Education:

• Ph.D., Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, USA (2020)
• M.S., Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, USA (2015)
• B.S., Department of Industrial Engineering, King Saud University, KSA (2011)

Work Experience:

• Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, King Saud University, KSA (03/2021 - Present)
• Head of the “fire protection committee” in the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (06/2021 - Present)
• Lecturer at the Department of Industrial Engineering, King Saud University, KSA (02/2019 - 03/2021)
• Demonstrator at the Department of Industrial Engineering, King Saud University, KSA (12/2011 - 02/2019)

Publications:

• Alessa, F. M., & Sosa, E. M. (2022). Experimental evaluation of impact-resistant gloves using surrogate hands. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 1-13.
• Alhaag, M. H., Ramadan, M. Z., Al-harkan, I. M., Alessa, F. M., Alkhalefah, H., Abidi, M. H., & Sayed, A. E. (2022). Determining the fatigue associated with different task complexity during maintenance operations in males using electromyography features. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 88, 103273.
• Sosa, E. M., Alessa, F. M. (2021). Experimental Evaluation of Protected and Unprotected Hands under Impact Loading. Journal of Biomechanics.
• Alessa, F. M., Nimbarte, A. D., & Sosa, E. M. (2020). Incidences and severity of wrist, hand, and finger injuries in the U.S. mining industry. Safety Science.
• Alessa, F., & Ning, X. (2018). Changes of lumbar posture and tissue loading during static trunk bending. Human movement science.

Conference Contributions:

• Alessa, F. M., & Ning, X. (2018). Lumbar Range of Motion and Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon Onset During Static Trunk Bending Postures. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
• Ning, X., Almuhaidib, I., Alessa, F. & Madinei, Saman & Zolghadr, Mohammad. (2017). Safety and health improvement in a cokemaking facility. Iron and Steel Technology.
• Alessa, F. M., & Ning, X. (2016). Lumbar Posture and Tissue Loading During Short-Term Static Posture Holding. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
• Ning, X., Alessa, F., Almuhaidib, I. & Madinei, Saman. (2016). Ergonomic improvements applied in a steel manufacturing facility. Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings.
• Ning, X., Hu, Boyi, Almuhaidib, I. & Alessa, F. (2015). Ergonomic interventions for steel manufacturing workers. Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings.

Honors:

• Recognized as the second-place winner in the poster program on the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering symposium. USA (2019).