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H. Lenora Hardee
H. Lenora Hardee is Manager of International Truck and Engine Corporation's Human Factors and Ergonomics Group.
In her role, Lenora is responsible for leading the Ergonomics group to provide International's engineers with ergonomics requirements, criteria, and specifications to ensure that products are ergonomically correct and user-friendly. She also directs the development of ergonomics tools and processes required to develop and evaluate truck and bus designs for human use.
She joined International Truck and Engine Corporation in 1998 after a 12-year career with General Motors where she was an integral member of inter-disciplinary teams responsible for designing and implementing vehicle components. While with GM she developed a methodology for dynamically evaluating the usability of instrument panel controls, which was incorporated into GM's formal vehicle development process as a Human Factors validation procedure. Lenora also served as a section head for the Component Criteria Testing and Design Section of the Human Factors Department.
Lenora's areas of expertise include occupant packaging, driver visibility, controls and displays design, usability testing, and the use of vehicle simulators in transportation research.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Clemson; a Master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Human Factors Engineering Option, from Virginia Tech.
She is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (including the Surface Transportation Technical Group).
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