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Ranjana Mehta is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds dual appointments as an affiliate faculty in the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine and is a faculty fellow at the Center for Population Health and Aging. Dr. Mehta graduated with a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and has an MS in Industrial Engineering from the University at Buffalo, along with undergraduate studies in Production Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India. Her research focuses on the mind-motor-machine nexus through a novel neuroergonomics approach, aiming to understand, monitor, and predict human performance, fatigue, and stress. She leads the NeuroErgonomics Laboratory, where her projects emphasize developing closed-loop human augmentation technologies for safety-critical applications such as emergency response and space exploration. Her work is supported by various agencies and industries and covers user-centered design evaluations, adaptive interfaces (AR/VR), wearable technologies, human-robotic interactions (HRI), and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to foster effective human-technology partnerships.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences