2004-Present, Consultant, Chandler, AZ
Senior Ergonomist
Consultant to ETC. Assist companies in the development and implementation of Human Factors and Ergonomics Programs. Evaluate office and industrial workstations to identify potential ergonomic-related risk factors, recommend appropriate design changes, and work with company representatives in implementing the design changes. Train management and employees on Ergonomic principles and risk factors. Conduct injury and ADA evaluations and make appropriate modifications. Evaluate the effectiveness of human interfaces to determine mental loading and develop efficient designs.
2000-2005, Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
Ergonomist
Support the implementation and improvement of Ergonomics Program elements. Work with managers to review injury and program health indicators. Evaluate new assembly equipment to identify potential human factors and ergonomic risk factors and recommend appropriate design changes. Participate in tool design reviews to ensure that ergonomic design criteria are met and serve as a resource for additional criteria when necessary. Perform evaluations of workstation and materials handling tasks to ensure that product changes do not increase risk to an unacceptable level. Train management and employees on Ergonomic principles and risk factors. Conduct injury and ADA evaluations and make appropriate modifications. Participate on OSHA recordkeeping team. Designed and developed an evaluation tool to assess ergonomic risk. The development included usability testing as well as developing schemes for workstation evaluation and hazard identification.
1998–2000, Great American Insurance, Cincinnati, OH
Ergonomics Consultant
Provide comprehensive ergonomic services to companies including developing and implementing ergonomic programs, conducting training for upper management, supervisors, engineers, and associates, performing workstation evaluations to identify hazards and recommend effective countermeasures, and ensuring effective implementation of changes.
1998, Raytheon Aircraft, Wichita, KS
Ergonomist
Performed workstation analysis for aircraft assembly operations including sheet metal and electrical assembly. Developed a program to identify the essential functions of a particular task in order to evaluate the feasibility of accommodation for people with disabilities. Also developed a training program for sheet metal and electrical assembly operators.
1995-1998, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant
Evaluations of industrial and office workstations, using ergonomic checklists, NIOSH models, analyzing video tapes, cost benefit analysis and conducting worker surveys, interviews, and training. Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Industrial Engineering. Worked on an Ergonomics CD-ROM for a chair manufacturing company. Publications include four conference proceedings, 8 training sessions, and 14 project reports.
Education
1992-1998, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
1997 – BS Industrial Engineering, 3.81 / 4.0
1998 – MS Industrial Engineering, 4.0 / 4.0. Thesis: “The Effects of Damping Devices on Hand-arm Vibration during a Riveting Task”
Certification
Certified Professional Ergonomist, # 1241
Engineer Intern: State of Ohio, 6/1999
Publications
“Interactive Office Ergonomics Programs Get Results” L.MacLaren, B.Ware, S. Werner. 8th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering applications and Practice. November 2003
“The Contribution of Finger Forces to Overall Grip Force” B.A. Farris, R.K. Agarwal, and J.E. Fernandez. ErgonAxia 2000. June 2000.
“The Effects of Damping During a Riveting Task” B.A. Farris and J.E. Fernandez. Advances in Industrial Engineering Theories, applications and Practice III. December 1998.
“The Physiological Evaluation of Mouse Pad Placement” B.A. Farris, H.R. Landwehr, J.E. Fernandez, R.K. Agarwal. 13th Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference. June 1998.
“Evaluation of Mouse Pad Placement During Typical Computer Tasks” B.A. Farris, J.E. Fernandez, R.K. Agarwal, J.A. Sutherland. Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice II, December 1997.
“The Effects of Wrist Posture on the Force Exerted by Individual Fingers” B.A. Farris, J.E. Fernandez, R.K. Agarwal. 12th Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference. June 1997.
“Ergonomics Analysis in a Plastic Manufacturing Facility: A Case Study,” K.M. Devlin and B. A. Farris. 1st Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice, December 1996.
Projects
“An Ergonomic Evaluation at Early Head Start” April 1997. J.E. Fernandez, B.A. Farris, D.T. Garcia, S. Gopalan, M. Varraprasad, M.K. Pendleton
“An Ergonomic Evaluation and Review of the Engineering Department at Brite Voice Systems Phase II” December 1995. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris.
“An Ergonomic Evaluation and Review of Office Workstations at the Wichita Eagle’s News Presentation Department” December 1995. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, S. Kumar, K.M. Devlin, C. Gokhale, K. Sivasubramanian, B. Aryal, B.A. Farris.
“Ergonomic Study of Office Workstations at AZTEC Marking Company, Inc,” February 1996. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, K. Khan, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris.
“Ergonomic Evaluation of an Office Workstation at NIAR” 1996. J.E. Fernandez, B.A. Farris, K.M. Devlin.
“An Ergonomic Study of USD 259: School Service Center” December 1997. J.E. Fernandez, D.T. Garcia, S.D. Choi, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris, R. Khatiwada, S. Krishnasamy, H.R. Landwehr, S. Moorjani, M.K. Pendleton, P. Rajagopal, J.A. Sutherland, S.L. Wong.
“An Ergonomic Study of an Office Workstation at the Sedgwick County Purchasing Office” February 1996. J.E. Fernandez, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris, D.T. Garcia, C. Dao.
“Ergonomic Evaluation of Avery Labeler and Locahane Micro Isolator” May 1996. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, M. Poonwala, K. Sivasubramanian, B.A. Farris.
“Ergonomic Evaluation of Some Tasks at Hudson Foods, Noel, MO” December 1997. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, K. Sivasubramanian, B.A. Farris, D.T. Garcia, K.M. Devlin, S.D. Choi, S.L. Wong, M.K. Pendleton, J.A. Sutherland.
“Ergonomic Evaluation at Larksfield Place” February 1998. J.E. Fernandez, B.A. Farris, S.D. Choi, P. P. Rajagopal.
“Ergonomic Evaluation of an Office Workstation at University Computing” December 1995. J.E. Fernandez, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris.
“Ergonomic Evaluation of the Bausch and Strobel and Shields and Strunck Filling Machines” November 1996. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, K. Sivasubramanian, S.K. Govindarajulu, V. Manne, D.T. Garcia, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris.
“Ergonomic Evaluation at Narmac Industries” May 1996. J.E. Fernandez, B.P. Kattel, B.A. Farris, K.M. Devlin.
“Task Analysis of Fourteen Selected Jobs at Boeing Company” November 1996. J.E. Fernandez, K. Sivasubramanian, V. Manne, K.M. Devlin, B.A. Farris.
“Bottleneck Analysis of the Change Order Process at Unitary Products Group, Wichita” B.A. Farris, T.S. Jong, M.S. Ooi. May 1997.
“Minimizing Labor Costs without Minimizing Labor Force, Via Christi St. Francis” B.A. Farris, C.A. Noland, Y.M. Liu. December 1996.
“Ergonomics Evaluation of a Punch Press at Hay and Forage Industries” B.A. Farris and T.J. Unruh. May 1996.