Research

Emergency Evacuation Modeling and Simulation The ongoing trend of advanced knowledge in building designs and structures has raised major concerns of occupant safety. Evacuation models are needed to understand and assess these designs to assure occupant safety and verify building compliance with standards and guidelines. The lack of real evacuation data poses a challenge to the development and representation of occupant movement and behavior in evacuation models. My research focuses on bridging the gap between the development and representation of occupant performance and behavior data in evacuation models and implementing optimization techniques to layout designs. System Safety The application of engineering and management methods and techniques to identify, eliminate, and control hazards and risks in industrial systems.    Ergonomics and Work Measurement Studying the impact of ergonomics and work measurements on productivity & cost/benefit analyses.