The Biodynamics Laboratory is located in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University. The lab is also a part of the Institute for Ergonomics.
We have developed a unique research program that focuses on the study of occupational joint loading under dynamic conditions. Our goal is to obtain a better understanding of occupational ergonomics through the laboratory quantification of information gathered directly from industry.
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- Assembly Line to Finish Line - Big Ten Network (BTN) features Ohio State auto safety research.
- Good Morning America (GMA) features Dr. Marras and The Biodynamics Laboratory.
- Biodynamics Laboratory Director Dr. William S. Marras introduces the subject of occupationally related low back pain and the effect of rest.
- CNN features Dr. Marras and the Biodynamics Laboratory in a segment on occupational low back safety.
- CNN features Dr. Marras and the Biodynamics Laboratory in a segment on cumulative trauma disorder prevention in checkout clerks.
October 22-25, 2013
Institute for Ergonomics to offer a short course: Putting Ergonomics into Practice.
September 30 - October 4, 2013
Dr. Marras to give talk entitled "State of the Art Findings on Occupational Risk Factors for Low Back Disorders" at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. (San Diego, CA).
September 18, 2013
Dr. Marras to give keynote entitled "The Working Back" at the Puget Sound Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Occupational Ergonomics Symposium and Workshop. (Location TBD).
September 10, 2013
Dr. Marras to give keynote entitled "No safe way to lift patients" at the Safe Patient Handling West Coast Conference. (San Diego, CA).
May 21-24, 2013
Institute for Ergonomics to offer a short course: Putting Ergonomics into Practice.
May 14, 2013
Dr. Marras to give talk entitled "Cumulative Loading and Spine Disorders" at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. (Scottsdale, AZ).
April 30, 2013
Dr. Marras co-author of 2013 Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Liberty Mutual Award winning paper titled "A strategy for human factors/ergonomics: developing the discipline and profession". Find the press-release here and the paper here.
April 13, 2013
Dr. Marras to give TEDx talk: Back Pain and your Brain.
January 15, 2013
Assembly Line to Finish Line - Big Ten Network (BTN) features Ohio State auto safety research. (Quicktime, 58.1 MB)
November 30, 2012
Dr. Marras elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
November 27, 2012
The Biodynamics Laboratory presented its research at the Battelle/Ohio State research mixer.
April 4, 2012
Marras Gives Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Engineer-in-Residence Lecture at Wichita State University.
March 20, 2012
Marras gives keynote address at Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference. Orlando Florida.
February 15, 2012
Dr. Marras gives keynote address at the International Ergonomics Association World Congress in Recife, Brazil.
January, 2012
Dr. Marras appointed to Division of Behavior and Social Sciences and Education at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. (Washington, D.C.).
January, 2012
Dr. Marras chosen as chair of the National Research Council (the National Academy of Sciences) committee on essential component of self-escape from mining environments. (Washington D.C.).
September 27, 2011
The Working Back
presented at the Washington Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference
September 13, 2011
View Dr Marras's West Coast Safe Patient Handling conference presentation here.
July 19-20, 2011
The Biodynamics Laboratory sponsored a meeting with members of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health with the goal of developing national guidelines for pushing and pulling.
June 14-16, 2011
Dr Marras gave a podium presentation on total disc replacement to the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine in Gothenburg, Sweden
March 30, 2011
See Dr Marras's presentation on low back pain and patient handling presentation from the 2011 Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference in Orlando, FL here.
December, 2010
The Board on Human-Systems Integration has elected Dr Marras as its first chair. The Board on Human-Systems Integration provides new perspectives on theoretical and methodological issues concerning the relationship of individuals and organizations to technology and the environment, identifies critical issues in the design, testing, evaluation, and use of new human-centered technologies, and advises sponsors on the research needed to expand the scientific and technical bases for designing technology to support the needs of its users. The board also provides a formal and regular forum for sponsors to talk with each other and with a knowledgible body of experts. Learn more at the Board's website.
March 30, 2010
Dr Marras presents "Low Back Pain Development and Patient Handling" at the Geoff Kelafant Lecture of the 2010 Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference in Orlando, FL. See the presentation here.
December 8, 2009
Dr Marras presents "Trade-Offs in Patient Handling Risk: Pushing and Pulling" at the West Coast Patient Handling Conference. See the presentation here.
April 16, 2009
Welcome to the new Biodynamics Laboratory web site!
February 9, 2009
Dr Marras has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Additional information can be found on the Ohio State Research web site.
March, 2008
Announcing Dr Marras's new book, The Working Back: A Systems View!
Here you can:
Download a description of the book
read the table of contents
check out a sample chapter or
order your own copy right here!
November 9, 2007
Dr Marras and The Biodynamics Laboratory are featured on Good Morning America. See the segment here.(Note: 58.7 MB
file)
May 2, 2007
The Center for Occupational Health in Auto Manufacturing (COHAM) grand opening is today. For more information, visit the COHAM page.
May 1, 2007
Welcome to the new Biodynamics Laboratory web site. Please forward any errors or questions to the Web
Administrator.
July 10, 2006
The Publications
section has been updated to include the lab's most recent articles.
