Rate My Professor Robert Radwin

Robert Radwin is the Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Emeritus Professor of industrial and systems engineering and biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from NYU Polytechnic Institute in 1975, MS in Bioengineering and MSE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1979, and a PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986. Radwin joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1987 and was promoted to Professor of Industrial Engineering in 1995. He served as founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering from 1999 to 2010, has been Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation since 2004, and Faculty in Residence at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery since 2011. He is a Discovery Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.

Professor Radwin's research focuses on ergonomics, investigating physiological and biomechanical aspects of work to design jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments that maximize human capabilities, minimize physical stress and fatigue, and prevent work-related upper limb injuries. He has developed methods for measuring and quantifying physical stress in the workplace and collaborated with industry partners including Mercury Marine, General Motors, and Boeing on studies of tools, technology, and collaborative robots. His work has advanced understanding of injury causation from physical stress exposure. Radwin was elected a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for contributions to ergonomics. He is a fellow of seven professional societies, including the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (1997), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (1999), Biomedical Engineering Society (2005), and Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Other honors include the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991) and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society A. R. Lauer Safety Award (2023). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Human Factors, has secured numerous grants from government agencies, companies, and foundations, and consults for industry and government on manufacturing and product design ergonomics.