Farzan Sasangohar

Dr. Farzan Sasangohar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, holding the Mike and Sugar Barnes Faculty Fellowship. He also serves as an Assistant Professor at Houston Methodist Hospital's Center for Outcomes Research and Department of Surgery. His academic roles include affiliations with the Environmental and Occupational Health, Biomedical Engineering, and multiple centers focused on health technologies and systems design.

Education:

• PhD in Industrial Engineering (Human Factors Engineering), University of Toronto (2015)

Research Interests:

• Human factors in healthcare delivery and telehealth systems
• Wearable technology for stress/health monitoring
• Crisis management team cognition and decision-making
• Remote patient monitoring systems
• Mental health self-management interventions

Awards:

• Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award (HFES, 2023)
• Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Early Career Award (2022)
• William C. Howell Young Investigator Award (2021)
• TEES Young Faculty Fellow (2021)
• Nominated for Ergonomics Journal Best Paper (2021)

Advising & Grants:

• Mentored over 15 graduate students including Dr. Mahnoosh Sadeghi (PhD 2023)
• Recipient of NSF PATHS-UP Engineering Research Center funding
• Active grants in offshore worker fatigue management and telehealth integration

Labs/Teams:

Director of the Applied Cognitive Ergonomics Lab (ACE-lab), focusing on human-system interactions in healthcare, aviation, and disaster management. Current projects include:
- Wearable stress monitoring systems
- Telehealth integration frameworks
- Crisis team cognition analysis