Kevin A. Rider

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees

Contact Information Office:  MRB 333D Phone:  (304) 293-9474

Dr. Rider has worked for several years as a manufacturing and ergonomics consultant, and conducted ergonomic analyses using human motion capture and digital human modeling. His previous research has been funded by commercial (e.g. US Postal Service, UGS), industrial (e.g. Ford, General Motors), and government agencies, such as the US Army, which principally sponsored his doctoral thesis on modeling and predicting the effects of vehicle ride motion on the performance of in-vehicle reaching tasks.
Education
	Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2006
	M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2000
	B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998
Research Focus Areas
	Industrial and Management Systems
Research Interests
	Biomechanics
	Ergonomics
	Cognitive Neuroscience
Teaching Interests
	Human Factors and Ergonomics
	Occupational Safety
Professional Societies
	American Society of Safety Engineers
	Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
	Society for Neuroscience
	Society of Automotive Engineers