Brian Kleiner

Director, Myers-Lawson School of Construction

Research Accomplishments

Analysis and design of work systems and work system interfaces (i.e. 'Macro' or 'systems' ergonomics); socio-technical systems, function allocation in automation and system design, safety, health and performance management.

Recent Course Responsibilities

• Project Management and System Design
• Macroergonomics
• Theory of Organization

Selected Recent Publications

1. Montague*, Enid N.H., Kleiner, Brian M. and Winchester,  W.W. (2010). Trust in Medical Technology by Patients and Health Care Providers in Obstetric Work Systems.  Behaviour & Information Technology, 29:5, 541-554.
2. Smith-Jackson, T., Artis, S., Hung,Y., Kim, H.N., Hughes, C. and Nolden, A.  (2011). Safety Critical Incidents among Small Construction Contractors:  A Prospective Study.  Open Occupational Health and Safety Journal.
3. Montague*, Enid N.H., Kleiner, Brian M. and Winchester, W.W. (2009).Empirically understanding trust in medical technology.  International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics.  Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 577-648 (July 2009) Special issue:  Felicitation of Colin G. Drury (M.S. and Ph.D. Advisor).
4. Haro, E. and Kleiner, B.M. (2008). Macroergonomics as an organizing process for systems safety.  Applied Ergonomics, 39 (4), pp.450-455.
5. Kleiner, B.M., Smith-Jackson, T.L., Mills III, T.H. , O’Brien, M.O. and Haro, E. (2008).  Design, development, and deployment of a rapid universal safety and health system for construction.   Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.  Vol. 134(4) pp. 273-279 .
6. Kleiner, B.M. and Hendrick, H.W. (2008) Human Factors in organizational design and management of industrial plants.  International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), Vol 4:1, pp. 114-128.
7. Kleiner, B. M.  (2008). Macroegonomics: Work system analysis and design. Human Factors. 50(3); pp. 461-467.
8. Grugle, N.L.* and Kleiner, B.M. (2007). The effects of chemical protective equipment on team process performance in small unit rescue operations.  Applied Ergonomics. 38 (5), pp. 591-600.   
9. Fitch, G.,* Keifer, R., Hankey, J. and Kleiner, B. M. (2007).  Toward developing an approach for alerting drivers to the direction of a crash threat.  Human Factors. 49 (4), pp. 710-720. 
10. Boehm-Davis, D., Casali, J.G., Kleiner, B.M., Lancaster, J., Saleem*, J.J. and Wochinger, K. (2007). Pilot performance, strategy and workload while executing approaches at steep angles and with lower landing minima.  Human Factors, 49 (5).  pp. 759-772.

Selected Current Projects

• (NIOSH/CDC) “From Finger-pointing to Lifesaving: A Supply Chain Approach to Construction Occupational Safety and Health” Kleiner (PI); Co-PIs: McCoy, Andrew and Mills, Thom (VT-Building Construction, CAUS; Lingard, Helen., Blismas, Nick., Wakefield, Ron., (subcontractor: Property Construction and Project Management, RMIT-Australia).
• (NIOSH/CDC) “Admin Core Support of Cooperative Agreement”
• (NIOSH/CDC) "Occupational Safety and Health Training Grant".  Responsibility: Kleiner (co-PI) $2755 or 4%.  PI: M.A. Nussbaum.
• (Construction Industry Institute (CII)) RT 293. “Strategies for Health Safety Environmental Hazard Recognition research team M. Hollaway (U Colorado-co-PI), Kleiner (co-PI). 

Selected Recent Projects

• Center for Innovation in Construction Safety and Health; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Effects of sleep deprivation on performance; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
• System Safety Training for Driver Service Providers; United Parcel Service.
• Communication across environments; NASA.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; ABC.

Industries Serviced

• Construction
• Industrial
• Health Systems 
• Government

Key Professional Service activities

• Member, National Occupational Research Agenda Sector Council
• Journal Associate Editor: Human Factors, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics; Applied Ergonomics.
• Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; Institute of Industrial Engineers; American Society of Engineering Education; Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Delta; Alpha Pi Mu.

Additional links

• Myers-Lawson School of Construction (director)
• Macroergonomics and Group Decision Systems Lab (Director)