Chukwuma Nnaji
University of Alabama, Texas A&M University, ORCID, Mitchell Institute, Oregon State University
Papers
11
Total Citations
259
H-Index
7
About
Chukwuma Nnaji is a prominent construction safety and human-robot interaction researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of emerging technologies and worker well-being. His scholarship focuses primarily on wearable robotics, exoskeletons, and the safety implications of integrating robotics and automation into construction operations — an area of growing urgency as the industry confronts persistent productivity challenges, workforce shortages, and alarming injury rates. Nnaji's most influential contributions include a pioneering assessment of passive exoskeletons for reducing low back disorders among rebar workers (63 citations), a domain where musculoskeletal injuries remain stubbornly prevalent. He has systematically examined both the promise and peril of wearable robots, developing frameworks to identify insidious safety risks and health challenges that these technologies introduce alongside their benefits. His assessment tool for human-robot interaction safety risks (49 citations) offers practitioners a structured approach to managing the hazards emerging from increasingly automated job sites. Beyond wearables, Nnaji has investigated the regulatory landscape surrounding emerging construction technologies and workers' situational awareness in dynamic robot-integrated environments. With over 250 cumulative citations across his body of work, his research meaningfully shapes how the construction industry adopts transformative technologies while safeguarding the humans working alongside them.
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- 7A Review of Human-Robotics Interactions in the Construction Industry14 citations · 2024
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