Psychophysical assessment of the perceived slipperiness of floor tile surfaces in a laboratory setting
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H. Harvey Cohen is the owner and principal scientist/ consultant at Cohen and Associates. He received his PhD in Human Factors/Ergonomics from North Carolina State University in 1972. Prior to forming his own safety and human factors research and consulting firms in 1977, Dr. Cohen was a senior research scientist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Cohen has authored over 100 publications in the safety and human factors fields and is frequently called upon to provide forensic consulting and expert witness services in accident litigation cases, especially those involving slips/trips/missteps and falls, product defects, warnings, visibility, and behavioral expectations. Dr. Cohen is a certified professional ergonomist (CPE) and serves as a founding officer of the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE).
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David M. Cohen is a research associate with Cohen and Associates in La Mesa, CA. He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he majored in Psychology. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the California School of Professional Psychology in Fresno, CA.