kageyu Noro the book Hard Facts about Soft Machines: Ergonomics of Seating. (London: Taylor & Francis Publishing, 1995) 457 ps.

• Edited & co-wrote The Ergonomics Payoff: Designing the electronic office. (HRW, 1986).

S e l ec te d C l ien t s


Organizations

US Social Security Administration

Social Security (NY, NJ, Puerto Rico) IBM NIOSH

Chevron (3 sites) Michelin Tires Doane Pet Care Pacific Bell Directories

Netherlands Consulate General

New Zealand Consulate

Australian Consulate

Canadian Consulate (3 sites)

AARP Morgan Adams Mojave Water PG&E

Los Angeles Times K-CBS News Home Insurance Microtek Lab.

Hewlett Packard Burlington Northern ErgoSaverUS Kinesis Medical

Ergonomics Consortium Adventist Health Hawthorne Savings Zenith Insurance

SouthWestern Bell Spitfire Ventures Burson Marstellar City of Camarillo

Paul Revere Insurance So Cal Edison Federal Express Syska Hennessy Group

Cal State University Northridge

James Irvine Foundation

UniHealth Foundation Sunalliance Insurance

Air New Zealand ICF Consulting Capell Coyne & Co Sekisui TA Industries

Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein

Royal & SunAlliance Insurance

Research & Education Institute

Orange County Register

Stockman Group Metro Transit District Unum Life Insurance Tourism New Zealand

Am Musical & Dramatic Academy

McCloskey Communications

Los Alamos National Labs Grant Thornton

State Farm SLGG Merril Lynch Public Counsel



Manufacturers

Steelcase Proctor & Gamble 3M Dupont

The Knoll Group Herman Miller Haworth Rubbermaid

Allsteel Bausch and Lomb MCA Compaq

Abbott Labs Precision Shaw Walker Cardiac Sciences

Metamorphosis Kimball Kinetics GTE

ErgoSeating Japan SwingSeat MEDCO Vote-PAD, Inc.

Westinghouse Details Accuride GF

Keilhauer Honeywell Kinetics JB Research

Highmark Furniture J.T. Posey Co. Vitra Guardian Medical

Expert Witness Research / Consulting

Scherffius, Ballard, Still & Ayres

Law Office of Robert Brown Dickson & Dickson Thorsnes Bartolotta

& McGuire

Landegger & Baron Robins Kaplan Bryan Cave Call, Jensen & Ferrell

Law Offices of David C. Anderson

Szaferman Lakind Blumstein

Law Offices of Victor L. George

Calendo, Pucket, Sheedy & DiCorrado

Hettinger & Leedy Levy Phillips & Konigsberg

Michael Best & Friedrich

Leopold Petrich & Smith

Industrial Design Firms

Designworks / USA Splane Design Metaphase Ray Carter Design

Zamparelli & Company Hauser & Assoc. Keith Muller Mary St. Studios

Emerson Johnson Mackay Yashar Designs Joss Design Apodaca Design

IDEO Diskin Design Ergo design RKS Design



Government Agencies

National Institute Occup. Safety & Health (NIOSH)

Public Works Canada

US Department of Labor

US Public Health Service

EDD EEOC NIOSH (Pittsburgh) MITI of Japan

Social Security Administration National

Internal Revenue Service

Health & Welfare Canada

Social Security (NY, NJ, Puerto Rico)

Academia

UCLA UC Berkeley COEH Waseda University Los Angeles Chiropractic

Art Center College of Design Pasadena

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Hong Kong

Art Center College of Design Pasadena

University of Michigan UC Irvine Cornell University 8 Chiropractic Colleges

Ergonomics Consulting Firms

Biomechanics Corporation of America Auburn Engineers HumanTech Innovative Ergonomic

Technologies

Ergonomics Research Gp John Holly & Co. Shurick Consulting Converse Consulting

Ergonomic Technologies JA Wise & Assoc. Ergoworks US Ergonomics

Grants

Foundation Chiropractic Education & Research

Int'l Association of Chiropractic

Architectural Institute of Research

NorthWest Consortium of Chiropractic

S e l ec te d P re se n ta t io n s


Part-time Adjunct Faculty. Human Factors in Product Design. Art Center College of Design in Pasadena

Teaching two-week Lifespan Ergonomics course on a medical cruise.

(2006 – present).

Peregrine Medical Conference Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands.

Invited panel speaker. Children and product ergonomics.

Feb. 22-March 10, 2010.

52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Continuing to serve on the ErgoExpo Advisory Board for

. New York. Sept. 2008.

NECE (National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition) and EECE

Invited speaker. Walking in their shoes: Teaching elder design.

(Eastern Ergonomics Conference & Exposition).

Second International Applied Human Factors & Ergonomics Conference

Invited speaker. Ergonomic considerations in seated work activities.

. Las Vegas. July 2008.

Preventing & Managing Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders: Current Research & Ergonomics Programs that Work

Invited speaker. Advances in Ergonomics for Children. Promotion of Health and Well-being through Ergonomics in Japan. 2007

. Co-sponsored Conference of COHSE / Center for Occupational Health & Safety Engineering at University of Michigan and UCLA. Los Angeles, June, 2008.

Conference of the Japan Society of Human Well-being.

Chaired workshop with Dr. Kageyu Noro. Rethinking back support: Sacral, lumbar or live backs?

Chubu Gakuin University. Gifu City, Japan. November 2007.

ErgoExpo National Ergonomics Conference & Expo.

Invited panelist discussant. Worker performance and workplace design.

Las Vegas. Dec. 2007.

51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Co-presented workshop. Accommodating Service Jobs in Challenging Environments.

. Baltimore. Oct. 2007.

ErgoExpo National Ergonomics Conference & Exposition

Co-chaired panel session with Dr. Kageyu Noro. Cross-cultural aspects of posture.

. Las Vegas. December 2006

50th Annual Meeting Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Organizing committee member. Japan Symposium on Zen sitting vs. Western seating. Conference sponsored by Waseda University, Japan. November 2005.

. San Francisco. October 2006.

Facilitated ErgoExpo ErgoSchool. Ergonomics and Disability Compliance ErgoExpo National Ergonomics Conference & Exposition

Invited panel speaker. From the Frugal to the Flamboyant: Ergonomics for any Budget.

. Las Vegas. November 2005.

ErgoExpo National Ergonomics Conference. Las Vegas. November 2005.



Invited speaker. Behavioral ergonomics. Southern California, American Industrial Hygiene Assoc. & American Society Safety Engineers

Presentation. Sitting & seating in Zen monasteries.

. Long Beach, Calif. Oct. 2005.

49th annual meeting of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Invited panel speaker. Workshop chaired by Cindy Burt. Revisiting Ergonomics Training.

. Orlando, Florida. September 2005.

Applied Ergonomics Conference

Moderator, workshop panel. How to Avoid Ergonomics Training Blunders.

. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2005.


Facilitated ErgoSchool. Managing Large Scale Office Ergonomics Programs.

. Las Vegas. December 2004.


Joint workshop with Cindy Burt. Ergonomic Bloopers: Learning from mistakes.



Workshop on Posture.


Japan Ergonomics conference. University of Waseda

Jointly presented workshop with Cindy Burt. Ergonomics for children.

. Japan. 2002

ErgoExpo. The National Ergonomics Conference & Exposition

Facilitated ErgoSchool workshop. Office ergonomics.


ErgoExpo. The National Ergonomics Conference

Presented workshop. Sitting postures and Seating.


ErgoExpo: The National Ergonomics Conference & Exposition

Invited Chair. Impact of the built environment on crime and injury.


46th Annual Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

Invited Speaker. Seated Posture.

. Baltimore, October 2002.

International Symposium on Seating

Invited Workshop Presenter. Seating & posture.

. Sponsored by Waseda University & International Institute Human Posture Research, Tokyo. April 2002.

ErgoExpo

Chair & Presenter. Ergonomics & high tech environments.

. Las Vegas 2001

ErgoExpo.

Invited Panel Chair and Presenter. Posture in a high-tech world.

Las Vegas 2001.

45th Annual Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Convention

Invited Panel Chair. Ergonomic workplace interventions.

