CSSP Member Profile: Marvin Dainoff

Board member is 'a mover and shaker' in ergonomics

Marvin J. Dainoff is professor emeritus of psychology and founding director of the Center for Ergonomic Research at Miami University in Oxford Ohio, president of Marvin Dainoff Associates Inc., Consultants in Workplace Ergonomics and chairman of 1st Principles, Inc., an investment software development company.

He is immediate past president and outreach domain leader of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is an elected director of the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics and an elected board member of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents.

Dainoff's areas of research and professional interests include laboratory research on ergonomics of the work environment; applications of ergonomics and cognitive work analysis to methods of information display and communication, practical implementation of ergonomic priciples in the field; and communication of ergonomic principles to scientific peers, interested professionals, and the general public with a particular emphasis on national and international technical standards (ANSI/ISO.)

He is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He has received the Professional Accomplishment (Academic) award from the Technical Societies Council of Cincinnati and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health. Dainoff serves on the editorial boards of three journals and was program chair for the Human Computer Interaction International 2007 Conference.