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Thomas Y. Yen

Thomas Y. Yen Associate Instrumentation Innovator-Instructor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Duties and Responsibilities SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PAPERS

Contact Information

2122 Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/263-6803 Fax: 608/265-9239 E-mail: yen@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering

Duties and Responsibilities

• Research Interests: Ergonomics; Human Factors Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Occupational Biomechanics; Rehabilitation Engineering; Telerobotic control interfaces, Product/User Interface Design, Medical Instrumentation.
• The position involves all aspects of the teaching and research programs in the Industrial and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Departments (human factors, ergonomics, biomechanics, user interface design, medical instrumentation, and rehabilitation engineering).
• Instructor for the Undergraduate Design Course.
• Manage the Bioinstrumentation Teaching Laboratory.
• Assist faculty and graduate students in developing, assembling, designing, and construction of research methodologies and measurement and research instrumentation.
• Manage, maintain, and update the department computer/network infrastructure.
• Manage, maintain, and update the Flexible Manufacturing Cell Teaching Laboratory. Assist Faculty and Teaching Assistant in the use of the lab.
• Assist with the technical planning, development and implementation of laboratory and field experiments.
• Develop experimental protocols, data collection and data analysis plans. Perform detailed engineering analyses for laboratory projects.
• Assists in technical writing, presentation development, and research reports, journal articles, and research grant writing.
• Perform and/or supervise the maintenance, hands-on diagnostic evaluation and repair of laboratory instrumentation. Design, specify, fabricate, test, and document new equipment and software.
• Manage the day to day operation of the Ergonomics Analysis and Design Consortium including future research and development efforts. Maintain and manage the Website for the consortium. Provide training and instruction to consortium members on the software/hardware developed by the consortium.
• Maintain and manage (including bug fixes, updates/improvements, and documentation) the commercial software package Multimedia Video Task Analysis (MVTA). Develop and teach workshops and seminars on the use of MVTA.
• Supervise and assist research staff and graduate students on their research projects.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PAPERS

• Irwin, C.B., Meyer, R.H., Yen, T.Y., Kelso, D.P., & Sesto, M.E. (2008). Force and impulse production during the use of a touch screen by individuals with motor control disabilities. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting, 52(19), 1317-1320.
• Yen, T. Y., and Radwin, R. G., 2006, Usability Testing by Multimedia Video task Analysis. In J. Winters and M. Story (Ed.), Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations (pp. 195-207). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
• Yen, T. Y. and Radwin, R. G., 2002, A comparison between analysis time and inter-analyst reliability using spectral analysis of kinematic data and posture classification, Applied Ergonomics, 33(1), 85-93.
• Yen, T. Y and R. G. Radwin, 2000, Comparison between spectral analysis and observational analysis for quantifying biomechanical stress in repetitive industrial work, Ergonomics, 43(1), 106-132.
• Yen, T. Y. and Radwin, R. G., 1999, Automated job analysis using upper extremity biomechanical data and template matching, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 25(1), 19-28.
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1998, A comparison of physical stress between sequential and non-sequential nailers, Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety: Proceedings of the XIIIth Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Ann Arbor, MI..
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1998, Human Force and Acceleration Measurements, Handbook of Industrial Ergonomics, Edited by W. Karwowski and W. Marras, CRC Press.
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1997, Risk Factor Quantification and Multimedia Observational Job Analysis, American Industrial Hygiene and Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX
• Yen, T. Y. and Radwin, R.G., 1997, Automated Job Analysis Using Biomechanical Data and Template Matching, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 41st Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 1997.
• Yen, T. Y. and Radwin, R.G., 1997, A Comparison Between Time to Perform Job Analysis for Physical Stress Using Spectral Analysis and Posture Classification, Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, 1997.
• Yen, T.Y. and Radwin, R.G., 1996, Comparison of spectral analysis, time and motion study, and postural classification for quantifying biomechanical stress in repetitive industrial work, 1996 4th Pan-Pacific Conference on Occupational Ergonomics, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Radwin, R.G., Beebe, D.J., Webster, J.G., and Yen, T.Y., Instrumentation for Occupational Ergonomics, Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications, A. Bhattacharya and J.D. McGlothlin, Eds., 1996, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1995, Field Studies Using Spectral Analysis for Quantifying Upper Extremity Repetitive Motion, Second International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-related Muscloskeletal Disorders, Montreal.
• T.Y. Yen and R.G. Radwin, 1995, A video-based system for acquiring biomechanical data synchronized with arbitrary events and activities, IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, 42(9), 944-948.
• R.G. Radwin, M.L. Lin, and T.Y. Yen, 1994, Exposure assessment of biomechanical stress in repetitive manual work using frequency-weighted filters, Ergonomics, 37(12), 1984-1998.
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1993, Development of an instrument for assessing exposure to physical stress in repetitive manual work, Proceeding of the 1993 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Charlotte, N.C.
• R.G. Radwin and T.Y. Yen, 1993, Development of a video-based data recording method for automating ergonomics analysis of repetitive manual work, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, Snowbird, Utah.
• R.G. Radwin, M.L. Lin, and T.Y. Yen, 1993, Exposure assessment of biomechanical stress in repetitive manual work using spectral analysis, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• T.Y. Yen, Appendix E - Signal Generation, Biomedical Digital Signal Processing, W.J. Tompkins, Ed., 1993, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
• S.F. Wiker, N. Duffie, T.Y.Yen, and K.Gale, 1990, Comparison of force and tactile feedback for grasp force control in telemanipulation, Proceeding of the 4th Annual Workshop of Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 90), Albuquerque, NM.
• S.F. Wiker, N. Duffie, and T.Y.Yen, 1991, Importance of Numerosity and Distribution of Articulations within the Digits, Wrists, and Arms of Telemanipulators Confronted with Dexterous Assembly Tasks, Proceeding of the 5th Annual Workshop of Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 91), Albuquerque, NM.

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