. 2001.

ErgoExpo

Invited Chair. High-tech ergonomic implementations.

. Las Vegas. Nov. 2000.

ErgoExpo

Panel Speaker. Posture.

. Las Vegas. Nov. 2000.

International Ergonomics Association Conf. San Diego 2000.



Invited Panel Chair. When the cure is worse than the disease… pros and cons of commonly used ergonomics products. National Ergonomics Conference

Invited Panel Chair. Aftermath of ergonomics training.

. Anaheim 1999.

ErgoExpo

Invited Speaker. Design of Attorney Workstations.

. Anaheim 1999.

Eleventh Annual Conference of the University of California Occupational Safety & Health Institute

On Advisory Board for three years.

. Oakland CA. 1998

InterPlan

Invited Speaker.

(Designer’s Saturday). New York.

Occupational Safety & Health Conference

Invited Speaker. Workplace Injuries.

(COEH). Oakland 1998.

NEOCON

Invited Speaker & Chair.

. Knoll Showroom. 1997.

InterPlan

Invited Keynote Speaker. Ergonomics Case Studies: Techniques for Success.

(Designer’s Saturday). New York, 1996.

COEH: Center for Occupational Ergonomics and Health


. U.C. Berkeley. San Francisco. 1996.

InterPlan

Invited Key Speaker.

(Designer’s Saturday). New York. 1995.

ErgoCon ‘95


. San Jose and Atlanta conferences, 1995.

World Workplace ‘95

Invited Speaker.

. Miami, 1995.

Ergonomics Exposition on Workplace Injuries

Invited Speaker.

. Atlanta. 1995.

Conference Am. Society of Interior Designers

Invited Key Speaker.

. San Antonio. 1994.

National Office Products Assoc. Conference

Invited Speaker.

. San Diego. 1993.

WestWeek Seminar Series

Invited Speaker.

. Steelcase. Los Angeles. 1993.

University Wisconsin Workshop on Office Health and Safety

Invited Speaker.

. 1992.

Conference on Work with Visual Display Units

Invited Speaker.

. Berlin.

Conference VDT Workplace Safety

Invited Speaker.

. Cornell Univ. New York 1992.

NIOSH Symposium Video Display Terminals

Invited Keynote Speaker.

. April & July 1992.

Japan Institute for Human Posture Research

Invited Speaker. VDT/Workplace Legislation.

. 1992. Tokyo.

Pacific Design Center

Invited Keynote Speaker. Symposium on Posture.

. Los Ang. 1991.

Institute of Human Posture Research (Japan)

Invited Speaker. Occupational injuries.

. September 1991. San Francisco.

Office Hazards Conf. US Fed. Courts. Irvine 1991.



Keynote Speaker. Repetitive Strain Injuries in Industry. Computer Injury Network

Presented workshops. Repetitive Strain Injuries to Design Associations. Presented in six cities in Canada on November 1990 and four cities in California on May 1991.

. L.A. 1991.

Invited Chair. Ergonomics. Fifth Annual Engineering Workstation Conference

Invited Speaker. Human Factors in Health Care.

. L.A., 1990.

Medical Design & Manufacturing West Conference

Invited Keynote Speaker. The Future of Work.

. Anaheim. January 1990.

Annual Conference Human Factors Society Chapter

Invited U.S. Organizing Chair and Presenter.

. Los Angeles. November 1989.

Second International Symposium on the Science of Seating

Invited Program and Session Chair. Management & Design of Work Environments.

. 1989. Tokyo, Japan. Sponsored by the Japanese Government.

32nd Annual Human Factors Convention

Invited Chair. Ergonomics in Design.

. Anaheim, CA October 1988.

Human Factors Society Convention. New York

Invited Speaker.

. 1987.

NIOSH Symposium on Office Planning

Invited Speaker. Design for tomorrow's office work.

. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1987.

Designers' Saturday

Invited Panel Speaker and Session Moderator. Ergonomics in the Office.

, NY. 1986.

NEOCON 18: The World Congress on Environmental Planning and Design

Tutorial: Facilities Design.

. Chicago. 1986.

