IE 5010 Seminar – Dr. Richard Stone

Dr. Richard Stone
Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Iowa State University

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 4:25 PM
1213 Hoover Hall
Reception at 4:00 PM in Hoover Hall Atrium

This presentation looks at form types of leadership and the impact that those styles have on member outcomes. This lecture looks at leadership from an human factors perspective.Over the last 17 years this lecture has been given to groups of engineers both at and outside of ISU. The focus is on determine effective ways to manage leadership and team dynamics at work.

Richard T. Stone, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2008. He also has an MS in Information Technology, a BS in Management Information Systems as well as university certificates in Robotics and Environmental Management Science. His current research focuses primarily in the area of human performance engineering, particularly applied biomedical, biomechanical and cognitive engineering. Dr. Stone focuses on the human aspect of work across a wide range of domains (from welding to surgical operations and many things in between). Dr. Stone has worked extensively in the domain of smart games, robotics, policing, VR/AR and exoskeleton development. Dr. Stone has been developing strong links between the cognitive and biomechanical impact of technologies and tools as they related to human capability. In addition, Dr. Stone has been working in the field of smart games, PPE and medial data integration via both collaboration with Mayo Clinic and as a board member of CyncHealth.