Karl H.E. Kroemer

• PhD (Doktor-Ingenieur, Dr.-Ing.), Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Hannover, Germany, 1965
• M.S. (Diplom-Ingenieur), Mechanical Engineering (minor in Industrial Engineering), Technical University Hannover, Germany, 1960
• B.S. (Vor-Diplom), Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Hannover, West Germany, 1957

• Visiting Professor, Technical University Dresden, Germany, 1998-1999
• Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1981-1998 (emeritus 1998)
• Professor of Ergonomics and Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1976-1980

Various human factors and ergonomics courses, undergraduate and graduate levels

• Director, Industrial Ergonomics Laboratory, Virginia Tech, 1981-1998
• Director, K. H. E. Kroemer Ergonomics Research Institute, Inc., Engineering Consulting, Radford, Virginia, 1979-2001
• Director, Ergonomics Research Laboratories, Wayne State University, 1976-1980
• Director and Professor, Ergonomics and Occupational Medicine Divisions, Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Accident Research, Dortmund, Germany, 1973-76
• Research Industrial Engineer, Human Engineering Division, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 1966-73
• Research Associate, Max-Planck Institute for Work Physiology, Dortmund, Germany, 1960-66

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• Kroemer, K. H. E. (2017). Fitting the Human, Introduction to Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering, 7^th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis.
• Kroemer A. D. and Kroemer, K. H. E. (2017). Office Ergonomics, 2^nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. et al. (2010). Engineering Physiology: Bases of Human Factors/Ergonomics, 4^th ed. Heidelberg and New York: Springer.
• Kroemer, K. H. E.. (2010). 40 Years of Human Engineering the Keyboard. Proceedings of the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp.1134-1138. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. (2009). Ergonomic Design of Workplaces for the Aging Population. Chapter 15 in S. J. Czaja and J. Sharit (Eds.), Aging and Work. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. (2009). Fitting the Human. Introduction to Ergonomics, 6^th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. (2008). Anthropometry and Biomechanics: Anthromechanics. Chapter 2 in S. Kumar (Ed.), Biomechanics in Ergonomics, 2^nd ed., pp. 41-88. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. and Kroemer, A. D. (2006). Office Ergonomics. Authorized Korean edition. Seoul, Korea: Kukje.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. (2006). “Extra-Ordinary” Ergonomics: How To Accommodate Small And Big Persons, The Disabled And Elderly, Expectant Mothers And Children. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. and Grandjean, E. (2005). Manual de Ergonomia. Adaptando o Trabalho ao Homem. Authorized translation of Fitting the Task to the Human, 5^th ed., into Portuguese. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Bookman.
• Kroemer, K. H. E. et al. (2003, amended reprint). Ergonomics: How to Design for Ease and Efficiency, 2^nd. ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson.

^* Retiree status since 1999

• Ergonomics Society, Fellow^*
• Human Factors Society, Fellow^*
• American Industrial Hygiene Association, Member^*
• International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, Honorary Member

• Appointed Fellow, International Ergonomics Society, 2015
• Co-recipient, Pioneer in Ergonomics Award, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010
• Elected Fellow, Ergonomics Society, 1992
• Elected Member, Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honors Society, 1989
• Paul M. Fitts Award of the Human Factors Society, 1988
• Honorary Life Member of the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research, 1988
• H. Ely Award of the Human Factors Society (with S. G. Hill), 1987
• Invitation to become Executive Editor of the journal Ergonomics, 1986
• Elected Fellow, Human Factors Society, 1978
• Award for Outstanding Achievement during the Year 1971, National Engineer's Week 1972; Dayton Society of Professional Engineers