Annual Human Factors Convention

Invited Speaker. Architectural Research Centers Consortium on the Impact of the Work Environment on Productivity. Washington, D.C. 1985.

. Dayton. 1986.

Invited Speaker. American Federation Information Processing Society

Invited Speaker. Symposium on Office Hazards sponsored by the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH). Seattle. 1984.

. Atlanta. 1985.

Invited Speaker. Human Factors and Work. Annual Human Factors Convention

Invited Speaker.

. 1983.

Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association Conference on Productivity

Invited Speaker. Human Factors in Architecture.

. Chicago. 1983.

Annual Human Factors Conv.

Speaker. Design for Extravehicular Activity.

1982.

Human Factors Assoc Conf. Canada

Invited Speaker. You mean I have to live up there? Human factors in spacecraft design.

. 1981.

Environmental Design Conference of the Human Factors Society. 1981.

S e l ec te d P ub l i c a t io n s


Mostly books

Lueder, R. and Rice, V., Eds. (2010, in press). Ergonomics for Children; A manual about designers and forensics

Lueder, R. and Rice, V., Eds. (2010, in press).

. Taylor & Francis (London & New York).

Ergonomics for Children; A manual for therapists and rehabilitation

Lueder, R. and Rice, V., Eds. (2010, in press).


Ergonomics for Children; A design manual for practitioners and educators

Lueder, R. and Rice, V., Eds. (2008).


Ergonomics for Children; Designing products and places for toddlers to teens

Lueder, R. and Noro, K. (Eds.)

. Taylor & Francis (London & New York). 1,000 p.

Hard Facts about Soft Machines: Ergonomics of sitting postures

Lueder, R. Edited & authored

. Taylor & Francis (London & New York) Dec. 1995. 450 p.

The Ergonomics Payoff

Lueder, R. Peer reviewed eight books relating to ergonomics for publishers.

, 1986. 388 p. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston.

Advisory Board member, ErgoSolutions magazine

Executive Editor,

, 2003-2005.

Office Ergonomics magazine

, 1984-1986.

Book chapters

Lueder, R. (2008) Chapters she wrote in her edited book Ergonomics for Children: Designing products and places for toddlers to teens

• Introduction: Rani Lueder & Valerie Berg Rice (to the memory of Cheryl Bennett)

. (London, New York: Taylor & Francis).

• Physical development in children & adolescents and age-related risks: Rani Lueder

• Designing products for children: Valerie Berg Rice & Rani Lueder

• Children in vehicles: Rani Lueder

• School furniture for children: Alan Hedge & Rani Lueder

• Designing cities and neighborhoods for children: Rani Lueder

• Children and wayfinding: Gary L. Allen, Rani Lueder & Valerie Berg Rice

Lueder, R. (1994) Chapters she wrote in her edited book Hard Facts about Soft Machines

• Introduction and overview: Kageyu Noro & Rani Lueder

:

• Adjustability in context: Rani Lueder

• Does it matter that people are shaped differently, yet backrests are built the same? R. Lueder, E.N. Corlett, C. Danielson, G. Greenstein, J. Hsieh, R. Phillips & Designworks.



Lueder, R. Work Postures. In: Sweere, J. (Ed.) Chiropractic Family Practice

Lueder, R. Workspace design. In: Alexander, D. and Pulat, M. (Eds.)

. Aspen Pub. 1992.

Industrial Ergonomics: Case Studies

Lueder, R. (1986) Wrote four chapters in

. Institute of Industrial Engineers (The Society), 1990.

The Ergonomics Payoff

. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston).

Journals, Proceedings and Society Publications

Smith, T.J., Bridger, B., Fostervold, K.I., Jacobs, K., Lueder, R., Straker, L. (2009) The Future of Ergonomics for Children in Education. IEA 2009. The 17th World Congress of the International Ergonomics Association

Rice, V., Hendrick, H., Jacobs, K., Lueder, R., Pauls, J., Wogalter, M., Bazley, C. (2008) Ergonomics for Children: The way forward.

. August 9 - 14, 2009. Beijing, China.

