Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 24th Conference on MMESE

Professor Shengzhao Long is the founder of the Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE),the chairman of the Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE) Committee of China, the chairman of the Beijing Kecui Man-Machine Environment System Engineering Technology Research Institute, and the former director of Ergonomics Lab of Astronaut Centre of China. In October 1992, he is honored by the Chinese Government National Specific Allowance. Professor Shengzhao Long graduated from the Shanghai Science and Technology University in 1965, China. In 1981, supported by the famous modern scientist Qian Xuesen, he founded MMESE theory.

Professor Balbir S. Dhillon is a professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has served as a chairman/director of Mechanical Engineering Department/Engineering Management Program for over 10 years at the same institution. He has published over 345 (i.e., 201 journal + 144 conference proceedings) articles on reliability, safety, engineering management, etc. He has been on the editorial boards of 9 international scientific journals. In addition, Dr. Dhillon has written 34 books on various aspects of reliability, design, safety, quality, and engineering management published by Wiley (1981), Van Nostrand (1982), Butterworth (1983), Marcel Dekker (1984), Pergamon (1986), etc. His books are being used in over 85 countries, and many of them are translated into languages such as German, Russian, and Chinese. He has served as the general chairman of two international conferences on reliability and quality control held in Los Angeles and Paris in 1987.

Professor Long Ye is an expert of the Transportation Safety Expert Group of the Ministry of Transport of China; the winner of the New Century Excellent Talents Supporting Plan of Ministry of Education of China and Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award. As the director of "Research Center for Occupational Adaptability of Key Positions in Railway Transportation", Prof. YE has been leading the research team focusing on human resource management, safety management, and occupational health in the field of railway transportation. The research team is the only one in China that provides professional assessment of driving adaptability for the selection of high-speed railway drivers. In more than 30 years of researching, Prof. YE has undertaken variety of national-level and provincial-level projects, such as the National Key Research and Development Program of China.