DR. NIR KEREN - SAFETY ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
Contact Information
102 Industrial Education II
Iowa State Univeristy
Ames, IA 50010-3130
Phone: 515-295-2580
Fax: 515-294-1130
E-mail: nir@iastate.edu
Skype: keren_nir
102 Industrial Education II
Iowa State Univeristy
Ames, IA 50010-3130
Phone: 515-295-2580
Fax: 515-294-1130
E-mail: nir@iastate.edu
Skype: keren_nir
Welcome to my Website!
I am an assistant professor of Occupational Safety at the department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. My current research falls into two broad categories: Safety Decision Making and Harnessing incident databases to enhance loss prevention. In Safety Decision Making, my interest is in developing Naturalistic Decision Making models; especially, I am interested in developing predictive models for emergency responders’ decision making under a variety of domains such as environmental constraints, organizational climates and cultures, and personal propensities. Through the development of decision making models in virtual reality environments, I allow mimicking of a natural settings while preserving the qualities offered by controlled laboratory environments.
In the incident databases area, I develop tools and study correlations such as historically based quantitative risk assessment tools; risk analysis of transportation of hazardous material; analysis and monitoring effectiveness of regulations and policies; development of incident based decision support systems; and assessment of industrial safety performance, and ranking and prioritization of hazardous processes.
I am an assistant professor of Occupational Safety at the department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. My current research falls into two broad categories: Safety Decision Making and Harnessing incident databases to enhance loss prevention. In Safety Decision Making, my interest is in developing Naturalistic Decision Making models; especially, I am interested in developing predictive models for emergency responders’ decision making under a variety of domains such as environmental constraints, organizational climates and cultures, and personal propensities. Through the development of decision making models in virtual reality environments, I allow mimicking of a natural settings while preserving the qualities offered by controlled laboratory environments.
In the incident databases area, I develop tools and study correlations such as historically based quantitative risk assessment tools; risk analysis of transportation of hazardous material; analysis and monitoring effectiveness of regulations and policies; development of incident based decision support systems; and assessment of industrial safety performance, and ranking and prioritization of hazardous processes.