52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Lueder, R. (2008) Elder Design: Expanding the demographics of Human Factors.

. NY, NY. Sept. 2008.

Industrial Engineer

Lueder, R. (2008) Walking in their shoes: Teaching elder design.

, a publication of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. October. 40-43.

2nd International Applied Human Factors & Ergonomics Conference

Noro, K., Lueder, R., Yamada, S., Fujimaki, G., Oyama, H., Hashidate, Y. (2006) Cross-cultural aspects of posture.

. Las Vegas. July, 2008.

Meeting Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Lueder, R. (2003) HFES Task Force / member survey. Chaired HFES committee on HFES web site content and policies.

. San Francisco. 814-821.

Bulletin Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Lueder, R. (1999) Book review: "The Chair,” by Galen Cranz.

. Sept. p 1.

Ergonomics in Design: the magazine of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Two journal articles of Lueder's research submitted on the biomechanics of the spine.

. April.

• Intra-examiner reliability using the flexicurve to determine lumbar lordosis, sagittal mobility and range of motion. Proceedings, Intl. Chiropractic Conference

• Can changes in stature result from sitting at different lumbar support depths?

, May 1997.

Proceedings of the International Chiropractic Conference

Paul, R., Lueder, R., Selner, A, Limaye, J. (1996) Impact of new input technology on design of chair arm rests: Investigation of keyboard and mouse.

. May 1997.

Proceedings of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

Lueder, R. A Proposed RULA for Computer Users. (1996)

. September. 380-384.

UC Berkeley Center Occupational & Environmental Health (COEH): Proceedings of the Ergonomics Workshop. Aug. 8-9.



Lueder, R. (1996) Invited response: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society on Cal/OSHA's new ergonomics draft standard. Bulletin Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Lueder, R. (1991) Developing ergonomic standards: Plans, procedures & pitfalls.

. Dec., p1-3.

Office J

Lueder, R. (1990) Human Factors in the design of Healthcare equipment.

, 2.

Medical Design and Manufacturing West Conference Proceedings

Lueder, R. (1986) Seat height revisited.

. January 1990.

Bulletin of the Human Factors Society

Lueder, R. (1985). Economics of furniture adjustability.

. 29(11) 4-5.

American Federation Information Processing Societies

Lueder, R. (1983) Seat comfort: Review of the construct in the office environment.

. February, 105-113.

Human Factors Journal

Lueder, R. (1982) Design implications for extra vehicular activity (EVA).

. 25(6), 701-711.

Proceedings of the Canadian Human Factors Society meeting

Lueder, R. (1981). You mean I have to live up here? Human Factors in Space.

. Toronto. 60-62.

Environmental Design Conference Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

Price, D., Lueder, R. (1980) Union and management attitudes towards safety and OSHA.

. Seattle. 10 p.

Journal of Safety Research

. 12(3), 99-106.

Other Publications

Lueder, R. (2003) Are Children just Little Adults? Child growth, development and age-related risk. ErgoSolutions Magazine

Lueder, R. (2003) Children and Injury Risk.

. December.

Association for Repetitive Motion Syndromes

Lueder, R. (2003) Revisiting Ergonomics.

. 35(3), 4 & 11.

ErgoSolutions Magazine

Lueder, R. (2003) Rethinking Sitting.

. May.

ErgoSolutions Magazine

Lueder, R. Developing a quality control program.

. October.

Workplace Ergonomics

Lueder, R. Applying Workplace Ergonomics.

, Jan 1996.

The Knoll Group Facilities Report

Lueder, R. Ergonomics in Today’s Office.

. 4(4).

Knoll Extra

Lueder, R. Revisiting ANSI.

. March, 1995, 8-10.

VDT News

Lueder, R. Computer-aided design: Human Aspects.

. 1992 Jan/Feb. Issue.

Office Ergonomics

Lueder, R. Workplace Ergonomics: Getting the basics.

. 1985, 2(1), 21.

ASID Reporter. Sept. 1994, 19-20.

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Our consulting services include · 2009. 10. 29. · Selected Projects Rani Lueder, CPE: Humanics ErgoSystems, Inc. • Consulting for the National Institute of Occupational Safety