Industrial Hygiene Masters Project Titles

Representative Master Project Titles

Student	Project Title
Mark Nugent	Evaluation of an In-Plant Ergonomics Program
Virginia Westra	Evaluation of Programs for Control of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Norman Eavey	Evaluation of Factors Affecting Return to Work of Persons with Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders
Deborah Salerno	Functional Outcome Measures for Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity
Michelle Homan	Evaluation Methods for Assessing Ergonomic Exposures in Office Work
Robin Birk	Implementation of an Ergonomics Program at a Steel Manufacturing Facility
Rebecca Hulea	Evaluation of Factors in Noise Exposure Assessment
Julie Terwilliger	Ergonomic Stresses Associated with Electrical Connector Insertion
Carolin Bart	Investigation of Shoulder Injuries in Automobile Manufacturing
Andrew Caughey	Investigation of Causal Factors in General Aviation Accidents
James Roberts	Analysis and Design of Jobs for Control of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Office Work
Calvin Cook	Analyzing Service Station Worker Short-term Exposure to Gasoline Using a Vidwo Exposure Monitoring Technique
Michael Oborny	Indoor Air Quality Investigation of a DOW 3-Story Office/Labatory Prototype Building
William Sheridan	Characterization of Chemical Exposure in Relation to Aerosol Exposure at a Small Machine Tooling Shop
Nathan Steffen	Effectiveness of the Continuous Bag Operation as a Means of Controlling Dust Exposures in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
George Vaclavek	Ventilation Characteristics for Controlling Solvent Vapor Concentration in an Actual Confined Space
Kathy Delaney	Preliminary Development of a Chemical Hygiene Plan for the School of Public Health
Kristin Rimkus	Internship Activities for the State of Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Linda Steffens	Activities in Development and Implementation of a Safety Management Program for the School of Public Health
Tony Barnard	Evaluation of an Air Sampling Database for Beryllium Exposures at a Dept. of Energy Facility
Tom Willis	Ventilation and Other Control Requirements and Experience for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Michigan Hospitals
Debra Dittmer	Evaluation of Potential Risks Associated with Bottled Water and Comparison to Tap Water
Robert Jurgiel	Evaluation of OHS Issues in a Small Printing Plant and Development of OHS Management
Mark McKinney	Development of Homogeneous Exposure Groups and Workplace Monitoring for Workers in a Chernical Manufacturing Plant
David Nicklas	Exposure Groups, Exposure Assessment, and Process Safety Management in a Large Manufacturing Facility
Mark Betz	Assessment at a New Ventilated Chute Funnel and Drum Lifter for Dust Control During Charging Reactor Vessels with Powdered Compounds
David Dickhaut	Assessment of Occupational Exposures to Copper Fume and Dust from Silicon-Bronze Thermal Arc Spraying in an Automobile Assembly Plant
Graham Parr	Safe-Entry Time Model and Computational Fluid Dynamics Application for Robotic Manufacturing Environments
Mike Schmoldt	Survey and Evaluation of Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Systems for Several U.S. Railroad Companies
William A. Groves	A field comparison of respirable dust samplers.
Andrew Comai	Exposure Assessment to Pickling Chemicals
Kem Charron	Field Evaluation of Passive Dosimeters for Formaldehyde
Michael White	Evaluation of Factors Associated with Inappropriate Applications of LEL Meters.
Scott Davis	Re-Entry Times for Greenhouses After Pesticide Applications
James Banks	Evaluation of Air Sampling Methods for Cutting Fluids
Scott Knollenberg	Development and Evaluation of an Auditing System for OHS
Cynthia Pugh	Development and Evaluation of an Analytical Method for Hydrocarbon Mixtures Collected on Charcoal Tubes
Theresa Wojcicki	Application of Job Analysis to OHS Management
Daniella Lee	Occupational Injuries in a Health Care Organization
Jeffrey Williamson-Link	Occupational Back Injury and Lifting Requirements
Jonathan Rosen	Analysis of Back Injury -- Ergonomic Programs with New York State Office of Mental Health
William Nassetta	Concordance Between ICD-9 Coding and Clinical Chart Content for Occupational Back Injuries
Matt Vail	Incidence of Knee Injuries in Firefighters in a Major Southwestern City
Richard Newcomb	Distribution of Knee Injury Types and Outcomes in a Large Occupational Medicine Clinic
Lansing Ellis	Statistical Analysis of Sulfur Gas Concentrations in Kraft Papermill Environments
Joseph Lee	Homogeneous Exposure Group Classifications For Cutting Fluid Mists in an Automotive Plant
Chris Mlynek	Assessment of Exposure to Acrolein, Acetaldehyde, Allyl Alcohol, and 2-Eythylhexanol in an Ester Production Facility
Kathleen Delaney	Modeling the Permeation of Organic Solvents Through Chemical Protective Gloves Composed of Natural Rubber
Matthew Sczepanski	Modeling the Permeation of Organic Solvents Through Chemical Protective Gloves Composed of Nitrile Rubber
Chris Rose	Comparison of Methods to Evaluate Workers' Exposure to Mercury and Inorganic Compounds in Gold Mine Processing Plants
Liam Sullivan	Evaluating Exposures to Guthion at Michigan State University
Melissa Price	Determination of Monomorphic Exposure Groups in Tire Plants and Chemical Plants
Masako Morishita	Development and modeling of a capillary preconcentrator for a microanalytical system
Jennifer Hill	Dermal exposure to industrial solvents - a review of exposure assessment methods.
Tony Brown	Characterizing Exposures to Jet Fuel Volatiles During Soil and Groundwater Sampling