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New article A data-driven approach to classifying manual material handling tasks using markerless motion capture and recurrent neural networks by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (May 2025)

Lingyu Li, an M.S. program student, successfully defended his thesis, "Evaluating Model-Estimated Shoulder Muscle Activity During Overhead Work with Varied Task Demands and Exoskeleton Use."  He will continue his academic journey in the PhD program in ISE at Virginia Tech. Congratulations, Lingyu! (May 2025)

New article Passive back support exoskeletons do not effectively reduce physical demands during simulated floor tiling by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (May 2025)

New article Perspectives of Mining Personnel on Adopting Occupational Exoskeletons: Comparisons Between a Developed and a Developing Country by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. (April 2025)

New article Sensitivity to Vibrotactile Stimulation in the Hand and Wrist: Effects of Motion, Temporal Patterns, and Biological Sex by Sol Lim was published in Human Factors. (March 2025)

New article Cognitive workload assessment during VR forklift training by Sunwook Kim, Maury Nussbaum, and Sol Lim was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (March 2025)

Three (3) new articles were published by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum (March 2025):

• Passive arm-support and back-support exoskeletons have distinct phase-dependent effects on physical demands during cart pushing and pulling: An exploratory study in Applied Ergonomics
• Estimating dynamic external hand forces during overhead work with and without an exoskeleton: Evaluating an approach using electromyography signals and random forest regression was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
• Understanding the drivers of and barriers to adopting passive back- and arm-support exoskeletons in construction: Results from interviews and short-term field testing was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

New article Gait variability predicts post-fatigue obstacle course performance among military cadets: An exploratory study by Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (March 2025)

New article Older workers spend less time in extreme trunk and upper-arm postures during order-picking tasks: Results from field testing by Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (January 2025)

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New article Older workers spend less time in extreme trunk and upper-arm postures during order-picking tasks: Results from field testing by Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (January 2025)

New article Classification algorithms trained on simple (symmetric) lifting data perform poorly in predicting hand loads during complex (free-dynamic) lifting tasks by Sol Lim was published in Applied Ergonomics. (December 2024)

New article Exposures to select risk factors can be estimated from a continuous stream of inertial sensor measurements during a variety of lifting-lowering tasks by Sol Lim was published in Ergonomics. (December 2024)

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New article Use of a Wearable Electromyography Armband to Detect Lift-Lower Tasks and Classify Hand Loads by Sol Lim was published in Applied Ergonomics. (September 2024)

New article Barriers and Benefits of Online Group Exercise Programs for Older Adults by Sol Lim was published in Journal of Applied Gerontology. (September 2024)

New article Changes in forklift driving performance and postures among novices resulting from training using a high-fidelity virtual reality simulator: An exploratory study by Sunwook Kim, Maury Nussbaum and Sol Lim was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (September 2024)

New article Understanding contributing factors to exoskeleton use-intention in construction: A decision tree approach using results from an online survey by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Ergonomics. (September 2024)

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Alex Noll, an M.S. program student, successfully defended his thesis, Quantifying the Reliability of Performance Time and User Perceptions Obtained from Passive Exoskeleton Evaluations. He will begin his career as an FTL (Future Technical Leaders) Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD. Congratulations, Alex! (August 2024)

OEB Lab Co-Director Maury Nussbaum and his Ph.D students Ahmad Raza Usmani, Wally Morris, and Aanu Ojelade, were featured on their exoskeleton effectiveness research with construction workers in Virginia Tech Video (October 2023).