Biography

Patrick Neumann graduated in Design Sciences at Lund Technical University while based at Sweden's National Institute for Working Life in Gothenburg where he conducted his PhD work. 

Formerly Executive Coordinator of the 'Ergonomics Initiative in Injury Prevention' in the Faculty of Applied Health Science at the University of Waterloo (Canada), Patrick has been engaged in both epidemiological studies of low back pain in the auto sector and ergonomics intervention research.

Currently, he runs the Human Factors Engineering Lab at Ryerson's Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Education

Ph.D. Lund Technical University, Department of Design Sciences, Sweden "Production Ergonomics: Identifying and managing risk in the design of high performance work systems" supervised by Dr. Jorgen Winkel while based at the National Institute for Working Life, 2004.

Lic. Eng. Lund Technical University, Department of Design Sciences, Sweden "On Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorder and their Sources in Production System Design" supervised by Dr. Jorgen Winkel while based at the National Institute for Working Life, 2001.

M.Sc. University of Waterloo, Kinesiology Department, "Exposure Measurement tools for Epidemiological Investigation of Occupational Low Back Pain: Within and Between Measurement Characteristics" (part time) supervised by Dr. R. Wells 1999.

B.Sc. (Honours, Co-op) University of Waterloo, Kinesiology Department. "Joint space analysis of upper limb gestures using the WATSMART system" supervised by Dr. Eric Roy, 1993.

Awards and Honors

Winner:  1997 Elsevier Science Clinical Biomechanics Award
Winner:  Best Poster Award - Research Category
Winner:  Sonja Halvorson Memorial Award - People's Choice
Winner:  Masters/Doctoral Best Poster Award