Evolving and Growing the Ergonomics Profession

Promoting the science and professional practice of human factors and ergonomics around the world.

Announcements

  • Welcome FPE’s new Directors: Judi See, PhD, CPE and Yordán Rodríguez, PhD, CPE. Dr. See is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Rodriquez is a Full Professor and Senior Researcher at the National School of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
  • Please note that the new date for submission of the Dieter W. Jahns Student Award is April 15, 2025. For more information click on the ERGONOMICS PROJECTS/Annual Dieter W Jahns Student Award tab.
  • FPE provides HFES Corresponding Memberships to ergonomists living outside the United States who are interested in the discipline of human factors and ergonomics. Currently, FPE has provided Corresponding Memberships for twelve ergonomists residing in Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, and South Korea. Please contact us at info@ergofoundation.org to nominate a recipient or to donate to support this program.
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Impact Grants

FPE 2024 Impact Grants addressed:
  • Ergonomic Risk Assessment for Musculoskeletal Disorders among Manufacturing Workers in Malaysia and Thailand.
  • Ergonomic Hand Tool for Minimizing Work-related Upper Extremity Symptoms among Cashew Workers in India.
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Students Awards

FPE sponsors the Annual Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award award for a student project in ergonomics that demonstrates excellence in areas of analysis, design, and integration.  2024 Winner – Zahra Vahedi, Mohammad Shakiba, and Setareh Kazemi Kheiri::  “A mathematical approach to model fatigue patterns in dynamic tasks.”

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Collaboration

FPE coordinates with several Human Factors/Ergonomics and related organizations by organizing joint webinars and sharing relevant training/educational material.

Ergonomics Toolkit

FPE and the Ergonomics Committee of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) updated the Ergonomic Assessment Toolkit with assistance from NIOSH and HFES.
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Online Ergonomics Courses Available

If you are looking for ergonomics courses to help meet the educational requirement for BCPE certification, there are several options available. While FPE does not endorse any program, there are two that provide broad coverage of many human factors ergonomics topics, such as: engineering, design, physiology, anthropometry, biomechanics, public health, statistics, environmental health sciences, exposure, risk assessment, root cause analysis, task analysis, cognitive ergonomics, macro- ergonomics, and workplace design.

Impact Grants

Information on the FPE 2025/2026 Impact Grants will be available in the early part of 2025.  Impact Grants support small projects in the quest of developing professional ergonomics around the world.  The funding preference will be given, but not limited to, applicants from the developing countries (as defined by United Nations) or proposals that help develop or grow professional ergonomics in the developing countries.  The Impact Grants are intended as seed funding for small (pilot) projects that could potentially lead to but are not required, more extensive funding opportunities from other sources in the future.  The expected budget of a single proposal should be between $500 and $2,000 and must not exceed 2,500 USD.  For more information, contact Waldemar Karwowski, wkarwowski@gmail.com.

Interested in preparing for the BCPE exam? Take the 5+ hours set of webinars. Click here for more information.

FPE facilitates mentoring of students and early career professionals in the practice of Ergonomics, Human Factors, and User Experience. Click here

 

Want to get involved?

Andrew S. Imada, Ph.D., CPE

"After 20 years at USC, I made a career change to full time consulting. This has been most rewarding because I get to see real change that happens when human, machine and organizational systems work harmoniously as a system."

Andrew S. Imada, Ph.D., CPE
H. Harvey Cohen, PhD,CPE
"Neither my writing over 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications, 5 books, and too many book chapters to count nor having personally investigated and likely prevented thousands of injury incidents compares to the experiences I have had with early career HFE professionals over the years.  Building relationships with the dozens of students and early career professionals has made me most proud."
H. Harvey Cohen, PhD,CPE
Valerie Berg Rice, PhD, CPE, OTR/L

"What’s not to love about a job where you get to ask questions, answer them,
and then travel to explain the answers to other professionals and para-professionals,
who will use the information to make the world a better place?"

Valerie Berg Rice, PhD, CPE, OTR/L
Sheree Gibson, PE, CPE

"GOOD ergonomics is all but invisible. BAD ergonomics is not.
That is why I have spent so much of my career teaching the fundamentals to mechanical engineers and supervisors.
It expands our sphere of influence beyond our profession."

Sheree Gibson, PE, CPE
Stephen C. Merriman, M.A

"After more than 50 years as a practitioner ergonomist, I continue to find ample opportunity to improve system designs. This has helped me focus on improving the user interface, human engineering and human systems integration (HSI) requirements that are applied to complex system development projects."

Stephen C. Merriman, M.A

Contact Us

Foundation for Professional Ergonomics
P.O. Box 453
Poway, CA 92074

contact@ergofoundation.org

Who We Are

The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics was established in 2004 as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing professionalism in ergonomics through educational activities and awards.  Our goals support the goals of BCPE, and we work closely with the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) on various ergonomics practitioner initiatives.  FPE attained an IRS 501(c)(3) status enabling tax-deductible donations from those sharing this dedication to professionalism in ergonomics. 

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