Karen Piegorsch


Consultant and designer with over 30 years of professional experience including:
  • Providing private ergonomics consulting with companies and individuals in manufacturing, office, studio and community environments
  • Serving on faculty as Research Assistant Professor of ergonomics at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences for 10 years
  • Leading the design team that created an ergonomic bench for backstrap weavers, and founding the nonprofit organization Synergo Arts
  • Developing high-level skills for communicating in Spanish

Transdisciplinary background
  • Doctoral degree in public health with major in health promotion, behavior, and education
  • Master's degree in industrial engineering with major in ergonomics
  • Bachelor's degree in physical therapy
  • Visual artist

Professional awards
  • Tech Award from the Tech Museum of Innovation's award program for technology benefiting humanity in 2006
  • User-centered Design Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's product design technical group in 2007
  • Applied Ergonomics Award from Elsevier Ltd. and The Ergonomics Society, for the 2006 scientific paper that best demonstrates the comprehensive application of ergonomics

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