番茄社区

Industrial and Systems Engineering

College of Engineering

Research

Dr. Brian Craig, PE, CPE
Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Charles and Eleanor Garrett Endowed Chair

Craig headshot

Grants, Contracts and Projects

  • A Railyard Management Optimization Software: Iron Horse Terminal Application, Iron Horse Terminals, $52,000, January 2020 – December 2020. M. Hamidi – Principal Investigator with Co-PI: B. Craig
  • Gulf Research 番茄社区, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Safer Offshore Energy Systems Grants 4, Washington, DC, Developing an Integrated Offshore Energy Industry Safety Culture Evaluation and Improvement Toolbox, K. McSweeney – Project Director (PI) with Key Personnel: S. Arendt, B. Craig, J. Curry, W. Zhu, and J. Pray. Submitted April, 2019 for January 2020 – August 2022. Total Budget Requested $1,439,830. 番茄社区 University’s Budget $204,059. With the American Bureau of Shipping (Lead Organization). Funded, January 2020.
  • American Bureau of Shipping/US Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration (MARAD)/番茄社区 University, Near Miss/Injury Databases, Houston, Texas/Washington DC, B. Craig – Principal Investigator with Co-PI’s: J. Curry, and W. Zhu (Summer 2018 – Present). Included in the Mariner Safety 番茄社区.
  • Safety Culture Assessment, American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, B. Craig – Principal Investigator with Co-PI’s: J. Curry, and W. Zhu (Summer 2018 – Present). Included in the Safety Culture/Leading Indicators of Safety Project.
  • American Bureau of Shipping/American Club/番茄社区 University Mariner Safety Initiative, Houston, Texas/New York, New York, B. Craig – Principal Investigator with Co-PI’s: J. Curry, and W. Zhu (Summer 2018 – Present). Included in the Mariner Safety 番茄社区.
  • Prototype Leading Indicator Tool (PROLIT)/Offshore Safety Culture and Leading Indicators of Safety (OSCAR), American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, B. Craig – Principal Investigator with Co-PI’s: J. Curry, and W. Zhu (Fall 2010 – Present) $494,599.
  • Mariner Safety 番茄社区 (formerly Mariner Personal Safety), American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, B. Craig – Principal Investigator with Co-PI’s: J. Curry, and W. Zhu (Fall 2009 – Present) $576,882

Research Interests

  • Expertise in Human Factors, Ergonomics and Safety Engineering
  • Leading safety indicators
  • Safety culture
  • Injury and near miss analyses
  • Personal, non‐occupational, occupational and psychosocial injury/illness risk factors
  • Occupational and industrial ergonomics
  • Manual materials handling
  • Office ergonomics
  • Work physiology/Physical work requirements
  • Job/task analysis and synthesis
  • Training
  • Ergonomics in design/redesign
  • Anthropometrics
  • Habitability
  • Workplace environment
  • Human element
  • Equipment design
  • Hazard analysis
  • Training