People

Lab Director

Changwon Son, PhD, CSP

EDUCATION
2021 PhD in Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University
2016 MS in Safety Engineering, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University
2008 BS in Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Academic Positions
2021 - pressent Assistant Professor, IMSE Department, Texas Tech University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 - 2014 Project Health, Safety, & Environmental Manager, Hyundai Heavy Industries

AWARDS, HONORS & CERTIFICATIONS
2023 George T. and Gladys Abell-Hanger Faculty Award, WCOE, TTU
2022 Early-Career Research Fellow, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Gulf Research Program
2020 Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
2020 Outstanding PhD Student Award, Texas A&M University
2020 National Ergonomics Month Best Educational Resource for K-12 Award
2019 Emerging Leader, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
2018 Texas Safety Foundation Steve Halliburton HSE Scholarship, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
2017 Young Talent, Resilience Engineering Association (REA)

Lab Members

PhD Students

Felipe Zambrini Santos

Doctoral Student (Fall 2021 - present)
Major: Industrial Engineering
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Ergonomics and Human Factors, and Safety Engineering
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities, traveling, and movies
Research Projects: Ergonomic supports for VR headset

Corey Shultz

Doctoral Student (Spring 2022 - present)
Major: Systems and Engineering Management
Research interests: Spacecraft System Safety, Reliability Engineering, Resilience Engineering, and Quality Engineering
Personal interests: Boating, racing, movies, and video games
Research Projects: MSD, HAIER

Jessica Lillian Dedeaux

Doctoral Student (Summer 2022 - present)
Major: Systems and Engineering Management
Research interests: Resilience and reliability engineering, Disaster relief efforts, Cognitive Systems thinking, Armed Forces psychological behavior
Personal interests: Drones, Legos, Jeep Camping, Scuba Diving, STEAM outreach
Research Projects: DESS

Austin Vaughn

Doctoral Student (Fall 2022 - present)
Major: Industrial Engineering
Research interests: Ergonomics and Human Factors, Safety Engineering, Disaster Relief and Disaster Management Efforts, and Medical Management
Personal interests: Trivia, learning new subjects, video games, listening to music
Research Projects: EHR-UUR

Armina Rahman Mim

Doctoral Student (Fall 2023 - present)
Major: Industrial Engineering
Research Interests: Safety Engineering, Human Factors, Resilience Engineering, Cognitive Systems Engineering
Personal Interests: Traveling, movie, sports, learning new things and cultures
Research Projects: TOPPER

Master's Students

SHARE Lab is looking for highly motivated and hard-working master's students. Please contact Dr. Changwon Son.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

SHARE Lab is looking for highly motivated and hard-working undergraduate students. Please contact Dr. Changwon Son.

SHARE Lab Alumni

Viviana Dos Santos, PhD Student (Fall 2021 - Fall 2025)
Jacob Hernandez, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2023 - Fall 2025)
Chiedozie Paulinus-Nwammuo, Master's Student (Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
Tafadzwa Banga, Master's Student (Fall 2024 - Spring 2025)
Aven Tweed, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2023 - Spring 2025)
Killian Parker, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2022 - Spring 2025)
Maysen Brown, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2022 - Spring 2024)
Iris Youngblood, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)
Linh Nguyen, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2022 - Fall 2023)
Aaron Watson, Undergraduate Research Asssistant (Spring 2022 - Spring 2023)
Folayemi Ogunfuye, Master's Student (Fall 2021 - Spring 2023)
Seungyeon Baek, PhD Student (Spring 2022 - Spring 2023)
Luis Araiza, Master's Student (Spring 2022 - Fall 2022)
Dylan Lopez, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2022 - Fall 2022)
Mobisola (Mobi) Oyewole, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2022 - Fall 2022)
Shriya Satish, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2021)

SHARE Lab is currently recruiting graduate and undergraduate students who are passionate about research on safety, human factors, and resilience engineering. Please email to [email protected] for more information.