RESEARCH Activities of

Dr. Magdy Akladios

Research/Grant Activities at UHCL (8/2005-Present):

• Co-PI: Correlating Hand Ergonomic Stress to Software Shortcuts.  Sponsor: Schlumberger & ExxonMobile. $66,700.
• PI: Teaching Environmental Safety.  Sponsor: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Austin, Tx, 2007. $13,000.
• PI: Assessment of Worker Safety in City of Houston Governmental Departments for 2006.  Sponsor: City of Houston, Houston, Tx, 2006. $22,000
• PI: Teaching Environmental Safety.  Sponsor: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Austin, Tx, 2006. $22,000.
• PI: Collection and Correlation of Task/Posture Analysis to CTD Injuries at Nursing Homes Facilities in the Houston, Tx Area, 2005-2006.  Sponsor: University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL).  $2,700.
• Editor/Author chapters in the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Safety Handbook.  Expected publication date: 2008
• I have edited the following chapters:

                  1. Regulatory issues related to ergonomics;
                  2. Benchmarking and Metric formation;
                  3. Best Practices in Ergonomics;
                  4. Ergonomics Cost Analysis & Budgeting;
                  5. Work Physiology;
                  6. Human Factors and Cognitive Ergonomics; and
                  7. Industrial Hygiene Regulatory Affairs.

Previous Research Activities/Grants & Contracts (1996-2005):

• BackPocket, 2001-2005, participant, $ amount unknown.  Development of an audit tool to be used on Construction sites.
• Development of an Expert System to Assist Designers in Equipment Development, 1998-2002, Co-Principal Investigator, NEETC/DOE/DOD, $1.5million
• Organizational Intervention for Fall Prevention, 1994-2005, Researcher, NIOSH/CPWR $1.6million
• Small Business Safety Outreach, 1997-2002, Researcher, WV Division of Workers’ Compensation, $1.2million
• Development of two Questionnaires for Construction, 2000-2001, PI, NIOSH, $10,000
• Factors Determining Success and Failure of Labor Management Safety Committees Research, 1997-Present, Researcher, WV Division of Workers’ Comp., $214,991
• Small Construction Safety Leadership Program, 1997-1999, Researcher, OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grant, $175,000
• Development of a Web Based Artificial Intelligence System for Safety and Health Issues in Equipment Design, 1998-2004, Co-PI, DOD, $750,000.
• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), 1997, Researcher, Construction Safety Hazard Curriculum development (10 hr.): $45,000
• Highway Work Zone Safety Manual, 1997, Researcher, Laborers’ Safety & Health Training Fund/USDOT, $33,000
• Perceived Ergonomic Discomforts among Drywall Carpenters and Finishers, 1998, Researcher, NIOSH, $15,000
• Task-Based Exposure Model for Const., 1993-1995, Researcher, NIOSH/CPWR, $124,000

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