Bao, Stephen

Stephen Bao is a certified professional ergonomist (CPE in USA), senior ergonomist and director of Ergonomics Laboratory at Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. He is also an affiliated full professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health of University of Washington and an adjunct professor at the Master of Engineering Management of the Saint Martin’s University. As a senior research ergonomist and epidemiologist, he has performed numerous projects primarily in real workplaces to study relationships between workplace factors and musculoskeletal disorders, develop job assessment tools, and evaluate workplace ergonomics interventions. With an engineering background, Stephen promotes solutions that can be integrated in industrial processes and machine/product designs to enhance productivity and improve work efficiency. He has done many ergonomics consultations with a wide range of industries. As a seasoned instructor, Stephen has taught many targeted audiences including ergonomists, health and safety specialists, engineers, production workers, and university students. Stephen serves as an editor for Ergonomics and an associated editor for Ergonomics in Design.