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Gonzales Presents at IISE Annual Conference 2022

Alec Gonzales, a first-year PhD students, presents his work over “Retention of Robotic-Assisted Surgery Skills: Leveraging Scheduling and Training Tasks to Improve Performance” and “Evaluation of Interventions on Office Worker Health” at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer’s Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.

ECHO Members Present at 17th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum

Duffie, H., Goodwin, C., Ball, M., Gonzales, A., Stefanidis, D., Yu, D., Cha., J. S. How Loud are Your Doctors? A Systematic Approach to Quantifying Vocal Interactions in Medical Training Simulations. Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum. Clemson, SC. April 8, 2022. Mazur, K., Gonzales, A., Goel, S., Joseph, A., Cha., J. S. Taking Care …

Gonzales Presents at HFES Healthcare 2022

Alec Gonzales presented his work: COVID-19 Effects on Work-from-Home Office Workers: Evaluation of Physical Activity from Objective and Subjective Metrics and Identifying Optimal Training Tasks and Scheduling Times to Improve Robotic-Assisted Surgery Training at the HFES Healthcare Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. Gonzales, A., Lin, J., Cha., J. S. COVID-19 Effects on Work-from-Home Office …

Clemson students and faculty participate in an exoskeleton showcase

Members from the Ergonomics and Computational Human Operations (ECHO) lab, the Biomechanics, Ergonomics, Safety and Training (BEST) lab, and members of the HFES student organization at Clemson University participated in a specialized exoskeleton showcase* at the South Carolina Manufacturing Conference. The showcase consisted of five industry-focused exoskeleton companies demoing their devices for several manufacturing and …

Paper Published in JAMA Open

Cha, J. S., Athanasiadis, D., Anton, N. E., Stefanidis, D., & Yu, D. (2021). Measurement of Nontechnical Skills During Robotic-Assisted Surgery Using Sensor-Based Communication and Proximity Metrics. JAMA network open, 4(11), e2132209-e2132209. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2785671