Professor Michael Griffin

Professor Michael Griffin has conducted research in many aspects of human responses (including biodynamics, human performance, comfort, health and motion sickness) with much of his research being conducted both in the laboratory and in industry. He has published more than 250 scientific papers on the subject and is also the author of the Handbook of Human Vibration, published by Academic Press in 1990. He has been responsple for supervising research for Governmental and Industrial organisations in Britain, Europe, the USA and Japan.

Professor Griffin is the Head of the Human Factors Research Unit in ISVR (Institute Of Sound & Vibration Research University of Southampton) and has directed all ISVR research concerned with human factors for the past 25 years. He is the Chairman of the Human Sciences Group and Chairman of the Human Experimentation Safety and Ethics Committee. He is a member of Senate and a member of the University Committee for the Assessment of Departmental Performance. He provides lectures on 'Human Factors' and 'Human Responses to Vibration' for graduate and postgraduate programmes at the University of Southampton.

Professor Griffin is the Chairman of the British Standards Institution Sub-Committee concerned with human response to mechanical vibration and shock. He is also a member of relevant committees of the International Organization for Standardization and the European Committee for Standardization. He is a member of the Medical Research Council/Royal Navy Ship Motion Working Party, a member of the Royal College of Physicians, Faculty of Occupational Medicine Working Party on hand-transmitted vibration and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Hand-Arm Vibration.

Professor Griffin a member of the Human Factors Society, the Aerospace Medical Association and the Ergonomics Society. He was awarded the Bartlett Medal of the Ergonomics Society for contributions to research in 1984. Visit Professor Griffin Human Vibration web site here....

Areas of Speciality and Interest
Professor Griffin has particular research interests in biodynamics, human performance, ride comfort in vehicles, vibration-induced injuries and motion sickness.

Publications
Bovenzi, M., Griffin, M.J. (1997)
Haemodynamic changes in ipsilateral and contralateral fingers casued by acute exposures to hand transmitted vibration. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 566-576.

Bovenzi, M., Griffin, M.J., Ruffell, C.M. (1995)
Acute effects of vibration ondigital circulatory function in healthy men. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 834-841.

Griffin, M.J. (1990)
Handbook of human vibration. Published: Academic Press, London, ISBN: 0-12-303040-4.

Griffin, M.J. (1997)
Measurement, evaluation, and assessment of occupational exposures to hand-transmitted vibration. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73-89.

Griffin, M.J. (1997)
Vibration and motion. Chapter 25 in: Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2nd Edition, Editor, G. Salvendy, Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, ISBEN: 0-471-11690-4, 828-857.

Griffin, M.J., Hayward, R.A. (1994)
Effects of horizontal whole-body vibration on reading. Applied Ergonomics, 165-169.

Kitazaki, S., Griffin, M.J. (1997)
A modal analysis of whole-body vertical vibration, using a finite element model of the human body. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 83-103.

Lewis, C.L., Griffin, M.J. (1997)
Evaluating the motions of a semi-submersible platform with respect to human response. Applied Ergonomics, 193-201.

Maeda, S., Griffin, M.J. (1994)
A comparison of vibrotactile thresholds on the finger obtained with different equipment. Ergonomics, 1391-1406.

Paddan, G.S., Griffin, M.J. (1994)
Transmission of roll and pitch seat vibration to the head. Ergonomics, 1513-1531.

Ruffell, C.M., Griffin, M.J. (1995)
Effect of 1-Hz and 2-Hz transient vertical vibration on discomfort. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2157-2164.