Expertise

Rys’ research covers a wide range of topics in human factors engineering, from highway safety to healthcare.

Research Interests:

  • Human element in transportation systems
  • Elderly falls prevention techniques
  • Visibility and retro-reflectivity
  • Rumble strips design and performance
  • Roundabouts design and performance
  • Modeling and simulation of natural disasters
  • Transportation logistics
  • Experimental design
  • Benefit-cost analysis.
Communities
Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Kansas State University, Industrial Engineering, 1989
MS, Kansas State University, Industrial Engineering, 1986
MS, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Industrial Engineering, 1979
BS, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Industrial Engineering, 1979