Dr. Lars Fritzsche
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Prof. Dr. Lars Fritzsche
imk automotive GmbH
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RESEARCH FOCUS
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Ergonomic Work Design: specifically for older employees and people with physical impairments
- Team Diversity: working in mixed production teams (age, gender, ethical background, etc.)
CURRICULUM VITAE
| since 2012 |
Division Manager „Ergonomics“ at imk automotive GmbH, Chemnitz |
| 2010-2012 | CEO & President of imk automotive, Inc. in Greenville, SC, USA |
| 2010 |
Dr. rer. nat. at TU Dresden (Work Psychology and Ergonomics) |
| 2006-2009 | PhD Student at Daimler AG, Research & Development Ulm |
| 2000-2005 | Student of Dipl.-Psychology at TU Dresden |
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Fritzsche, L., Wach, D., Jungmann, F. & Wegge, J. (2017). Zur Bedeutung von Faultlines als Grenzen bei Teamarbeit. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 48(2), 127-135
Leidholdt, W., Fritzsche, L. & Bauer, S. (2016). Editor menschlicher Arbeit (ema) – Vom digitalen Menschmodell zum virtuellen Facharbeiter. In A. C. Bullinger-Hoffmann and J. Mühlstedt (Hrsg.), Homo Sapiens Digitalis – Virtuelle Ergonomie und digitale Menschmodelle (pp. 355-362). Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
Fritzsche, L., Wegge, J., Schmauder, M., Kliegel, M. & Schmidt, K.-H. (2014). Good ergonomics and team diversity reduce absenteeism and errors in car manufacturing. Ergonomics, 57 (2), 148–161.
Schaub, K. G., Mühlstedt, J., Illmann, B., Bauer, S., Fritzsche, L., Wagner, T., Bullinger-Hoffmann, A. C., Bruder, R. (2012). Ergonomic assessment of automotive assembly tasks with digital human modelling and the 'ergonomics assessment worksheet' (EAWS). International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation, 3, 398-426.
Fritzsche, L. (2010). Ergonomics risk assessment with digital human models in car assembly: Simulation versus real-life. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 20, 287-299.
CURRENT RESEARCH
- „VirtualAging“: Simulation of age-related changes in relevant abilities for virtual product and production process design using digital human models
- „HRC-Systems“: Ergonomic design of work systems for human-robot-collaboration in industry
- „Industry 4.0“: Changes of work systems and human stress through increased digitalization