Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young received the 1999 Janice A. Lumpkin, Education of the Year Golden Torch Award from the National Society of Black Engineers. Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton received the 1997 Black Engineer of the Year Education Award. This award is given to the candidate whose qualifications place him/her in the ranks of the nation's highest achievers in the field of engineering. Also, Dr. Crumpton was the first professor from the Department of Industrial Engineering to receive the Hearin-Hess College of Engineering distinguished professor award at Mississippi State University. Dr. Crumpton has won the outstanding professor award in the Department of Industrial Engineering for the past two years for her outstanding teaching performance and activities focused on student interaction and development. In addition, she was nominated to receive the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from US President- Bill Clinton. Lastly, Dr. Crumpton was the first African American female to graduate with a Ph.D. from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Crumpton received her BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. Currently, Dr. Crumpton is an Associate Dean of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). The energetic students, excellent faculty, friendly atmosphere, and opportunity to develop an Ergonomic/Human Factors program were factors that motivated Dr. Crumpton to join the Department of Industrial Engineering at MSU. Dr. Crumpton is the developer and director of the Ergonomic/Human Factors Program and Experimentation Laboratory at MSU. In three short years, she developed an Ergonomics/Human Factors laboratory to support classroom instruction and research studies in the areas of Industrial Ergonomics, Occupational Biomechanics, Human Performance, and Human Computer Interaction. Also, she has developed and taught several new courses in the area of Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering- Work Design, Ergonomics, Human Factors Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health, and Ergonomic Design for Special Populations. Dr. Crumpton's research interests include: use of virtual reality and computer simulation in ergonomics, design of displays and controls, workplace design; carpal tunnel syndrome prevention and control; and workplace redesign for disabled persons. Her dissertation and other research studies have primarily focused on preventing and controlling the development of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS0. She has developed a comprehensive program that can be used within an Industrial setting to combat the occurrences of this injury. Dr. Crumpton has published over 50 scholarly publications and she has worked on several industrial research projects with companies such as UPS, IBM, Caterpillar, Intel, Garan Manufacturing, and Southwest Airlines. Dr. Crumpton has received an early CAREER development award from the National Science Foundation to pursue research in the area of designing the workplace to accommodate persons with disabilities. Also, she has obtained a research grant through the Department of Education to explore the use of Virtual Reality in designing for persons with disabilities. In addition, she received the outstanding industrial paper award for her research entitled. An Investigation of Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Construction Industry at the Seventh International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference. She is a senior member of Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society). She was born in Tyler, Texas but reared in Fort Worth and she considers Cowtown to be her home. She is a graduate of the High School for Engineering Professions at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. She has been married for eight years to Reginald R. Young and they have a beautiful daughter, Mattlyn Denise Young. Her goal is to always do her best and never settle for less. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Research and Outreach College of Engineering Mississippi State University Drawer 9544 MS State, MS 39762