Earl Hansen

Associate Professor


Office: Still Gym, Room 300
Tel. (815) 753-0579
email: hansen@ceet.niu.edu

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Education

 Oklahoma State University (EdD 1980)
 North Texas State (MEd 1970) 
 North Texas State  (BS 1968)

Research & Teaching
 Ergonomics and Human Factors
 Safety Engineering
 Hazard Control/Risk Management

Memberships
 ASSE
 Phi Delta Kappa
 Phi Epsilon Kappa 
 National Safety Council
 Safety Management Society 
 Occupational Safety Educator
 Human Factors/Ergonomics Society

Classes Taught
 TECH 231. Safety Programs
 TECH 334. Hazard Control in Industrial Operations 
 TECH 434. Human Factors in Industrial Accident Prevention
 TECH 435. Legal Aspects of Safety
 TECH 436. Design and Administration of Industrial Safety Programs
 TECH 438. Safety in Transportation Systems
 TECH 481. Ergonomics
 TECH 482. Industrial Safety Engineering Analysis

     

Selected Publications
 
Hansen, Earl and Roger Cliff. "Ergonomics: Making the Tool Fit the Job", Woodshop News, vol. XII, No. 10, September 1998, Essex, CT. 

Hansen, Earl. "Traffic Safety Education in Hawaii". Journal of Traffic Safety Education. April 1977. Vol. XXIV, Number 3, April 1977.

Hansen, Earl. "Hearing Conservation in the Industrial Workplace", American Society of Safety Engineers - Management Division Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 4, November 1983.

Hansen, Earl and Yoshimasa Oomura. "Robotic Safety", Memoirs of Faculty of Technology. Metropolitan University of Tokyo, College of Engineering. Tokyo, Japan. No. 36, December 1986.