Presenter

Leia Stirling is a Professor in Industrial and Operations Engineering and Robotics at the University of Michigan, Director of the Center for Ergonomics, an Affiliate Faculty in the Space Institute, and the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) Director of Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics. She received her B.S. (2003) and M.S. (2005) in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her Ph.D. (2008) in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. Stirling’s research blends human factors, biomechanics, and robotics to characterize human physical and cognitive interactions in the presence of technology. Her research uses empirical studies to holistically evaluate human-system interactions and leverages signal processing and controls intuition to design new solutions.