News & Events News & EventsPaper Published in Applied Ergonomics11/14/2024Fuller P,. Kennedy S,. Ball M., Duffie H., Gainey M., Luo Q., Joseph A., Carbonell A., Cha, J. S. (2025). Understanding the challenges of robotic-assisted surgery adoption: Perspectives from stakeholders and the general population on human-interaction, built environment, and training. Applied Ergonomics, 122, 104403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104403... Read more...Ball awarded HFES Training TG Best Poster Award10/14/2024Matthew Ball awarded 2024 HFES Training TG Best Poster Award for “An Information Theoretic Approach to Understanding the Information Gain During Laparoscopic Motor Skill”.... Read more...Gonzales awarded HFES Augmented Cognition TG Student Grant Award09/24/2024Alec Gonzales awarded 2024 HFES Augmented Cognition TG Student Grant Award for “Bridging the Gap between Trainee and Expert Mental Models for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tasks”.... Read more...Cha Receives Robert L. Wears Early Career Award from HFES Healthcare TG09/17/2024The Robert L. Wears early career award aims to highlight the achievements of academics and practitioners in the first six years from graduation.... Read more...Jackie Cha of Clemson University selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s 2024 The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium09/17/2024... Read more...Fuller Successfully Defends MS Thesis05/14/2024“Understanding the Challenges to Robotic-Assisted Surgery Adoption from the perspectives of the Human-Interaction, Built Environment, and Training”... Read more...Cha Receives NSF CAREER Award05/08/2024... Read more...Fuller & Gonzales Awarded 2024 Clemson IE Awards04/25/2024Alec Gonzales was awarded the Student Development Award. Patrick Fuller was awarded the Jeanine Anthony Bowen ’89 Graduate Fellow Award.... Read more...Ball Successfully Defends MS Thesis04/08/2024“Application of an Information Gain Model in a Motor Learning Task: An Application in a Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Task”... Read more...ECHO Lab students present at Creative Inquiry symposium04/04/2024Undergraduate students in Echo Lab present at the spring 2024 Creative Inquiry Symposium. Hope Lanier presents her work titled: Can Exoskeletons Help Surgical Staff: Evaluation of Shoulder-support Exoskeletons During Simulated Surgical Tasks Calvin McCurley presents his work titled: Assessing the Effectiveness of Passive Exoskeletons for Surgeons during Simulated Laparoscopic Surgery Lauren Knipschild and Vone’ Whaley … Continue reading ECHO Lab students present at Creative Inquiry symposium →... Read more...Cha Presents at 2024 HFES Health Care Symposium03/25/2024Cha, J. S., Franca Barbieri, D., Ranganathan, S., Ulrich, J., Chang, C., Srinivasan, D. (2024, March 24-27) System Engineering Approach to Understand Sepsis Care Workflow during Emergency Department Admissions. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. Chicago, IL.... Read more...Cha Presents at Healthcare Robotics Summit Panel @ 2024 HFES Health Care Symposium03/24/2024... Read more...Cha Presents at the University of Michigan03/22/2024... Read more...Cha Presents at Joint Clemson-MUSC Biomedical Data Science and Informatics Program03/06/2024... Read more...Gonzales 2nd runner up at Clemson 3MT (Three Minute Thesis)11/10/2023Alec Gonazles, third year PhD student, was the 2nd runner up at the Clemson 3MT!... Read more...Gonzales awarded 2023 HFES Student Member with Honors10/25/2023https://www.hfes.org/About-HFES/HFES-Awards-Program/Student-and-Student-Chapter-Awards... Read more...ECHO Lab Presents at the 2023 HFES Annual Meeting10/24/2023ECHO Lab members presented their work at the 2023 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.... Read more...Cha Presents at 2023 PREMUS Conference09/23/2023Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D., Srinivasan, D., Carbonell, A., Joseph, A., Cha, J. S. (2023, September 20-26) Evaluation of Shoulder-Support Exoskeletons to Support Minimally Invasive Surgical Postures. 11th International Scientific Conference on the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Bengaluru, India.... Read more...ECHO Lab presents at the 2023 Summer CI + UR Showcase08/22/2023Hope Lanier (left), a junior industrial engineering student at Clemson University, presents her work titled: Scrubbing into the Future: Evaluating Exoskeleton’s Effect on Healthcare Workers’ Energy Expenditure and Fatigue at the 7th Annual Summer Creative Inquiry + Undergraduate Research Showcase.... Read more...Paper Published in Ergonomics07/26/2023Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D. F., Carbonell, A. M., Joseph, A., Srinivasan, D., & Cha, J. (2023). The Compatibility of Exoskeletons in Perioperative Environments and Workflows: An Analysis of Surgical Team Members’ Perspectives and Workflow Simulation. Ergonomics, 1–28. