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Gavriel Salvendy

Professor of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
Grissom Hall, Room 263
315 N Grant St
West Lafayette, Indiana
47907-2023




Chair Professor and Head
Department of Industrial Engineering
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, P.R. China

Phone: 765-494-5426
Fax: 765-494-0874
Email: salvendy@ecn.purdue.edu
http://www.ie.tsinghua.edu.cn/~salvendy






Gavriel Salvendy is a professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. of China. He is the author or co-author of over 400 research publications including over 220 journal papers, and is the author or editor of 26 books. His publications have appeared in six languages. His main research deals with the design, operation, and management of advanced engineering systems. Gavriel Salvendy is the founding editor of the International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction and Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing. He was the founding chair of the International Commission on Human Aspects in Computing, Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1990 he became the first member of either the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society or the International Ergonomics Association to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was elected "for fundamental contributions to and professional leadership in human, physical, and cognitive aspects of engineering systems." In 1995 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Science, "for great contributions to the development of science and technology and for the great influence upon the development of science and technology in China.” He is the fourth person in all fields of science and engineering in the 45 years of the Academy ever to receive this award. He is an honorary fellow and life member of the Ergonomics Society and fellow of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the American Psychological Association. He has advised organizations in 30 countries on the human side of effective design, implementation and management of advanced technologies in the workplace. He earned his Ph.D. in engineering production at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.