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• Risk assessment
• Human factors
• Ergonomics
• Industrial safety

Lee T. Ostrom is a full-professor in the College of Engineering and CEO of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Falls Center. His doctorate is in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University in 1988. He worked 11 years for the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ National Laboratory in the Human Factors Group and came to the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ full-time in 2000. His primary interests are risk assessment, human factors ergonomics, and industrial safety and he has performed basic and applied research in these areas in the following domains:

• Nuclear
• Aviation
• Weapons
• Chemical Process
• Food Processing
• Alternative Fuels

He has performed research and applications work for:

• The Department of Energy
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• NASA
• Department of Defense
• US Navy

He is:

• Certified Safety Professional (#7689) by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals
• Certified Professional Ergonomist (#188) by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics
• Certified Technology Manager (#5684), by the Associated of Technology Management and Applied Engineering
• Certified Fire Inspector by the National Fire Protection Association
• Past Radiation Safety Officer
• Certified Competent Fall Protection Person, 2009 to 2011
• Certified Private Pilot
• First degree black belt, Songham Taekwondo

His hobbies are wood working, rocks and gems and gardening.

He is PI for the INL Educational Contract. This is an approximately $1.85 contract each year.

Selected Past Projects

• He was PI on an NEUP project developing a Hybrid Energy Conservation Loop. This is an approximately $800k project.
• He was PI on a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Department of Labor Grant to develop a certificate program in fire protection safety. This is a $250k project.
• Fred Gunnerson, Akira Tokuhiro, and Lee Ostrom Nuclear Criticality Certificate Training Grant by the NRC, August 2008 to December 2009, $138,000 
• Lee Ostrom and Cheryl Wilhelmsen, A Risk-Based Approach to Assessing Inspection and Measurement Reliability, NASA Ames Research Center, October 2002-May 2005, $332,000 and September 2003 received additional $23,000.
• Lee Ostrom, Analyzing the Impact of Risk and Task Analysis and Human Factors Principles on the Outcome of Maintenance, Operations, and Inspection Risks, May 2000-September 2002, NASA Ames Research Center, $499,000.
• ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ National Laboratory

Books and Recent Book Chapter

• Awarded Author of Best Paper (2019) IEEE Human System Interaction in the area of Human Machine Interaction: Ostrom, L. and Wilhelmsen, C., Using Technology to Help Humans Perform Difficult Inspections, Human Systems Interactions 2019, Richmond, Va, June 2019. 
• Ostrom, L.T., Safety Culture Case Studies, John Wiley and Sons, October, 2022.
• Ostrom, L.T., and Wilhelmsen, C., Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques and Their Application, John Wiley and Sons; second Edition, July, 2019.
• Stack, T., Wilhelmsen, C., and Ostrom, L., Occupational Ergonomics: A Practical Approach, publication date: May 2016
• Ostrom, L.T., and Wilhelmsen, C., Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques and Their Application, John Wiley and Sons, July 2012.
• Ostrom, L.T., Creating the Ergonomically-Sound Workplace, Josse-Bass, San Francisco, California, published March 1994.
• Ostrom, L., and Wilhelmsen, C., Developing Risk Models for Aviation Inspection and Maintenance Tasks, Aeronautics and Astronautics, ISBN 978-953-307-473-3, edited by Max Mulder, InTech - Open Access Publisher, August 2011.

In Process

• Stack, T., Ostrom, L., and Wilhelmsen, C., Occupational Ergonomics:  A Practical Approach, Second Edition, Fall 2023.

Conference Proceedings

• Goonetilleke, R.; Karwowsk W.,(editors); Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2016) and the Affiliated Conferences, July 27-31, Walt Disney World, Orlando; Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors Vol 489 2016; Stack, T,; (et el).; The firing of a cannon: A psychophysical evaluation, (583-593), ISBN: 978-3-319-41693-9
• Ostrom, L, Verner, K, Manic, M., Kasun Amarasinghe, Dumidu Wijayasekara, Multi-use High-Technology Test Bed, Human System Interaction Conference, Portsmouth, UK, presented July, 2016.
• Wilhelmsen, C. and Ostrom, L., Remote Aircraft Composite Inspection Using 3D Imaging, Human System Interaction Conference, Portsmouth, UK, presented July, 2016.
• Verner, K., And Ostrom, L., Utilizing Waste Heat From Hybrid Energy Systems For Pyrolysis And Other Processes, ASME 2016 Power And Energy Conference, Charlotte, NC, presented June, 2016.
• Stack, T., Autenrieth, D., and Ostrom., L., Firing of a Cannon, Psychophysical Evaluation of Ergonomic Hazards, present at the Applied Ergonomic Conference, March 2016.
• Ostrom, L., and Wilhelmsen, C., Factoring in Safety Culture into a Risk Framework, Presented at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, June 2015.

• Member Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society
• Member Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
• Member Epsilon Pi Tau, Technology Honor Society
• Elected to Board of Directors of the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, November 2009 to May 2010
• Awarded Best Paper Award in Education and Training at the IEEE Human System Interaction Conference in Gdansk, Poland June 2013 — Paper Titled “Technology Education Requirements for Physicians,” Laura Ostrom and Lee Ostrom Authors.