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2023.2240045... Read more...ECHO Lab Presents at SOARinG Symposium07/14/2023Medical students from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (UofSCSOMG) collaborated with ECHO lab over the summer as part of the Student Opportunities for Academic Achievement Through Research Program in Greenville (SOARinG) program. These students presented their work at the annual UofSCSOMG Annual Medical Student Research Symposium.... Read more...ECHO Lab presents at IISE Annual Conference and Expo 202305/22/20231st-year PhD student Holden Duffie presents his work titled: Evaluations of break activities among office workers with sit-stand desk access. 2nd- year PhD student Alec Gonzales presents his work titled: Evaluating Back and Shoulder Support Exoskeletons in Postures Typical in General Surgery.... Read more...Gonzales wins 1st place at the IISE 2023 Doctoral Colloquium05/21/20232nd-year PhD student Alec Gonzales wins 1st place at the IISE Doctoral Colloquium during the IISE 2023 Annual Conference and Expo. He presented a 3-min pitch over his research titled: Evaluation of Exoskeleton Support for Minimally Invasive Surgeons: Assessment of Postures in a Laboratory and Live Procedure.... Read more...Echo Lab Undergraduate students present at the 6th Annual Clemson University Research Forum04/05/2023Senior undergraduate students from ECHO Lab present their research work at the Clemson University 6th Annual Research Forum on April 5, 2023. Daniel Ludden presented his work titled: Exo-lent Posture: Evaluating Potential Benefits of Exoskeleton Support for Postures Common in Minimally Invasive Surgeons. Patrick Fuller presents his work titled: Future of Robotic Surgery – Identifying … Continue reading Echo Lab Undergraduate students present at the 6th Annual Clemson University Research Forum →... Read more...ECHO Lab Presents at the 2023 HFES Healthcare Symposium03/29/2023ECHO Lab members presented their work at the 2023 Human Factors and Ergonomics International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 1st year PhD student, Holden Duffie, presents his poster: Training and Design Environment Considerations for Future of Robotic Surgery. 2nd year PhD student, Alec Gonzales, presented his work titled: Compatibility of Exoskeletons … Continue reading ECHO Lab Presents at the 2023 HFES Healthcare Symposium →... Read more...Gonzales presents at the annual 2023 ACS Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation03/01/20232nd year PhD Student, Alec Gonzales, presented his work titled: Justification of Shoulder and Back Support Exoskeletons for Minimally Invasive Surgeons and Operating Room Nurses to Reduce Musculoskeletal Symptoms during the 2023 American College of Surgeons Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation annual meeting.... Read more...Cha Named 2023 CUSHR Faculty Fellow01/05/2023... Read more...ECHO Lab Members Present at HFES 202210/10/2022ECHO lab members present during the 66th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) in Atlanta, GA:... Read more...Gonzales Awarded IISE John. S.W. Fargher Scholarship09/03/2022Alec Gonzales, second-year PhD student, was the recipient of the Institute of Industrial and System Engineer’s, 2022, John S.W. Fargher Scholarship.... Read more...ECHO Lab Members Present at the Clemson 6th Annual Summer CI+UR Showcase09/03/2022Daniel Ludden, a junior industrial engineering student, presents his work: “Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons” at the Clemson Undergraduate Summer Creative Inquiry Showcase. Ludden, D., Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D., Carbonell, A., Joseph, A., Srinivasan, D., Cha, J. Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical … Continue reading ECHO Lab Members Present at the Clemson 6th Annual Summer CI+UR Showcase →... Read more...ECHO Lab Members Present at CECAS’s 9th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium09/03/2022Junior industrial engineering student, Daniel Ludden, presents his work: “Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons”. Ludden, D., Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D., Carbonell, A., Joseph, A., Srinivasan, D., Cha, J. Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons. College of Engineering, Computing and Applied … Continue reading ECHO Lab Members Present at CECAS’s 9th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium →... Read more...Gonzales Presents at IISE Annual Conference 202209/03/2022Alec 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.... Read more...Gonzales Awarded Two Clemson Fellowships08/24/2022Alec Gonzales, second-year PhD student, was the recipient of the 2022-2023 Clemson University Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship and 2022-2023 Clemson University Graduate Diversity Doctoral Fellowship.... Read more...Gonzales Finalist in 2022 Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)04/15/2022Alec Gonzales, first year PhD student, was a finalist in the 2022 Clemson Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS) competition. He presented his work “Identifying Optimal Training Tasks and Scheduling Times to Improve Robotic-Assisted Surgery Training.”... Read more...ECHO Members Present at 17th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum04/07/2022Duffie, 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 … Continue reading ECHO Members Present at 17th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum →... Read more...Cha Presents at Auburn University ISE04/06/2022... Read more...Gonzales Presents at HFES Healthcare 202204/05/2022Alec 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 … Continue reading Gonzales Presents at HFES Healthcare 2022 →... Read more...ECHO Lab Participates at iMAGINE Upstate04/02/2022ECHO Lab, in association with the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – Clemson Chapter, participated in iMAGINE Upstate on April 2, 2022 to educate children about the field of Human Factors.... Read more...Dr. Chris Reid and Dr. Bill Billotte give talks on HFES and ASTM at Clemson11/11/2021... Read more...Clemson students and faculty participate in an exoskeleton showcase11/11/2021Members 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 … Continue reading Clemson students and faculty participate in an exoskeleton showcase →... Read more...Paper Published in JAMA Open11/02/2021Cha, 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... Read more...Gonzales Presents at Prisma Health Research Showcase10/22/2021Gonzales, A., Lin, J., Cha., J. S. Actively Working-From-Home but Without the Active: Perceptions Versus Reality of Work-From-Home Physical Activity. Prisma Health 2021 Research Showcase. Clemson, SC. October 22, 2021.... Read more...Cha Presents at Clemson Health Advancement Talks (The CHAT)10/21/2021... Read more...ECHO Lab Participates at 2021 HFES10/07/2021Cha, J. S., Yang, J., Wachs, J., Sundaram, C., Yu, D. Measuring Cognitive Load from EEG during Motor Control Calibration in Robotic-Assisted Surgery. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. October 4 – 7, 2021.... Read more...ECHO Lab Participates in Virtual STEM Summer Camp 202109/09/2021Dr. Jackie Cha and Alec Gonzales introduce summer campers to the world of Industrial Engineering! Dr. Jackie Cha and Alec Gonzales took part in the Clemson University Student Outreach Center’s 2021 Virtual STEM Summer Camp. Here they worked with children, ages 8-12, to get campers excited about Industrial Engineering and present Clemson University’s Industrial Engineering … Continue reading ECHO Lab Participates in Virtual STEM Summer Camp 2021 →... Read more...ECHO Lab Participates in Clemson Summer CI + UR Showcase08/17/2021Witt, S., Gonzales, A., Lin, J., Cha, J. Comparison of the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Workers’ Physical Activity. Clemson University 5th Annual Summer CI + UR Showcase Poster Symposium. Clemson, SC. August 17, 2021.... Read more...Cha Presents at IEA 202106/18/2021Cha, J. S., Athanasiadis, D., Anton, N. E., Stefanidis, D., Yu, D. Sensor-Based Behavior Measurement of Non-Technical Skills in Robotic-Assisted Surgery. 21st Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Virtual Conference, June 13 – 18, 2021.... Read more...Cha Presents at 2021 HFES Healthcare04/16/2021Cha, J. S., Barragan Nogurea, J. A., Sundaram, C., Wachs, J., Yu, D. Understanding effects of inverted motion control during robotic skills tasks to cognitive workload and performance. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. Virtual Conference. April 12-16, 2021.... Read more...Nunez and Mazur Present at Clemson University 16th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum04/02/2021Nunez, L., Mazur, K., Lin, J., Cha, J. Happy Body, Happy Boss?: Evaluating Mind-Body Interventions on Health Outcomes Among Office-based Workers. Clemson University 16th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, April 1-2, 2021. https://ci.clemson.edu/foci/posters/... Read more...Paper Published in Human Factors03/07/2021Cha, J. S., & Yu, D. (2021). Objective Measures of Surgeon Nontechnical Skills in Surgery: A Scoping Review. Human Factors, 0018720821995319. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0018720821995319... Read more...
