Peter Vink

Biography

"Peter Vink's first job was at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, where he did research using questionnaires, EMG, posture recordings and biomechanics. After teaching antropobiology at a HBO-J and being policy maker at Arbouw (=an organisation improving the working conditions of construction workers) he started working at TNO. At TNO he did setup new directions of research and leaded various groups and projects. He now works for more than 20 years research in the area of design of environments and systems. In his group projects were carried out in the field of participatory ergonomics (how and who to involve in a design process), productivity (assembly lines, office interiors) and comfort (hand tools, seats, aircraft interiors, vehicle interiors and improving working conditions). Since 2013 Peter is professor at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering and is working on interior design (including seats) and the effects on comfort experience, performance and health. He is in the editorial board of many scientific journals, chairing the jury of the Crystal Cabin Award (the most prestigious prize in aircraft interiors) and won the Hal W Hendrick Award in 2011, which is for a non-U.S. citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the human factors/ergonomics field. "

Research Interest

Applied Ergonomics and Design