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Name: Sang D. Choi
Email Address: chois@uww.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Business Phone: (262) 472-1641
Address: 6052 Winther Hall
Course Assignments: Safety in the Construction Industry
Construction Accident Prevention
Applied Methods in Ergonomics
Advanced Industrial Ergonomics
Product Safety
Ergonomics
Analysis and Design for Safety in Industrial Operations
Fieldwork Internship in Safety
Independent Study
System Safety Analysis
Readings and Research in Safety
Education / Certification: Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 2003, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Major Field: Occupational Ergonomics and Safety

M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1999, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1996, Kwan-Dong University, Republic of Korea

Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), #1179, Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer for Construction Industry, Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer for General Industry

Member of American Society of Safety Engineers, Member of National Safety Council, Educational Resources Division, Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Member of the International Society of Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers
Selected Publications:
  • Choi , S.D. , Kapp, E.A., & Cole, W.M. (2006). Educating Construction Safety Professionals
  • Fredericks , T.K., Choi, S.D., Jason, H., Butt, S.E., & Mital A. (2005). An Investigation of Myocardial Aerobic Capacity as a Measure of both Physical and Cognitive Workloads. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 35(12), 1097-1107.
  • Fredericks , T.K., Abudayyeh, O., Choi, S.D., Wiersma, M., & Charles, M. (2005). Occupational Injuries and Fatalities in the Roofing Contracting Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(11), 1233-1240.
  • Choi , S.D. (2005). Ratings of Perceived Loss of Balance: A Potential Safety Monitoring Technique for Workers Walking/Working on Sloped Surfaces. Journal of Safety, Health and Environmental Research, 2(1), 1-19.
  • Choi , S.D. , & Lederer, M. (2005). An Investigation of Fall Protection Systems for Improving Productivity and Safety in the Roofing Industry. Safety: From the Ground Up (pp. 317-327), Construction Safety Council, Hillside , IL, USA .
  • Choi , S.D. , & Lederer, M. (2005). Impact of Fall Protection Equipment on the Productivity of Roof Shingling Operations. In: T. Lockhart & J. Fernandez (Eds.). Proceedings of the XIX Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (pp. 138-142). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Choi , S.D., Fredericks, T.K., & Butt, S.E. (2005). Prediction of Maximum Acceptable Roof Shingling Frequency. In: T. Lockhart & J. Fernandez (Eds.). Proceedings of the XIX Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (pp. 143-149). Las Vegas , Nevada, USA .
  • Choi , S.D. , & Fredericks, T.K. (2004). Effects of Roof Slopes on Workers’ Perceived Loss of Balance. In: L.J.H. Schulze (Ed.). Proceedings of the XVIII Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (pp. 44-47). Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Choi , S.D., Fredericks, T.K., Abudayyeh, O., & Wiersma, M. (2003). A Study of Relationship between Productivity Measure and Safety in the Roofing Industry. In: T.K. Fredericks, S.E. Butt, A. Pennathur, J.E. Fernandez, A. Mital (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8 th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications, and Practice (pp. 172-176). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Fredericks , T.K., Choi, S.D., Abudayyeh, O., & Butt, S. (2003). Identification of Hazardous Tasks in the Roofing Industry. In: H. Strasser, K. Kluth, H. Rausch and H. Bubb (Eds.), Quality of Work and Products in Enterprises of the Future (pp. 185-188), Ergonomia Verlag oHG, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Fredericks , T.K., Choi, S.D., Abudayyeh, O., & Rodriguez, J. (2003). A Review of Safety and Ergonomic Issues in the Roofing Industry. In: H. Strasser, K. Kluth, H. Rausch and H. Bubb (Eds.), Quality of Work and Products in Enterprises of the Future (pp. 196-199). Ergonomia Verlag oHG, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Choi , S.D., Fredericks, T.K., Abudayyeh, O., & Battle, J. (2003). An Investigation of the Role of Safety in the Roofing Industry. In: T.K. Fredericks, S.E. Butt, A. Pennathur, J.E. Fernandez, A. Mital (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8 th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications, and Practice (pp. 386-390). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Choi , S.D., Fredericks, T.K., Abudayyeh, O., & Keslinke, K. (2003). A Review of Costs of Injuries in the Roofing Industry. In: T.K. Fredericks, S.E. Butt, A. Pennathur, J.E. Fernandez, A. Mital (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8 th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications, and Practice (pp. 391-396). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Choi , S.D. , & Fredericks, T.K. (2003). Psychophysically Derived Work Frequencies Associated with Roof Shingling Operations: A Pilot Study. In: T.K. Fredericks, S.E. Butt, A. Pennathur, J.E. Fernandez, A. Mital (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8 th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications, and Practice (pp. 1-6). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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