Alumni

Federico Arrippa

Koyunco, Aybuke

Intern
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Graduated: 2018

Current Organization: Epicentre

Isaiah Barajas-Smith

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Isaiah is an MPH candidate in the environmental health sciences division with an emphasis in ergonomics and human factors. Areas of interest include musculoskeletal disorder prevention,
wearable technologies, and equipment design.

Projects: Qualitative surveys for workers using passive exoskeletons in construction

Desired Employment: Industry

Patrick Benda

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Degree Program: Master of Science in Medical Engineering Graduated: 2024 Area(s) of Interest: Biomechanical design, wearable technology, programming for healthcare innovation Projects: Leveraging EMG and IMU sensors to quantify risk factors for distal upper extremity disorders through a machine learning-based approach Desired Employment: Industry or Research

Max Blumberg, MD, MPH

Human Factors & Ergonomics
Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Janitor workload study, future plans include a national survey of OEM residents and recent graduates to address shortages in the OEM physician pipeline Project(s): Cleaning and Disinfection During the Pandemic: Determining Safe and Effective Workloads for California Janitors Desired Employment: Academic Clinical Occupational Medicine, Medical Director of Hospital System Employee Health

Maximilien C Boutry

Maxwell Buchholz

Jiayin Chen

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Arts

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: occupational health, job risk assessment, work measurement, built environment design, cognitive human factors

Projects: Time Motion Study of Janitorial Workers in California

Isabella Demetz

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Science

Expected Graduation: 2024

Begum Dogan

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelors of Science

Expected Graduation: 2022

Area(s) of Interest: Begum is an undergraduate student in the Operations Research Management Science department at UC Berkeley. Her current research interests include applying human factors concepts to improve everyday life quality.

Project(s): Currently she is working on usability testing and qualitative data collection and analysis for children's mice and keyboards.

Desired Employment: Industry, product development...